Dancers Unlimited will be attending Endless Styles Festival on O’ahu!
More details to come soon
The ʻAhahui Noiʻi Noʻeau ʻŌiwi – Research Institute of Indigenous Performance (ANNO) will host its second biennial conference at the Kennedy Theatre at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, February 5–6, 2026.
This year’s conference celebrates the power of passing knowledge from generation to generation within Indigenous and Hawaiian cultures. The two-day event will host scholars and artists from UHM and Ko Hawai‘i Pae ‘Āina. Through panels, workshops, film screenings, and networking sessions, ANNO’26 stimulates conversations about Indigenous performance, and the importance of intergenerational transference of knowledge, language, and artistic practices.
Dancers Unlimited will be presenting an Edible Tales Movement Workshop on February 5th.
For conference registration and info, visit: https://manoa.hawaii.edu/anno/anno26/
Using food-related topics, the production shares embodied experiences, practices, and presentations rooted in BIPOC storytelling and indigenous land stewardship practices. An example is visiting an ancient Hawaiian fishpond to help with restoration efforts, learning about reciprocal ahupuaʻa land-care practices that honor ancestral stories & memories, and talking to community elders about Soul Food and its connections to the Black American experiences and the ancestral flavors from West Africa.
Our community and ancestral stories are transformed into movement narratives performed by intergenerational & multicultural artists.
Join us for the premier of Edible Tales: Ho`oulu
📅February 19th
📍Kaua`i Performing Arts Center at Kaua`i Community College
⏰6pm: pre-show activities, 7-9pm: performance
Families welcome! Seniors, Kama`aina, and students discounts available.
Keiki ages 5 and under FREE with 1 regular ticket purchase.
Edible Tales is supported by New England Foundation For The Arts National Theater Project Creation & Touring Award, Hawai`i Council For The Humanities, National Endowment For The Humanities, Puffin Foundation, Brooklyn Arts Council, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Papahana Kuaola and Waiwai Collective.
We’re back in the studio starting June 8 with choose-what-you-pay open rehearsals!
Join us for open rehearsals every Sunday from 10:30 AM to 12 PM at Page Academy of Dance as we kick off a powerful new season of movement, creation, and collaboration
We are actively looking to hire new company dancers through these sessions and are also seeking collaborators: artists, land stewards, social justice activists, and community builders who are ready to move with purpose
Let’s create something meaningful together!
We’re back in the studio starting June 8 with choose-what-you-pay open rehearsals!
Join us for open rehearsals every Sunday from 10:30 AM to 12 PM at Page Academy of Dance as we kick off a powerful new season of movement, creation, and collaboration
We are actively looking to hire new company dancers through these sessions and are also seeking collaborators: artists, land stewards, social justice activists, and community builders who are ready to move with purpose
Let’s create something meaningful together!
We’re back in the studio starting June 8 with choose-what-you-pay open rehearsals!
Join us for open rehearsals every Sunday from 10:30 AM to 12 PM at Page Academy of Dance as we kick off a powerful new season of movement, creation, and collaboration
We are actively looking to hire new company dancers through these sessions and are also seeking collaborators: artists, land stewards, social justice activists, and community builders who are ready to move with purpose
Let’s create something meaningful together!
We’re back in the studio starting June 8 with choose-what-you-pay open rehearsals!
Join us for open rehearsals every Sunday from 10:30 AM to 12 PM at Page Academy of Dance as we kick off a powerful new season of movement, creation, and collaboration
We are actively looking to hire new company dancers through these sessions and are also seeking collaborators: artists, land stewards, social justice activists, and community builders who are ready to move with purpose
Let’s create something meaningful together!
We’re back in the studio starting June 8 with choose-what-you-pay open rehearsals!
Join us for open rehearsals every Sunday from 10:30 AM to 12 PM at Page Academy of Dance as we kick off a powerful new season of movement, creation, and collaboration
We are actively looking to hire new company dancers through these sessions and are also seeking collaborators: artists, land stewards, social justice activists, and community builders who are ready to move with purpose
Let’s create something meaningful together!
We’re back in the studio starting June 8 with choose-what-you-pay open rehearsals!
Join us for open rehearsals every Sunday from 10:30 AM to 12 PM at Page Academy of Dance as we kick off a powerful new season of movement, creation, and collaboration
We are actively looking to hire new company dancers through these sessions and are also seeking collaborators: artists, land stewards, social justice activists, and community builders who are ready to move with purpose
Let’s create something meaningful together!
Join us for our fundraiser at the HeART festival by Downtown Art Center on April 12th! Dance with us for as long as you want, from joining a dance class, boogie-down in line dances, or showing us what you got at the freestyle cypher. Bring your fabulous self and your ‘Ohana to the art festival! Want extra cool points? Get a team together and dress up to rep your style!
Entry: $10 per hour / $40 for all 5 hours *per person. Each participant must register separately.
Donations are 100% tax deductible. All participants receive a free pass to attend a summer open rehearsal, and a free month of DU Mobile app membership.
As a part of our Festival of Pacific Arts & Culture (FestPAC) Offering, weʻre excited to present a collaborative open rehearsal with Bulareyaung Dance Company (BDC) for an inter-cultural experience, sharing our creative processes that are rooted in our island homes.
BDC was founded in 2015 in Taitung by Bulareyaung Pagarlava, an indigenous choreographer from the Paiwan tribe in Taiwan. Creation of dance pieces and dancer training are accomplished by working in the mountains and singing old chants by the waterside. Dancers develop unique body movements and vocabulary by delving into their indigenous heritage and culture through regular field trips.
Since its founding, the company has presented several productions, including La Song (2015), Qaciljay (2016), Colors (2016), Stay That Way (2017), Luna (2018), #Yes or No (2019), Not Afraid of the Sun and Rain (2021), Rustling, Whirring (2022), and tiaen tiamen Episode 1(2023). Stay That Way won the Taishin Performing Arts Award in 2017, and Luna further won the coveted Taishin Arts Award Annual Grand Prize in 2018. It is the first performing troupe to be awarded in two consecutive years. The Company has been invited to various performances, and has also toured to Canada, Singapore, Japan, Malaysia, Australia, Beijing, and Hong Kong.
NO DANCE EXPERIENCE REQUIRED. ALL AGES WELCOME. Traditional arts & cultural practitioners, and ʻĀina workers are warmly welcomed.
$: Please donate directly to Lāhainā Strong or Nā ʻĀinkane O Maui to support continued relief and rebuilding effort for Maui fire victims - present your donation receipt to check-into the open rehearsal.
The Science & Sustainability Festival at Bishop Museum is a day of programming exploring the Museum's collections, research, and work with community partners, with a focus on biodiversity, conservation, and sustainability. We invite you to join us as we explore the connectivity between science, culture, and a sustainable future.
Join Dancers Unlimited and explore how moʻolelo (story) can be the foundation of knowledge for a sustainable future through dance workshops and establishing a community moʻolelo archive.
Reduced admission – $5 kamaʻaina and military
DU Booth Activities (45 minutes each):
10:30 Building A Moʻolelo Archive
1:30 Mo'olelo & Creative MoveMEANT with Dancers Unlimited
Art activities / story archive & collection and dance film screening throughout
Join our dancers at the next HEART of Honolulu Art Street Festival - a family friendly art festival. Artists and arts organizations transforming Nuuanu Avenue in Chinatown into a pedestrian heaven where everyone can experience and enjoy the HEART of the Chinatown Arts District, including art, live music, food, creative local vendors, performances and more.
HEART is an acronym that stands for Heritage, Entertainment, Arts & Culture, Restaurants, and Theatre & Performing Arts. Together, these elements make up the core of the vibrant creative community that exists in the Bethel and Nuʻuanu Avenue district, between King Street and Beretania Avenue.
WHATʻS DU DOING: Our company dancers Nicole Maileen Woo and Keala Fung will be selling their original art work and handmade lauhala jewelry! Expect some movement, fun, and lots of laughter.
LOCATION: Nuʻuanu Ave in Chinatown, by Marks Garage and Downtown Art Center
Don't miss the Dancers Unlimited x House of Ohana Collab!! Led by our Co-Artistic Director, Candice Taylor and Guest Artist, Bianca Zogbi, the double workshops + freestyle session focus on Krumping, Hip Hop, House and freestyle drills and practices.
Date: Feb 20th
Time:
6pm Freestyle Fundamentals for All Styles / Bianca Zogbi
7pm Krump & House / Candice Taylor & DU Dancers
8-10pm Session: House, Funk & Hip Hop; live music by DJ Kingsley Ibeneche
$10-$20 per class- pay what you can
*$5 for session paid directly at the studio for studio rental
Location: Mana Movement, 2320 South King Street, 2nd floor, Honolulu, HI 96826
MoveMEANT Destination is a travel program that explores socially and culturally important topics through dance/movement, land-based learning and community engagement. We aim to decolonize our artistic practices and realign ourselves with indigenous-centered healing, justice and restoration work.
SCHEDULE:
February 17th: Kualoa Beach Park / Intention Setting, Intro, Hoʻokupu (Offering), Hula
February 18th: Papahana Kuaola / Mauka (mountain / inland), Hula
February 19th: Location TBA / Makai (ocean), Hula
*Each day includes an intro, Hawaiian cultural lesson, and reflection.
Participants from our Edible Tales: Hoʻokupu monthly Hawaiian cultural immersion program share their learning and original performances to honor our connections with each other and the ʻāina.
Attendees are welcome to arrive half an hour early to participate in the interactive dance installations happening during the Hoʻolauleʻa portion of the evening.
TICKETS:
Pay what you can: $10, $20, $30 - seats not guaranteed
*Our MANAFest: Hoʻolauleʻa fundraiser event is 4pm-6pm right before the Hōʻike. Each hoʻolauleʻa ticket includes complimentary admission to the Hōʻike. Please consider purchasing the BUNDLE ticket for maximized fun (and ʻono kine grinds)!
Edible Tales: Hoʻokupu centers Native Hawaiian wisdom and turn stories about food and ʻāina into community-centered dance exploration, actions and solutions. Our 2023 theme Ho`okupu (to offer, to sprout), explores the reciprocal relationship between giving and receiving, our interconnectedness to each other, and shared pathways to build community resilience and collaboration.
Guided by Kumu Hula ʻAuliʻi Aweau, the 6-month transformative journey features hands-on work on the farm and fishponds, and Hawaiian cultural activies including Hula, oli, kuahu building, lauhala and ʻawa planting.
Mahalo nui loa to our funders and venues
Edible Tales: Hoʻokupu is made possible by funding support from National Endowment for the Humanities, Hawaiʻi Council for the Humanities, and The Puffin Foundation.
Venues: Papahana Kuaola, Lūluku Farms, Waikalua Loko I`a, the Fukumitsu ohana, and Page Academy of Dance
Dancers Unlimited is turning 14, and we canʻt wait to celebrate with you!
From our humble beginning as a free community youth dance program on Furlough Fridays, to touring internationally in China, and now a bi-coastal nonprofit 501(c)3 in Hawaiʻi and NYC, we do it all because OF OUR COMMUNITY - YOU.
The Hoʻolauleʻa celebrates a joyous and successful year of working, dancing and learning together with our community. From mauka to makai, our community has filled us with so much joy and mana.
The event is also a part of our MANAfest campaign: raising $50K for 2024 programming. Your support is crucial for the sustainability of our programs.
1. A MANAfest circle: building shared vision
2. Pupu & Beverages
3. Silent Auction
4. Immersive Dance Installations
5. Special performance by Noelani Love
TICKETS:
TABLE PURCHASE (limit 10 tables): $480 (seats 8; all VIP benefits + guaranteed seats together with discounted ticket price per person). → OUR BEST DEAL! GET A TABLE WITH FRIENDS/ʻOHANA FOR SAVINGS & MORE FUN!
VIP: $80 (preferred seating + gift bag)
General Admission: $50 (open seating)
All ticket types include complimentary admission to the Edible Tales: Hoʻokupu Hōʻike, which follows immediately after the Hoʻolauleʻa:
6:15pm-7:30pm Edible Tales: Hoʻokupu Hōʻike (included in the Hoʻolauleʻa admission)
Participants from our Edible Tales: Hoʻokupu monthly Hawaiian cultural immersion program share their learning and original performnaces to honor our connections with each other and the ʻāina.
Date: August (TBA)
Location: Papahana Kuaola
Facilitator: ʻAuliʻi Aweau
Cultural Practitioner: Keoua Nelsen
Facilitated by our company Hawaiian cultural advisor, ʻAuliʻi Aweau, participants will learn about the theme hoʻokupu (to offer; to sprout), the moʻolelo of the space and land, and learn about the cultural tradition of hala-leaf weaving as passed down in Keouaʻs family. Aloha ʻāina activities are incorporated and might include helping on the farm and harvesting.
Interested participants can also sign up to perform at the culminating hōʻike on October 28th, 2023 at KEY Project. SIGN UP for the Weekly rehearsals with our professional dance company on Sundays 10am-noon at Page Dance Academy (Kaimuki) to create your own movement story and perform!
We welcome participants to attend all monthly sessions from April to October to experience the transformative journey to the fullest!
ALL AGES WELCOME!
A 6th generation lauhala (pandanus) weaver and educator who uses generational customary methods to weave traditional techniques and bridge them with contemporary styles and forms. Creates a safe space where 21st learners are able to connect to anancestral art form and cultural practices.
Throughout my career I have demonstrated the ability to successfully manage projects, set objectives, develop and maintain budgets, meet deadlines, produce quality work and build trusted relationships.
www.ihala.com ; instagram.com/ihalallc ; facebook.com/ihalallc
Edible Tales: Hoʻokupu center Native Hawaiian wisdom and turn stories about food and ʻāina into community-centered dance exploration, actions and solutions. Our 2023 theme Ho`okupu (to offer, to sprout), explores the reciprocal relationship between giving and receiving, our interconnectedness to each other, and shared pathways to build community resilience and collaboration.
Edible Tales: Hoʻokupu is a 6-month journey taking place on-site on loko iʻa, loʻi, pā honu, urban community gardens and even tūtūʻs kitchen. We invite you to join us on one or all of the events!
Edible Tales: Ho’okupu is partially funded by Hawaiʻi Council For the Humanities and National Endowment for the Humanities
Date: Sunday, June 25th 9am-1pm
Location: Waikalua Loko I`a (Fishpond)
Facilitator: ʻAuliʻi Aweau
Cultural Practitioner: Rosalyn Dias Concepcion
Facilitated by our company Hawaiian cultural advisor, ʻAuliʻi Aweau, participants will learn about the theme hoʻokupu (to offer; to sprout), explore and learn about the ancient fishpond built by Hawaiians approximately 350 years ago. The loko iʻa is a “place where one can kilo, a`o, malama, and maha” and where ancient wisdom and modern knowledge combine to set a strong foundation for a better future. Participants will participate in volunteer work, and learn an oli (chant) and Hula.
Participants are encouraged to showcase the oli and Hula learned at the culminating hōʻike on October 28th, 2023 at KEY Project. Interested participants can also sign up for the weekly rehearsals with our professional dance company on Sundays 10am-noon at Page Dance Academy (Kaimuki).
Here is what the June 25th session will cover:
-Learn about various ho`okupu (offerings) for Ku`ulakai and Hinakapu`ui`a (altars at the fishpond)
-make a pūʻolo style offering with i`a (fish), pa’akai (salt), and lāʻī (ti leaf)
-Learn about the functions of these kuahu (altars) and the importance of their locations in relations to the pond.
-Share mana`o (thoughts and ideas) about wai (water)and its overall importance and function of the ecology of the loko i`a (fishpond)
-learn an oli (chant)
-Learn a hula (dance)
We welcome participants to attend all monthly sessions from April to October and showcase at the hōʻike!
ALL AGES WELCOME!
Welina mai! O Rosalyn Concepcion ko`u inoa. E noho mai au ma Kaneohe. Aloha I’m Rosalyn Concepcion fishpond Manager and Kia`I Loko I`a at Waikalua LokoI`a.. I’ve been at Waikalua since 2011 and my primary kuleana is in cultural restoration and preservation, facilitating Lā Ohana (community workdays), and focusing on Restorative Aquaculture. I received my degree in Criminal Justice and Psychology at Chaminade University. My passion is being in the kai surfing, paddling, or being with my Ohana. I love animals and have 5 dogs of my own. I believe in the importance of service above self, giving back to my Lāhui and the need for pa`a family values. I love working outdoors with my hands and sharing hawaiian values to our keiki.
Edible Tales: Hoʻokupu center Native Hawaiian wisdom and turn stories about food and ʻāina into community-centered dance exploration, actions and solutions. Our 2023 theme Ho`okupu (to offer, to sprout), explores the reciprocal relationship between giving and receiving, our interconnectedness to each other, and shared pathways to build community resilience and collaboration.
Edible Tales: Hoʻokupu is a 6-month journey taking place on-site on loko iʻa, loʻi, pā honu, urban community gardens and even tūtūʻs kitchen. We invite you to join us on one or all of the events!
Edible Tales: Ho`okupu is partially funded by Hawaiʻi Council For the Humanities and National Endowment for the Humanities.
We are kicking off our LIBERATION class series in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi!
The 7-class series features Native New Yorker and our company dancer, Nicole Maileen Woo. Nicole has been dancing “House” since the party scenes blew up in New York City. The class journeys into the heart and soul of House, and is designed for HUEmans who are seeking a movement practice rooted in spirit and connection.
All ages welcome!
Please make donations directly to the teaching artist.
We are kicking off our LIBERATION class series in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi!
The 7-class series features Native New Yorker and our company dancer, Nicole Maileen Woo. Nicole has been dancing “House” since the party scenes blew up in New York City. The class journeys into the heart and soul of House, and is designed for HUEmans who are seeking a movement practice rooted in spirit and connection.
All ages welcome!
Please make donations directly to the teaching artist.
We are kicking off our LIBERATION class series in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi!
The 7-class series features Native New Yorker and our company dancer, Nicole Maileen Woo. Nicole has been dancing “House” since the party scenes blew up in New York City. The class journeys into the heart and soul of House, and is designed for HUEmans who are seeking a movement practice rooted in spirit and connection.
All ages welcome!
Please make donations directly to the teaching artist.
We are kicking off our LIBERATION class series in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi!
The 7-class series features Native New Yorker and our company dancer, Nicole Maileen Woo. Nicole has been dancing “House” since the party scenes blew up in New York City. The class journeys into the heart and soul of House, and is designed for HUEmans who are seeking a movement practice rooted in spirit and connection.
All ages welcome!
Please make donations directly to the teaching artist.
We are kicking off our LIBERATION class series in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi!
The 7-class series features Native New Yorker and our company dancer, Nicole Maileen Woo. Nicole has been dancing “House” since the party scenes blew up in New York City. The class journeys into the heart and soul of House, and is designed for HUEmans who are seeking a movement practice rooted in spirit and connection.
All ages welcome!
Please make donations directly to the teaching artist.
We are kicking off our LIBERATION class series in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi!
The 7-class series features Native New Yorker and our company dancer, Nicole Maileen Woo. Nicole has been dancing “House” since the party scenes blew up in New York City. The class journeys into the heart and soul of House, and is designed for HUEmans who are seeking a movement practice rooted in spirit and connection.
All ages welcome!
Please make donations directly to the teaching artist.
We are kicking off our LIBERATION class series in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi!
The 7-class series features Native New Yorker and our company dancer, Nicole Maileen Woo. Nicole has been dancing “House” since the party scenes blew up in New York City. The class journeys into the heart and soul of House, and is designed for HUEmans who are seeking a movement practice rooted in spirit and connection.
All ages welcome!
Please make donations directly to the teaching artist.
