Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 7, Number 12, 1 December 1990 — Halau Na Kamalei in Jan. 27 concert [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Halau Na Kamalei in Jan. 27 concert

The fifth annual Island Dance Festival, presented by Dances We Dance, ine., will open with a performance on Jan. 27 by kumu hula Robert Cazimero's award winning Halau Na Kamalei. The all-male halau returns to the festival by popular demand. Halau Na Kamalei will pay tribute to the philosophy of former kumu hula Maiki Aiu Lake. This one time Sunday evening hula concert will take plaee at 8 p.m. at the St. Louis Center for the Arts, Mamiya Theatre, on the St. Louis/Chaminade campus.

Last year's festival performance of Halau Na Kamalei was an unforgettable experience. Kumu hula Robert Cazimero is well known as an innovator who brings to his dances a perpetual freshness and elegance. His dancers exude a vi-

brancy, attracting audiences world-wide including New York's Carnegie Hall. This year the halau will honor Cazimero's former kumu hula Maiki Aiu Lake who said that "Hula is the art of Hawaiian dance in whieh we express everything we hear, see, smell, taste, touch and feel." Halau Na Kamalei has received highest honors at both the Merrie Monarch and the King Kamehameha hula competitions.

This concert is supported in part by the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, through appropriations from the Legislature for the State of Hawaii, and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Tickets are available at the House of Music, Ala Moana Shopping Center, and at the door. Admission: $10 for adults, $8 for students and senior citizens (age 65), $3 for children (12 years or younger). The door opens at 7:30 p.m. For further information, eall 537-2152.