Artist:
HULIAU

“HULIAU is a turning point in time where we are rooted in the past, influenced by our present and create stories for the future”.

Under the direction of Kumu Hula (Dance Master) Michael Pili Pang, HULIAU the performing company of Hālau Hula Ka Noʻeau, brings to the stage their narrative hula presentation of classical (kahiko) and contemporary (ʻauana) hula to tell the stories of Hawai’i and its rich culture. HULIAU performers have been trained through the dance school Hālau Hula Ka No’eau in a particular hula style called hula ku‘i that is associated with the teachings and choreography of late hula master Maiki Aiu Lake. A revered kumu hula from O‘ahu, she was one of the leaders at the forefront of the Hawaiian renaissance, a movement that began in the 1960s to restore the knowledge of Hawaiian cultural traditions that had almost disappeared. Lake’s styling, philosophy, and choreography captures the courtly dances of the Hawaiian Monarchy during the late 1800s. Kumu Michael and his company, Huliau, have been a leader in the art of Hawaiian dance presentations throughout the United States, Canada, Taiwan, Japan and Korea for the past three decades.

Each of the performing and touring company members are practitioners of hula, who have come to understand the importance of cultural values pertaining to his/her art form, as well as how it reflects in his/her daily lives. The company has performed for the children of British Columbia, transplanted Hawaiians in Minnesota, at the American Museum of Natural History and Symphony Space in New York City, throughout New England, Oregon, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Korea, Japan and Taiwan. While on tour, company members have conducted lectures, workshops and residencies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Slippery Rock University, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Dartmouth College, Southern Oregon University, and the University of Arizona.

HULIAU – Hālau Hula Ka Noʻeau is supported by MUʻOLAUALANI,  a non-profit organization supporting the arts of Hula.

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