September 14, 2023

Hawaiian Dance and Culture

with Kaululehua Hawaiian Cultural Center
Hälau o Keikali'i
and artist Kumu Hula Kawika Alfiche

7:00 - 8:30 pm EDT

online via Zoom

How to Give Your Support

We are not asking for donations for FAC, but Kumu has suggested that if you would like to support the victims of the Maui fires, you could make a donation to the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement.
 
They currently have a donation match campaign underway, and 100% of donations will go to Maui organizations to support relief efforts. 100% of proceeds will go to Maui organizations to support relief efforts. Every dollar will be matched.

About the Presentation

Enjoy and evening of ancient and modern hula and Hawaiian music, storytelling, and more. With performances by students from Montreal, Louisville, and San Francisco.

About Kawika

Kumu Hula Kawika Keikiali'ihiwahiwa Alfiche has been teaching hula and Hawaiian cultural arts for almost 30 years. Kawika is the Hula Master (Kumu Hula) for Hālau o Keikiali'i, and is the Director for the Kaululehua Hawaiian Cultural Center in South San Francisco. With a mission to preserve and perpetuate all things Hawaiian, Kawika spends his life learning, teaching and sharing his culture through the hula and cultural arts and continues to teach throughout the globe.
 
Kawika has had impeccable training from his Kumu. His first Kumu Hula was Tiare Maka-Olanolan Clifford of Hanalei, Kaua`i. After her passing in 1992, Kumu Kawika became a student (haumana) of Kumu Hula Harriet Kahalepoli Keahilihau-Spalding of Keaukaha, Hawai`i. It was Aunty Harriet who had Kawika open Hālau in 1994, and in 1996, she had him study with Kumu Hula Rae Kahikilaulani Fonseca of Hilo, Hawai`i who is an `uniki (formal graduate) of Uncle George Lanakilakekiahiali`i Na`ope, hula master and treasure of Hawai’i.