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Article: Halau O Kekuhi.(Neal Blaisdell Concert Hall, Honolulu, Hawaii)
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- May 1, 1996
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NEAL BLAISDELL CONCERT HALL, HONOLULU JANUARY 10-11, 1996 REVIEWED BY PAUIA DURBIN
Holo Mai Pele, or Pele's Travels, represents the first-ever transposition of mele hula and mele oli, ancient Hawaiian dance and chant, to a concert venue as theater. Halau o Kekuhi directors Pualani Kanaka'ole Kanahele and Nalani Kanaka'ole, two scions of a seven-generation matrilineal hula dynasty, have woven verses from the Hawaiian epic poem celebrating the volcano goddess into a three-hour extravaganza whose themes-love, jealousy, betrayal, death-and proportions are common to grand opera.
Ancient Hawaiian dance, a discipline akin to classical ballet in its strictness of ...
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