Daniel Kauwila Mahi

Workshop
• Ke Aui Nei Ka La, Fri 5pm

Daniel Kauwila Mahi, is an ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi rapper, songwriter, and sound designer from Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. His compositions interpolates and remixes ancestral chants and instrumentation underscoring the many rhythm of Hawaiʻi.

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Kaiponohea Hale

Workshop
• Poetry, Place and "Pauoa Hula", Sat 3pm

Kaiponohea Hale is a long time resident and native of Pauoa, Oʻahu. He retired, as an educator and administrator, from Kamehameha Schools in 2019 after 40 years of service. He is a singer, musician, songwriter and a strong supporter of ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi through various venues. Many of his compositions have been recorded by Hoʻokena, the Bros. Cazimero, Karen Keawehawaiʻi, and Ikaika Blackburn. 

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Kalani Akana

Workshop
• A luna au o Maunaloa (Hula kahiko ʻuliʻuli), Thu 1pm
• He Wahi Maʻi no ʻIolani, Thu 5pm

Dr. Kalani Akana started formal training in hula in 1975 with Kahaʻi Topolinski of the Maiki Aiu-Lōkālia Montgomery tradition and has ʻūniki (graduated) as a kumu hula. His first hālau was comprised of kūpuna, many of whom had not danced before. Since his ʻūniki, Kalani has provided opportunities for other kumu to ʻūniki as hoʻopaʻa and kumu hula.

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Kalikoaloha Martin

Workshop
Basic Introduction to Hawaiian Langauge , Thu 3pm

He keiki noho papa no Waipiʻo, ʻEwa, Oʻahualua mai. He lālā hula au ma lalo o ka malu o Hālau Nā Kamalei o Līlīlehua. 

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Kanoelani Davis

Kumu Hula: Ka Pa Hula O Hina I Ka Po La‘ila‘i

Workshop
• Hina A Kanaloa, Sat 1pm

Kumu Kanoelani Davis comes from Molokai and is Kumu of Ka Pa Hula O Hina I Ka Po La‘ila‘i. Under the lineage of Kumu Paul Neves, Kumu Kaho’onei Panoke, Kumu Nona Beamer with hula from Molokai under Kumu Billy Ka’aihue, Kumu Loretta Ritte, Kumu Moana & Raquel Dudoit from childhood into adult before the request of Kumu Kaho’onei into Halau in 2002.

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Kea Peters

Workshop
• Plant Illustration, Fri 5pm

Kea Peters Kea started off as an in-house graphic designer for several local businesses, and soon
branched off to create
Kakou Collective in 2017 - a service-based business providing graphic design services to locally owned and operated businesses in Hawaiʻi. After having her son in 2019, Kea pivoted her business and started creating planner products incorporating her original artwork made in her home studio. Kea along with her ʻohana built this brand learning as they go, continually perpetuating Hawaiʻi's authentic story through well-designed, high-quality product, incorporating Kea's original artwork. Since 2020, she has launched new product through Kakou Collective and continues to be a visual story teller.

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Keawe & Tracie Lopes

Kumu Hula: Ka Lā ‘Ōnohi Mai o Ha‘eha‘e

Workshop
• Mauna Lahilahi, Sat 1pm

Keawe Lopes are a husband and wife dynamic duo that has over 20 years of experience teaching hula, competing in hula competitions and performing in theaters. They are educators and practitioners of the Hawaiian language and culture. Tracie is well-known for her performance in Hilo’s 1994 Merrie Monarch Hula Festival, where she earned the coveted title of “Miss Aloha Hula.” She is currently an instructor of Hawaiian Language at Hawai‘i Pacific University, on O‘ahu. Tracie’s husband, Keawe, has taught at the University of Hawai‘I at Mānoa for over 17 years and is presently an assistant professor at Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language. Together the duo works as co-kumu (teacher) hula for their haālau (school), Hālau Ka La ‘Onohi Mai O Ha‘eha‘e.

Source: Hawai‘i Book and Music Festival

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Lahela Ka‘aihue

Workshops
• Honolulu, Waikiki, Thu 11am

• Ali‘ipoe, Fri 11am

• Ku‘u Lei, Sat 11am

Lahela Kaʻaihue is a Kumu Hula on the island of Oahu in Honolulu, Hawai’i. She stared hula at the age of 5 with with Kumu Hula Maiki Aiu Lake. In 1971-72 she was the youngest graduate of Maikiʻs Papa Lehua ʻūniki class.  In 1984, her hālau, Lamalani Hula Academy, won the Merrie Monarch Kane Auana Division 1st Place, 2nd Place in 1985, and took 3rd Place in 1986.  Most Recently she has been a judged the prestigious Merrie Monarch Hula Festival in Hilo, Hawai’i and continues to teach hula to family and friends. 

ラヘラ・カアイフエ

ラヘラ・カアイフエは、オアフ島ホノルルのクムフラ。クムフラ、マイキ・アイウ・レイクの下で5歳からフラを始め、1971‐72年の「パパ・レフア」ウニキクラスの最年少卒業生です。1984年には、自身のハラウ「ラマラニ・フラ・アカデミー」は、メリーモナーク、カネアウアナ部門で1位、1985年には2位、1986年には3位を獲得しました。ここ数年は、ヒロのメリーモナーク・フラフェスティバルの審査員を務め、引き続き家族や友人たちにフラを教え続けています。


PHOTO CREDIT: MIKE TERUYA

Mapuana de Silva

Kumu Hula: Hālau Mōhala ʻIlima

Workshop
• Maui o Kama, Thu 11am

• Kaulana Ke Kuahiwi, Fri 3pm

Māpuana de Silva is a cultural descendant of the Kailua ahupuaʻa and noted Hawaiian cultural practitioner, Hawaiian language educator, and kumu hula (traditionally trained and graduated in formal ceremony from Maiki Aiu Lake on August 31, 1975).  In 1976, Māpuana founded Hālau Mōhala ʻIlima, one of the largest traditional hula schools in Kailua today.

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Photography credit: Mike Teruya

PHOTO CREDIT: MIKE TERUYA

Michael Pili Pang

Kumu Hula: Hālau Hula Ka No‘eau

Workshops
• Ke Ala Ka‘u I Honi, Thu 1pm

• Roselani Blossom, Fri 1pm

• Hanalei Moon, Sat 1pm

Kumu Michael Pili Pang studies under the tutelage of Hula Masters’ Ma‘iki Aiu Lake and Mae Kamāmalu Klein. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Art and Secondary Education from the University of Puget Sound and a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Dance from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. He has presented lectures, demonstrations, and concerts at universities and colleges in Hawai'i, North America, Canada, and Asia. He is also the Executive Director of Mu‘olaulani, the non-profit corporation supporting the endeavors of Hālau Hula Ka Noʻeau.

クム・マイケル・ピリ・パングは、フラの巨匠、アンティー・マイキとメイ・カママル・クラインの指導の下、フラを学びました。プジョーサウンド大学では芸術および中等教育を専攻。ハワイ大学マノア校の大学院では、舞踏美術学修士の学位をとっています。ハワイ、アメリカ北部、カナダやアジアの大学においては、数々のレクチャー、デモンストレーション、およびコンサートの経験があります。また、「ハラウ・フラ・カ・ノエアウ」を支援する非営利団体「ムオラウラニ」の代表者でもあります。


PHOTO CREDIT: MIKE TERUYA

Pohai Souza

Workshops
• Pua Madagaseka, Fri 1pm

• Beautiful Mahealani Moon, Fri 3pm

Pōhai danced her first hula at the age of 4 under the guidance of George Holokai and his mother, Alice Holokai at their Beretania Street studio.

At eight, she began dancing for her aunt, Maʻiki Aiu at her Keʻeaumoku Street hālau until college. After raising her family, she returned to hula graduating as Kumu Hula in 1991 under Mae Kamāmalu Klein.

Hālau Hula Kamamolikolehua is a non-competitive hālau that focuses on the educational aspects of hula through dance, research and personal experience. After 13 years, she retired from teaching at Sacred Hearts Academy being the first to initiate a hula curriculum there.

クム・ポハイ・ソウザ

初めてフラを踊ったのは、彼女が4歳の時。ジョージ・ホロカイと彼のお母さまのアリス・ホロカイから。8歳から大学に入るまでは、叔母であるケエアウモク通りにあったアンティー・マイキのハラウで踊るようになり、そして、結婚し子供達が巣立った後、フラを再開。1991年メイ・カママル・クラインの元でクムフラとして卒業しました。

ハラウ・フラ・カマモリコレフアは、競技を目標とせず、踊り、研究および個々の経験を通じて教育的な面からフラを学ぶことにフォーカスしています。

また、セークレッド・ハート・アカデミーでフラのカリキュラムを始めたクムとして13年間務めた後、退職しています。


Robert Cazimero

Kumu Hula: Hālau Nā Kamalei o Līlīlehua

Workshops
• I Lei ‘Oe, Thu 5pm

• Keola Kamahele, Fri 5pm

• Kanaio, Sat 1pm

IʻM A REBEL. In the 1970's, Robert Uluwehi Cazimero was instrumental in the resurgence of Hawaiian music and culture. Musician, composer, kumu hula...his work in all of these areas is well-known throughout the world. A prolific composer, many of Robert's compositions have become classics and been performed by numerous musicians and hula dancers. Kumu Hula of the award winning hālau, Hālau Nā Kamalei o Līlīlehua has been a leader in showcasing menʻs hula. The many talents of Robert Cazimero have established him as a legend in Hawaiian music and hula.

ロバート・ウルヴェヒ・カジメロ

IʻM A REBELで1970年代、クムフラ、ロバート・ウルヴェヒ・カジメロは、ハワイアンの音楽と文化の復活に力を注ぎ続けました。ミュージシャン、作曲者、クムフラ、全ての分野において世界的に名声を挙げ、彼の作品は、多くのミュージシャンやフラダンサーに今も愛され続けています。多数の受賞歴もあり、男性フラダンサーのリード的存在でもある「ハラウ・ナ・カマレイ・オ・リリレフア」のクムフラでもあります。多種多様の才能を持つ彼は、ハワイアンミュージックやフラのレジェンドとして確固なる地位を確立しています。


Sky Kanoelani Gora

Kumu Hula: Hālau Kilipohe Na Lei Lehua

Workshop
• Lei Hala, Sat 11am

I have been dancing hula for 45 years, My Kumu was Leina'ala Kalama Heine. I danced Polynesian dancing with Tavana's Polynesian Spectacular for 8yrs then went to dance with the Brothers Cazimero show. I still dance with Robert at Chais and other various venues. I uniki'd in 2009 as Kumu from Na Pualei o Likolehua. I share a Halau -Nā Kilipohe nā Lei Lehua with sister Kumu Liko Cooke.

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Sonny Ching

Kumu Hula: Hālau Nā Mamo O Pu’uanahulu

Workshop
• Hanohano Kamananui, Fri 11am

• ‘Ahulili, Sat 1pm

Kumu Hula Sonny Ching founded Hālau Nā Mamo O Pu’uanahulu on March 24, 1986, with a group of 12 kūpuna (seniors) at Pākī Park in Kapahulu.  Today, the hālau is also led by Kumu Hula Lōpaka Ka’ō’ōnuku’umu Igarta DeVera, who went through the traditional rights of ‘ūniki on October 7, 2011. One of the most critically acclaimed; multiple award winning groups, with  students in Hawai’i, Tokyo, and Osaka Japan.  The hālau’s repertoire is quite extensive, including dances for the gods and past ali’i, from pre-western contact to the last ruling Kalākaua dynasty. They are often called upon by cultural groups, State and City agencies, to assist and perform at various official functions and performances.

クム・フラ・ウィリアム・カハクレイレフア・ハウヌウ・ソニー・チンは、オアフ島、パキ・パークで20名のクプナと共に「ハラウ・ナ・マモ・オ・プウアナフル」を1986年3月24日に設立しました。ハラウ設立後間もなく、ハワイのハラウ生徒数は300名に達し、4歳から97歳までの幅広い年齢層の生徒をかかえています。現在、ハラウは、クム・ソニーとロパカ・イガルタ・デヴェラ(2011年10月伝統的なウニキを卒業し、クムとなる)の二人で運営されています。ハラウのレパートリーは、かなり広く、ハワイの神々、過去のアリイ、西洋との関係以前からカラカウア王朝時代までのチャントや踊り、等々。クム・ソニー・チンは、彼の家系の5代目のクムフラです。「ハラウ・ナ・マモ・オ・プウナフル」の基礎であり、もっとも彼が影響を受けた3名のクムフラは、レナ・プアアイナハウ・エレアカラ・ナフル・グレロ、フランク・カヴァイカプアオカラニ・ヒューイット、そしてラヘラ・カアイフエです。2004年には、ソニー・チンとロパカは生徒に戻り、ロエア・フラとジョージ・ホロカイが2006年に亡くなるまで、共に学ぶことになります。現在ハラウは、ハワイ、日本の東京、大阪にあり、クム・ロパカは過去14年間、毎月日本との行き来を繰り返して、「ハラウ・ナ・マモ・オ・プウアナフル」日本校の世話をしています。


Vicky Takamine

Kumu Hula: Pua Ali'i 'Ilima

Workshop
•Kāhi Kai o Kauaʻi, Thu 5pm

• Pauoa Hula, Fri 3pm

• Keiki Hula, Sat 11am

Vicky Holt Takamine is a renowned kumu hula (master teacher of Hawaiian dance). Vicky ʻūniki (graduated through the rituals of hula) as a kumu hula from hula master Maiki Aiu Lake in 1975 and established her own hālau, Pua Ali’i ‘Ilima, (school of Hawaiian dance) in 1977. She earned her BA & MA in dance ethnology from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. In addition to teaching at her own school, Vicky taught at the University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa and Leeward Community College for more than 35 years. In 2001, Vicky established a non-profit organization, PA’I Foundation, to serve the needs of her Hawaiian community and those who make Hawai’i their home. She has received numerous awards including the 2016 Doris Duke US Artist Fellow.

ヴィッキー・ホルト・タカミネ

クムフラ、ヴィッキー・ホルト・タカミネは、マイキ・アイウ・レイクの元、1975年ウニキにてクムフラとして卒業し、1977年に自身のハラウ「プア・アリイ・イリマ」を設立。ハワイ大学よりBA(人文・社会科学学位)および MA(人文・社会科学系、ダンス民族修士)を取得し、ハワイ大学マノア校音楽学部およびリーウッド・コミュニティー・カレッジにて30年以上、教鞭をとっていました。2001年には、ハワイアンコミュニティーに貢献するため非営利組織、パイファンデーション(パイ財団)を設立。2016年Doris Duke US Artist Fellow他、多くの受賞歴があります。