Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 5, Number 1, 1 January 1988 — Nine Halau, Dance Companies on Spring Dance Festival Schedule [ARTICLE]

Nine Halau, Dance Companies on Spring Dance Festival Schedule

Nine hula halau and dance companies are featured in the Dances We Dance Ine. 1988 spring season's Island Dance Festival scheduled for the Dr. Richard Mamiya Theatre at the St. Louis Center for the Arts on the St. Louis School campus.

For all ticket information, eall 537-2152. They arealso available at the House of Music, Ala Moana Shopping Center, one month prior to eaeh performance. They are priced at $8 for adults, $7 for senior citizens and students and $3 for children age 12 and under. All performances are at 8 p.m. except for the May 15 program whieh is a matinee at 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20 — Halau Hula Olana featuring the prize-winning keikis of Kumu Hula Howard and Olana A'i

Friday and Saturday, Feb. 26-27 — Pearl of the Orient Dance Company. Enjoy a dazzling variety of Philippine dances. Saturday, April 9 — Iona Pear from New York City. Movement from the soul as only the body knows. Saturday, April 16— Kumu Hula John Kaha'i Topolinski presents his award winningKaPaHulaHawaii whieh performed last summer at the prestigious American Dance Festival in North Carolina.

Saturday, May 14 — Holly Schiffer and Alan Sener along with Dances We Dance Company. They have been acclaimed as "dance whizzes" with an "infectious velocity." They have performed worldwide with New York's Jennifer Muller and The Works and the Louis Falco Dance ComDanv.

Sunday, May 15— Halau Hula O Mililani of Waianae underKumuHulaMililani Allen. Enjoy aho'ike featuring compositions by contemporary kumu hula in both hula kahiko and hula 'auana. Friday and Saturday, May 20-21 — Halau Hula O Kukunaokala. Kumu Hula John Kaimikau'a and his award winning halau from Leeward Oahu. Letyourself be uplifted by his glorious chanting, the men's virilehula kahiko and the women's earthy, yet lyrical counterpart,

rooted in centuries of lore and Iegend of Moloka'i. Friday and Saturday, June 10-11 — The Omega Dancers return by popular demand, bringing to life the extraordinary dances and music of Yugoslavia, Hungary, Armenia, Russia and the Ukraine. Friday and Saturday, June 17-18 — Passages/Choreographers Showcase, an intriguing dance company, primarily in modern dance, ranging from theatrical, mixed media, to pure dance.