{"id":211351,"date":"2025-02-25T17:49:47","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T03:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=211351"},"modified":"2025-02-25T17:49:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T03:49:47","slug":"apdf-tickets-world-class-dancers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/02\/25\/apdf-tickets-world-class-dancers\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia Pacific Dance Festival: Tickets available to see world-class dancers"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_211365\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-211365\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/manoa-apdf-dancers.png\" alt=\"dancers in front iolani palace\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-211365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/manoa-apdf-dancers.png 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/manoa-apdf-dancers-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/manoa-apdf-dancers-130x73.png 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-211365\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">H&#257;lau Pua <span aria-label=\"Alii\">Ali&#699;i<\/span> <span aria-label=\"Ilima,\">&#699;Ilima,<\/span> one of the festival&#8217;s resident artists, performing at &#8216;Iolani Palace.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/outreach\/asiapacificdance\/\">Asia Pacific Dance Festival<\/a> (<abbr>APDF<\/abbr>) is set to return to the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M&#257;noa from May 19 to June 1, offering a rare opportunity to experience the rich dance traditions of Asia and the Pacific.<\/p>\n<p>The immersive two-week experience offers workshop participants and performance attendees a deep dive into movement, music, history, language and cultural traditions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/outreach\/asiapacificdance\">Tickets available now<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Festival highlights<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Residents Artists:<\/li>\n<ol>\n<li>H&#257;lau Pua <span aria-label=\"Alii\">Ali&#699;i<\/span> <span aria-label=\"Ilima,\">&#699;Ilima,<\/span> under the direction of Kumu Hula Vicky Holt Takamine <\/li>\n<li>Arzoo Dance Theatre from India\/Canada, directed by Deepti Gupta<\/li>\n<li>Rako Pasefika from Rotuma, Fiji, led by Letila Mitchell<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<li>Special Tribute: A Filipino dance performance honoring the legacy of the late H. Wayne Mendoza<\/li>\n<li>H&#257;lau Kilipohe N&#257; Lei Lehua, featured in a full-length evening concert<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The National Endowment for the Arts (<abbr>NEA<\/abbr>) recently awarded <abbr>APDF<\/abbr> a $25,000 grant, recognizing its role in preserving and sharing these dynamic traditions.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are honored to receive support from the <abbr>NEA<\/abbr> for the Asia Pacific Dance Festival,&rdquo; said Tim Slaughter, interim dean of <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outreach.hawaii.edu\/\">Outreach College<\/a>. &ldquo;This grant acknowledges the festival\u2019s significant impact on the dance culture of Asia and the Pacific, as well as its role in fostering cultural exchange.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <abbr>NEA<\/abbr> grant will directly support the artists performing at the festival.<\/p>\n<p>For more go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/outreach\/asiapacificdance\/\">Asia Pacific Dance Festival website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The festival offers workshop participants and performance attendees a deep dive into movement, music, history, language and cultural traditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[78,49,736,9],"class_list":["post-211351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-dance","tag-outreach-college","tag-performing-arts","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211351"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211371,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211351\/revisions\/211371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}