Academy of Hawaiian Arts Impression
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- čas přidán 5. 04. 2024
- From Merrie Monarch Hula Festival Kahiko Competition.
Academy of Hawaiian Arts, Kumu Hula Mark Kealiʻi Hoʻomalu, Wāhine
He Inoa Ahi No Kalākaua
MAHALO HawaiianSmasha for sharing...original video here:
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I was watching this with my mom and our jaws were on the floor the whole time. Certainly our favorite and, by the crowds uproar after, it obviously the audience favorite too. Keahi to wait sooooo long for the applause to die down before he could talk to Manu. Magic! I can't stop watching it over and over again.
A lot of people felt the same way. It was a marvelous presentation to show growth in AHA and what hula can grow to be as well. Mahalo!
Kumu Mark Keal'i Ho'òmal
@@kumufatzviewz 'Ae mahalo for sharing your mana'o , e ke Kumu. From what I understand, in kahiko times, each verse was performed on both sides, so to me, this makes sense.
Mahalo Kumu Leato for explaining the different facets of every move, the instruments used, and the difficulty of the choreography. Kumu Mark Keali'i Ho'omalu is on another level
that was a stunning incredible performance
Plus too...he has 24 dancers...so incredible..I agree with all your comments....so nuts...like you say the precision... amazing
ʻAe... coordinating 24 dancers to hula with this is a feat all on its own...
Pacifica Aussie here 🇦🇺🙋🏽♀️ I came straight from seeing this on TikTok and I am obsessed! I can’t even begin to explain how amazing this performance was it literally sent chills down my spine so many techniques executed in one performance! So blown away.
welcome mate and thanks for stopping by...
They were amazing!
indeed!
It was even more powerful and amazing in person. Chills.
Howzit cuz,,, I'm glad to find you and the MM video with MarKs AHA, Kahiko. Very powerful and consistent of AHA
Aloha! Mahalo for watching and the comment. AHA and Kumz MKH always produces amazing hula... We love it...
I just can stop watching these ladies. the time they put into practicing, how in sync they are, should have won.
The energy, the hula, everything, maikaʻi...
One of the most amazing things I've ever seen.
Mahalo Kumu Leato for your commentary, now I understand what the controversy is all about. I repeat all views. Your commentary helps educate me. Mahalo nui, kumu.
Youre very welcome Kimmie!!! I will post another video onPapa Hehi today. Please take care and stay safe...ALOHA NUI!!!
I may be just some random Armenian haole from the mainland, but man i love this hula! Kumu Mark Keali'i Ho'omalu is so cool and i love seeing his halau performances!
No one can deny and take away the fact that they are amazing and bring a different energy. They are AMAZING! Mahalo for stopping by.
Yes, right on. Mark is totally awesome and his hula halau Academy of Hawaiian Arts were superb. People were shaming in comments because they stay California. They are Hawaiian and are proud of their Hawaiian. Proud to embrace their culture and hula. Chee hoo Mark chee hoo hula halau. 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽🌸🏝🌺🌈
Mahalo nui Kumu Leato on your thoughts, feedback, commentary on the Wahine Kahiko of Academy of Hawaiian Arts. You know Kumz well! 😉 Much Aloha to you, your ohana, halau & your haumana❤️ Oh and maika'i on this new channel of yours👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
ALOHA SET!!! Much ALOHA to you and yor ʻohana as well... man time flies and seeing your keiki on stage especially your son... wow! But the wāhine def broke da floor and as always I was impressed. MISS YOUUUU... please MĀLAMA PONO...
Blessed to get your response full of context and meaning. I can only imagine what a live conversation with you would be like. 😀Very interesting! My daughter is a young dancer(15), dancing for Kumu Mark since she was 7. Two years lost to Covid. She recognizes there’s still a lot to learn about her ancestors, culture, traditions, language. It would be nice and I’m sure she would appreciate to have more kupuna in addition to her Kumu to learn from. Mahalo to you and may Ke Akua bless you and your loved ones.
Maikaʻi loa, keep your daughter there at AHA and she will gain so much manaʻo and put into practice through ʻike. I enjoy speaking with Kumu Mark when we both get the chance and I miss my AHA ʻOhana as I was there pretty much yearly pre covid to visit and even sometimes compete against them lol. E mālama...
Kumu Leato, right on brah. Mahalo nui.
Mahalo for watching.
Malo, mahalo Kumu - you could call it a commentary of the performance. Crowd favourites.
❤
Could you react to AHA 2008 wahine kahiko at merrie monarch please
Hanohano Waimea I Ka Waikea, one of my favorite Kapiʻolani mele. I will add to list.
Nooo my video got taken down LOL i saw this popup on my for you page 😂
BOOOO, at least it is still alive here (knocks on wood)... Mahalo for posting it...
@@kumufatzviewz Youre welcome I reposted the kane kahiko one also
Try do da 2012 AHA wahine kahiko if can
added to list... 2006 wahine up soon...i going way back and work my way up LOL.
Aloha nui e Kumu Leato. Mahalo nui no kāu hōʻikeʻike ʻana mai i kou mau manaʻo no ia hula a ko AHA. Ua kupaianaha maoli ia hula ʻana. He hoʻokahi wale nō naʻe pilikia nui i kuʻu pepeiao: ʻaʻole maopopo iaʻu ka nui o kā Kumu Mark mau ʻōlelo ma muli o ka pana a me ke kālele ʻano ʻē o kona leo. Ma ka maʻamau, ʻaʻole paʻakikī koʻu lohe ʻana i ka manaʻo o ka hoʻopaʻa. Nui koʻu ʻiʻini e lohe pono i ka moʻolelo; ʻaʻole naʻe i lohe ʻia ma kēia oli ʻana a Kumu Mark. Aloha nui.
It was indeed a little difficult to hear some of the words... whether it was the sounds of the hehi or kalaʻau interfering I strained a bit to listen :) but got the gist of it... MAHALO NUI...
As someone who was raised with hula as my religion, and hailing from an old hula family, I honestly get shocked by Mark’s presentation.
Hula is first and foremost for me a religious practice since my great-grandmothers were raised with hula kapu, and my grandparents told us to treat the mele with the utmost care because they are jewels passed down. Things do become added to the hula, but sparingly and with great care to the old traditions. Personally, I feel a sense a pride to do hula whose choreography changed minimally since pre-western contact.
I love Mark’s voice, but his hula leaves much to be desired. The mele was about celebration, but the dancers’ faces did not look like they were celebrating. Hula is definitely more than precision because precision was far from the main goal of a traditional dancer.
Nonetheless, I still respect what he does and it is healthy to have discussions about such topics.
Mahalo nui loa for this video and your mana’o as well.
Mahalo. Everyone is entitled to their opinions. I am friends with lots of "traditional" kumu hula who had ʻohana punished (some to death) for hula when it was underground and they feel the same way. They can appreciate what he is doing in keeping hula alive in his way, but still hold fast to their traditions in what they learned. That is perfectly fine and Kumu MKH knows this too. Thank you for watching and commenting.
I would think this dance was more a kind of salute to King Kalakaua, hence the stoic faces. I would also imagine that how we perceive a celebration today would have been very different from pre-Western Hawaiians in how they would celebrate, especially since this salute or homage to King Kalakaua (bless his majesty) would have been during a time of much exploitation and oppression of the Hawaiian people, so you probably had to keep a stoic face to hide your joy and pride. Interesting discussion to have….
@@danm.1018 Mahalo for your mana’o.
What I have learned is when they would celebrate the ali’i in the olden days, there were different expressions to employ depending upon the mele.
If the mele honored an inoa, it would be stoic but not expressionless. The eyes would show reverence, awe, and even fear. If it were a mele ma’i, then the expressions were much more playful in order to ho’onoa the kahua hula.
We also have to look at the time this mele was composed, which would be about 100 years after western contact. Smiling expressions would be employed, unless a certain paukū referred to a kapu of the ali’i.
I have had many discussions about expressions with my family elders and some of the hula masters, such Aunty Pat Bacon; who learned from the masters who performed for Kalākaua directly in their youth. For many years she said the dancers of today look “dead.” She would tell us to look at the eyes of ʻIolani Luahine because her eyes alone could tell the story.
@@KG-fw5wk, I must have responded to the main thread, but wanted to let you know that I love the context you provide, it is very valuable. I will make sure that I share your insight with my daughter who’s a dancer in the video (15 yrs old). If we ever cross paths it would make for some deep and very interesting conversation.😀 May Ke Akua bless you❤ Aloha!
@@danm.1018 Aloha nui.
I love engaging in discussions with other people. It’s okay to have different options, but the main thing is that we remain in a state of aloha.
Congratulations to your daughter on doing an awesome job at the Merrie Monarch. I entered into the competition as a teenager, and I know that it is no easy feat.
Na’u iho me ka ha’aha’a