A MacArthur fellowship is commonly referred to as a genius grant. The 20 recipients this year include Kumu Patrick Makuakane, a master hula teacher based in San Francisco. Yeah. That Genius Grant ...

A big congratulations to Kumu hula Patrick Makuakane. He's one of twenty people from around the country this year to win a prestigious MacArthur Foundation genius grant. When Makuakane first got a ...

On Wednesday, 20 Americans, all anonymously nominated, were recognized by the MacArthur Foundation with $800,000 fellowships often referred to as the “genius” award. By Christopher Kuo Patrick ...

The sweet smell of plumeria, swaying palm trees and seductive, shimmying hips--add chanting or ukulele music and you’ve got hula, right? For Patrick Makuakane, who was born and raised in Honolulu and ...

Patrick Makuakâne and his award-winning dance troupe, Nâ Lei Hulu I Ka Wçkiu, returns to the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre for six performances only with The Hula Show 2008, an entirely new show that ...

Patrick Makuakane has been director of the nonprofit Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu, focused on teaching and preserving the art of the hula and Hawaiian culture, for more than 25 years. Na Lei Hulu’s The Hula ...

Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu, dances “Crazy He Calls Me,” one of the pieces to be presented at “I Mua: Hula in Unusual Places.” Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a ...

Bertolt Brecht’s dictum that art is not a mirror but a hammer came to mind at the Southern California premiere of the provocative dance theater piece “The Natives Are Restless” Friday night at the ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Kumu Hula Patrick Makuakane and his award-winning dance troupe, Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu, announced the company's return to the Hawaii Theatre this Spring for two performances ...

It’s a bad pun to say that hula is hip, but in the hands of Patrick Makuakane, it couldn’t be truer. Makuakane, director of the San Francisco-based hula group Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu, has organized ...

at Presidio Theatre Performing Arts Center (7pm / An evening of classic Hawaiian music by Ka Hui Hoa and hula by Na Lei Hulu i ka Wekiu) Featuring an exciting new trio of young Hawaiian musicians from ...

Featuring an exciting new trio of young Hawaiian musicians from Hawai'i island who excel in the leo ki'eki'e tradition of Hawaiian falsetto--Heua Sai-Dudoit, winner of the 20th Annual Richard Ho'opi'i ...