Join us for the premiere of Edible Tales: Ho'okupu (NYC)

ABOUT EDIBLE TALES: HOʻOKUPU <THE OFFERING>

Edible Tales: Hoʻokupu <THE OFFERING> explores cultural heritage, social justice and sustainability through food related topics. Created through community engagement and research, Edible Tales has been developed over the course of 3 years.

What began in the thick of the Pandemic as a virtual community program to stay connected and gain nourishment, the program has developed into a bi-coastal community movement for land stewardship that centers Native Hawaiian and Indigenous practices, food tours that explore the challenges and triumphs of the African American experience, and rituals that strengthen our connections with our ancestors.

We are mixing all the FLAVAHZ from each company member together, serving them up steamed, sautéed, and deep fried.. and with all the rawness. From PRAYER to SOUL FOOD to CELEBRATIONS, Edible Tales: Ho’okupu is a culinary dance journey that puts all of our authentic flavahz on a table that we are building for our collective nourishment.

We invite you to join us on November 18th and 19th for the immersive performance* experience, and taste the soulful flavors in our dances.

*Please consider bringing a non-food altar offering

Following our November 19th matinee performance, Kumu Hula ʻAuliʻi Aweau will host a 30-minute Hula / Oli (chant) workshop that leads into our 14th Anniversary Gala: MANAfest. The workshop is open to all performance and gala guests as a complimentary offering.

ARTISTIC PERSONNEL: Co-Artistic Directors: Linda Kuo & Candice Taylor; Choreographers: Keala Fung, Linda Kuo, Candice Taylor, Marmara Tobal in collaboration with dancers; Dancers: Abril Amparo, Alaina Cota, Keala Fung, Melvin Hsieh, Kingsley Ibeneche, Angela Miller, Litsie Monier, Candice Taylor, Marmara Tobal; Hula & Blessing: ʻAuliʻi Aweau; Original Music by Kingsley Ibeneche, Infinite Ethos: Jermaine Fletcher & Tyreek Jackson; Costumes: Keala Fung, Kauila Kanakaʻole, Linda Kuo, Candice Taylor

Edible Tales is made possible with the support of our funders and supporters:Dance/NYC, Brooklyn Arts Council, Brooklyn Grange, and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, A.R.T NY, The Puffin Foundation, Hawaiʻi Council for the Humanities, National Endowment for the Humanities

Join us for the premiere of Edible Tales: Ho'okupu (NYC) followed by the MANAfest Gala celebrating 14 years of Dancers Unlimited.

NYC: Edible Tales Theatrical Premiere

November 18 at 8:00pm

November 19 at 3:00pm*

Ticket: $25

*BUNDLE PRICE AVAILABLE FOR GALA + PERFORMANCE on Nov 19th

ABOUT EDIBLE TALES: HOʻOKUPU <THE OFFERING>

Edible Tales: Hoʻokupu <THE OFFERING> explores cultural heritage, social justice and sustainability through food related topics. Created through community engagement and research, Edible Tales has been developed over the course of 3 years.

What began in the thick of the Pandemic as a virtual community program to stay connected and gain nourishment, the program has developed into a bi-coastal community movement for land stewardship that centers Native Hawaiian and Indigenous practices, food tours that explore the challenges and triumphs of the African American experience, and rituals that strengthen our connections with our ancestors.

We are mixing all the FLAVAHZ from each company member together, serving them up steamed, sautéed, and deep fried.. and with all the rawness. From PRAYER to SOUL FOOD to CELEBRATIONS, Edible Tales: Ho’okupu is a culinary dance journey that puts all of our authentic flavahz on a table that we are building for our collective nourishment.

We invite you to join us on November 18th and 19th for the immersive performance* experience, and taste the soulful flavors in our dances.

*Please consider bringing a non-food altar offering

Following our November 19th matinee performance, Kumu Hula ʻAuliʻi Aweau will host a 30-minute Hula / Oli (chant) workshop that leads into our 14th Anniversary Gala: MANAfest. The workshop is open to all performance and gala guests as a complimentary offering.

ARTISTIC PERSONNEL: Co-Artistic Directors: Linda Kuo & Candice Taylor; Choreographers: Keala Fung, Linda Kuo, Candice Taylor, Marmara Tobal in collaboration with dancers; Dancers: Abril Amparo, Alaina Cota, Keala Fung, Melvin Hsieh, Kingsley Ibeneche, Angela Miller, Litsie Monier, Candice Taylor, Marmara Tobal; Hula & Blessing: ʻAuliʻi Aweau; Original Music by Kingsley Ibeneche, Infinite Ethos: Jermaine Fletcher & Tyreek Jackson; Costumes: Keala Fung, Kauila Kanakaʻole, Linda Kuo, Candice Taylor

Edible Tales is made possible with the support of our funders and supporters:Dance/NYC, Brooklyn Arts Council, Brooklyn Grange, and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, A.R.T NY, The Puffin Foundation, Hawaiʻi Council for the Humanities, National Endowment for the Humanities

Monthly Pop Up Events @ Brooklyn Grange

Sunday, August 13th

11am - 1pm

Brooklyn Grange @ Sunset Park

850 Third Avenue Rooftop, Brooklyn, NY 11232

The Black August event acknowledges and commemorates the countless organizers, activists, and freedom fighters who sacrificed their freedom and lives in the struggle for Black liberation. As a bi-coastal company based in Lenapehoeking / NYC and Hawaiʻi, we are also aware of the connection between colonization, capitalism, and social injustice across the oceans and land. Our artists will share works-in-progress from the weeklong Social Justice Creative Lab to address institutionalized and internalized racism, and explore ways to collectively build the road to liberation.

All proceeds will be donated to directly support Nā ʻAikāne O Maui Cultural Center, a nonprofit organization that services the Native Hawaiian Community, leads the landback movement, and housed important cultural artifacts that are lost in the recent Lāhaina fire.

$20 Suggested Donation at the event

This program is made possible with support by Dance NYC, A.R.T NY, Brooklyn Grange and Ladies of Hip Hop

Celebrating Chinese and Caribbean American Heritage

Monthly Pop Up Events @ Brooklyn Grange

Sunday, July 9

11:30am - 1pm

Brooklyn Grange @ Sunset Park

850 Third Avenue Roof Brooklyn, NY 11232

This Pop Up event will include a FREE self defense class. A collaboration between Asian Defense Alliance (ADA) and Dancers Unlimited, the self-defense class welcomes all ages and levels to learn efficient and necessary self-defense techniques that are useful for street and Subway safety. A pepper spray demo is included in the class.

Monthly Pop Up Events are FREE. RSVP is encouraged

The Soul Spot
302 Atlantic Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11201

This year we are focusing on African and African American Cuisine. Returning back to the motherland to see the influence it has on the creation of soul food in America. Then fast forwarding into the now to see how soul food is being transformed, reinvented, and fused today.

The goal of the Food Tour is to shine a light on the local, ethnic cuisines in Brooklyn, specifically Crown Heights, Bushwick, and Bedstuy areas. 

We will be going into different restaurants and sampling dishes that represent their home, culture, and where they come from. After sampling, we will have a Cypher based on the food we ate and what we learned about that food. This event will be documented.

This program is made possible with support by Brooklyn Arts Council and DanceNYC.

Register on VERSD With the Button or the qr code OR EVENTBRITE WITH THE 2ND BUTTON

BUKA New York
1111 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11238
Between Classon and Franklin
2-4pm

This year we are focusing on African and African American Cuisine. Returning back to the motherland to see the influence it has on the creation of soul food in America. Then fast forwarding into the now to see how soul food is being transformed, reinvented, and fused today.

The goal of the Food Tour is to shine a light on the local, ethnic cuisines in Brooklyn, specifically Crown Heights, Bushwick, and Bedstuy areas. 

We will be going into different restaurants and sampling dishes that represent their home, culture, and where they come from. After sampling, we will have a Cypher based on the food we ate and what we learned about that food. This event will be documented.

This program is made possible with support by Brooklyn Arts Council and DanceNYC.

register on versd OR EVENTBRITE
*SCAN QR CODE OR BUTTON FOR VERSD
*2ND BUTTON FOR EVENTBRITE

Brooklyn Grange at Sunset Park

850 3rd Avenue

Brooklyn, New York 11232

Join us and explore the parts of your culture and identity that are celebratory and share how those celebrations take place. Take pride in the things that make your culture and identity beautiful, resilient, and unique. We want to learn and experience what celebrating who you are looks and feels like through movement. Come share an important piece of you.

Learn more about Monthly Sundays at Brooklyn Grange here.

Facilitator: Candice Taylor
Time: 6:30pm-8pm
Location: Gibney Dance, Studio B
FREE with RSVP

Water is a connector of the present, past and future. It holds memories of our ancestors and nourishes lives as it cycles through its forms. In this moveMEANT session, we will explore how water activates a part of our souls that remembers our authentic connections to ourselves, the space around us and each other. 

Interested in joining DU the company? This is the last session to attend to be considered!