{"id":18143,"date":"2013-07-08T10:44:07","date_gmt":"2013-07-08T20:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=18143"},"modified":"2020-09-09T12:02:22","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T22:02:22","slug":"festival-celebrates-dance-forms-from-asia-and-the-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2013\/07\/08\/festival-celebrates-dance-forms-from-asia-and-the-pacific\/","title":{"rendered":"Festival celebrates dance forms from Asia and the Pacific"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_18150\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18150\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/taipei-dancers.jpg\" alt=\"Taipei dancers\" width=\"400\" height=\"286\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/taipei-dancers.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/taipei-dancers-260x185.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18150\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taipei National University of the Arts Dance School<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Experience the finest dances, dancers and choreographers from Asia and the Pacific at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.outreach.hawaii.edu\/community\/asiapacific\/\">Asia Pacific Dance Festival<\/a>. This year&#8217;s theme is &ldquo;journeys&rdquo; and the festival will showcase New Zealand&#8217;s Atamira Dance Company, Taiwan&#8217;s Taipei National University of the Arts, Korea&#8217;s Samulgwangdae and <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>&#8217;s H&#257;lau N&#257; Kamalei O L&#299;l&#299;lehua.<\/p>\n<p>Besides spectacular performances, the festival also includes activities such as workshops, university course offerings, public lectures, forums and community demonstrations that aim to increase understanding about these important cultural art forms. <\/p>\n<p>Performances are held at the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M&#257;noa&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/kennedy\/\">Kennedy Theatre<\/a> and the classes, workshops and other activities are held at the East-West Center and in the community.<\/p>\n<h2>Festival Schedule<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>July 8&#8211;26<\/strong>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.outreach.hawaii.edu\/community\/asiapacific\/apdf_summerintensive.asp\">Asia Pacific Dance Festival Summer Intensive<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Over the course of three weeks students enjoy technique and repertory classes taught by the festival artists, as well as a Dance in World Cultures academic class taught by <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> dance faculty.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thursday, July 11<\/strong>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.outreach.hawaii.edu\/community\/programs\/2013\/EVENT-EV0012790T.asp\">Living the Art of Hula<\/a> <br \/>\n7:30 p.m., Kennedy Theatre, tickets are $5 to $60<\/p>\n<p>A conversation and performance with n&#257; kumu hula Robert Cazimero, Michael Pili Pang and Vicky Holt Takamine. These kumu hula have been leaders in the hula community for the past three decades. The performance is divided into two parts&#8212;the first half is a conversation with the kumu hula and the second half will be a hula concert showcasing their creative choreography.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18148\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18148\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/samulgwangdae-drummers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"286\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/samulgwangdae-drummers.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/samulgwangdae-drummers-260x185.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18148\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of Samulgwangdae<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<li><strong>Sunday, July 14<\/strong>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.outreach.hawaii.edu\/community\/programs\/2013\/EVENT-EV0012791T.asp\">Samulgwangdae&#8212;Dance and Drums of Korea<\/a><br \/>\n2 p.m., Kennedy Theatre, tickets are $10 to $60<\/p>\n<p>The members of Samulgwangdae are boyhood friends, prot\u00e8g\u00e8s of samulnori master drummer Kim Duk Soo, and are now internationally touring, virtuoso percussionists in their own right. Thrill to their contemporary and theatrical reinterpretations of traditional farmers&#8217; band music, shamanistic ceremonies and acrobatic military exercises.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Friday, July 19<\/strong>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.outreach.hawaii.edu\/community\/programs\/2013\/EVENT-EV0012796T.asp\">2013 Asia Pacific Dance Festival: Welcoming Ceremony<\/a><br \/>\n6 p.m., East-West Center Friendship Circle, free and open to the public<\/p>\n<p>A welcome ceremony featuring the festival&#8217;s artists.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Saturday, July 20 and Sunday, July 21<\/strong>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.outreach.hawaii.edu\/community\/programs\/2013\/EVENT-EV0012792T.asp\">2013 Asia Pacific Dance Festival: Journeys<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.outreach.hawaii.edu\/community\/programs\/2013\/EVENT-EV0012792T.asp\">Saturday&#8217;s performance<\/a> is at 7:30 p.m. and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.outreach.hawaii.edu\/community\/programs\/2013\/EVENT-EV0012793T.asp\">Sunday&#8217;s performance<\/a> is 2 p.m., Kennedy Theatre, tickets are $5 to $60<\/p>\n<p>A different performance each day with the festival&#8217;s featured artists Atamira Dance Company, Taipei National University of the Arts, and H&#257;lau N&#257; Kamalei O L&#299;l&#299;lehua.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sunday, July 21<\/strong>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.outreach.hawaii.edu\/community\/programs\/2013\/EVENT-EV0012795T.asp\">2013 Asia Pacific Dance Festival: Humanities Forum<\/a><br \/>\n4:45 p.m., East-West Center&#8217;s Imin Center-Jefferson Hall<\/p>\n<p>Sunday&#8217;s performance is followed by a discussion with the visiting artists and special guest dance critics Deborah Jowitt and Steve Villaruz.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tickets are available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etickethawaii.com\/orc.html\">online<\/a>, by phone at (808) 944-2697, or at any <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Ticket outlet (Stan Sheriff Center, Rainbowtique Store in Ward Center and the <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M&#257;noa Campus Center ticket office), service charges apply. Advance sales end at midnight the day prior to the performance. For more information call (808) 956-8246.<\/p>\n<p>The Festival is a co-production of the <a href=\"http:\/\/arts.eastwestcenter.org\/\">East-West Center Arts Program<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.outreach.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Outreach College <\/a>with additional support from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/theatre\/\">University&#8217;s Theatre and Dance Department<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Asia Pacific Dance Festival at <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M&#257;noa offers performances, workshops, lectures and more.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[10,134,49,76,9],"class_list":["post-18143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-east-west-center","tag-international","tag-outreach-college","tag-theatre-and-dance","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18143"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126744,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18143\/revisions\/126744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}