19 Oct Ka Leo Kanaka: The Voice of the People
Posted at 07:21h
in hula show
October 19-20, 25-27, 2013 | Palace of Fine Arts Theatre
May 9 & 10, 2014 | Hawaii Theatre
Poems by kings, serialized epics about gods and goddesses, political essays – all this and more inspired Patrick Makuakane’s latest evening-length hula show, “Ka Leo Kanaka” or “The Voice of the People.” wLast year, members of Makuakane’s halau (hula school) volunteered with the yearlong Ike Kuokoa project to help transcribe and digitize an archive of Hawaiian language newspapers.
Reviews:
- Island tales inspire Palace of Fine Arts hula show (SFGate.com)
- Denby Fawcett: A Hula Show Devoted to Early Hawaiians’ Love of News (CivilBeat.org)
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