Event detail
Hula Dance Class: Halau O Kekuhi at Cal Performances
Workshop | October 20 | 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. | Bancroft Studio (2401 Bancroft)
Mahealani Uchiyama, master teaching artist in Hula, Cal Performances
Led by Māhealani Uchiyama
Experience a kinetic introduction to Hula, the indigenous dance of Hawai'i, with Bay Area Hula artist, Māhea Uchiyama. This ancient, healing art form uses the body to perpetuate knowledge of the ancestors and appreciate nature. The class leads into the afternoon performance by Hālau O Kekuhi, an honored troupe of Hilo from Hawaii's Big Island that specializes in the vigorous ‘aiha‘a style of hula and chant, handed down from woman to woman for more than eight generations of the Kanaka’ole family. $10, purchase tickets at calperformances.org
Performance: Sun, Oct 20, 3pm, Zellerbach Hall
eduprograms@calperformances.org, 510-642-0212
