{"id":70341,"date":"2017-10-31T16:07:53","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T02:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=70341"},"modified":"2019-03-13T13:14:55","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T23:14:55","slug":"taiko-drum-dance-hana-hou-kennedy-theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/10\/31\/taiko-drum-dance-hana-hou-kennedy-theatre\/","title":{"rendered":"Heart-pounding Taiko Drum and Dance: Hana Hou! at Kennedy Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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The back-by-popular demand production of Taiko Drum & Dance: Hana Hou!<\/a> featuring Kenny Endo and the Taiko Center of the Pacific directed by Betsy Fisher with musical guests Yi-Chieh Lai, Reggie Padilla and Reid Ishikawa returns to the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa Kennedy Theatre Mainstage<\/a>. This concert explores interactions between taiko and diverse dance forms and runs November 3, 4, 10, and 11 at 7:30 p.m. and November 12 at 2 p.m. with free pre-show chats at 6:45 p.m. on November 4 and 11 in the Earle Ernst Lab Theatre.<\/p>\n

Two newly conceived musical compositions by Kenny Endo premiere in this heart-pounding production. The first accompanies Kumu Hula Noenoelani Zuttermeister<\/strong>\u2019s choreography in a dance that employs traditional hula movements and a unique intermingling of hula implements and Japanese instrumentation.\u00a0In Endo\u02bbs second new piece, Peiling Kao<\/strong>, UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa’s newest dance faculty member, choreographs Capricious with an ensemble of eighteen dancers.<\/p>\n

Howard Asao<\/strong>, longtime instructor of Japanese dance, uses five dancers, long, rippling streamers, and traditional Japanese dance to evoke the feeling of water spirits.\u00a0Sai Bhatawadekar<\/strong>, professor of Hindi-Urdu and director for the Center for South Asian Studies, touches on themes of sustainability in Vriksha, a Bollywood dance, accompanied by Endo\u2019s composition \u201cAncient Beginnings.\u201d<\/p>\n

Okinawan dance instructor Yukie Shiroma<\/strong> creates a modern piece that draws inspiration from her background in Okinawan dance in Steel Rain. An electric coupling of contemporary dance and hip-hop dance shapes Spirit of Rice, choreographed by Associate Professor Amy Schiffner<\/strong> and dance alumnus and Hip Hop teacher, Kent Shinomae<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Tickets for Taiko Drum & Dance: Hana Hou! are available online<\/a>, by phone at (808) 944-2697, and at official outlets. Cash sales at the Kennedy Theatre Box Office are available from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday with extended sales hours on show days. For more information, visit the Kennedy Theatre website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Taiko Drum & Dance: Hana Hou! trailer<\/h2>\n