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Māhū

For our 2022 production, Nā Lei Hulu i ka Wēkiu returns to the Palace of Fine Arts with Māhū, an all new hula production featuring a captivating cast of māhū guest artists: Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Kuini, and Kaumakaʻiwa Kanakaʻole.

Artistic director Patrick Makuakāne says, “This year’s show features some of the most talented māhū artists in Hawaiʻi today—each of whom possesses a unique vibe and persona which arouses a distinctive choreographic approach generating hula that feels fresh, possibly forbidden, and slightly dangerous.

“Every song, dance and luxuriously-sequined garment were chosen as deliberate opportunities to 

be extravagant or at the very least pleasurably provocative. No fillers allowed.”