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Weʻve Got A Story To Tell: Canʻt Stop Hip Hop 8th Annual Conference
May
3
to May 4
Workshops, Tour

Weʻve Got A Story To Tell: Canʻt Stop Hip Hop 8th Annual Conference

  • Harvard Graduate School Of Education (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

DU is presenting a MoveMEANT Sessions Cypher at Harvard!

MoveMEANT Sessions explore the intersection of storytelling and freestyle movement. Rooted in the spirit of liberation and authenticity, participants are guided through the cypher as a space for healing, connection and expression.

The session starts with a freestyle session using a “each one teach one” approach, where a variety of styles can be exchanged in a party vibe. The facilitators will then transition the session into a cypher where dancers / movers are guided through authentic storytelling through freestyle movement.

We believe authenticity, liberation and healing are interconnected, and authentic movement is the ability to move freely and honestly. We will end with a 15 minute discussion on how we can apply or are already applying this interconnection in our lives. Live beats provided by DJ Kingsley Ibeneche.

Friday, May 3rd

Afternoon into Evening: Opening Jam & Fireside Chat

(most performances will occur this evening between 6:30-8:30PM)


Saturday, May 4th

All Day: Conference Keynotes & Workshops/Presentations

Harvard Graduate School of Education Campus

(some performance will happen during the day between 9:30AM-6:30PM)

End of the Conference: Block Party!

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Spring Community Week NYC 2024: Hoʻoulu
May
27
to Jun 2
Events, NYC, Workshops, Performances

Spring Community Week NYC 2024: Hoʻoulu

  • LA MAMA EXPERIMENTAL THEATER (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Celebrating 1o years of dance-making in nyc!

This summer marks our 10th year creating work with and for the NYC community. Join us and celebrate at our Spring Community Week: HOʻOULU (to grow / lift up) - a part of the La Mama Moves! Festival this year!

@ LA MAMAʻS REHEARSAL SPACE (47 GREAT JONES STREET):

MAY 27 - MAY 30: HULA WORKSHOPS
Hula workshops with Kumu Hula ʻAuliʻi Aweau. Participants will learn mele (songs), oli (chants), Hula, and make their own lei, adornments and Kihei (ceremonial sash) for the hōʻike (sharing) at the Hoʻoulu Community Performance.
MORE INFO & REGISTER

@ LA MAMAʻS ELLEN STEWART THEATER (66 EAST 4TH STREET, 2ND FLOOR)
FIRST 10 TICKETS ARE $10 ONLY FOR ALL ELLEN STEWART THEATER EVENTS!

MAY 31: HOʻOULU COMMUNITY PERFORMANCE
Featuring Te Ao Mana, Pua Aliʻi ʻIlima o Nūioka, Ka Pā Hula O Laʻakea, Kinding Sindaw, Halau Hula O Na Mele `Aina `O Hawai`i, and a land acknowledgement blessing by Red Hawk Native American Council
7pm-9pm
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JUNE 1: EDIBLE TALES: HOʻOKUPU <THE OFFERING> PERFORMANCES

DUʻs dancers will be sharing its latest repertoire work, Edible Tales: Hoʻokupu <The Offering> on June 1st with two performances at 2pm and 7pm. Edible Tales is a culmination of a 3-year creative process that centers community engagement to explore cultural heritage, social justice and sustainability through food-related topics.
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JUNE 1: “REEL WĀHINE OF HAWAIʻI” FILM SCREENING
Presented in partnership with Reel Wahine of Hawaiʻi and Pacific Island Film Festival NYC, DU is excited to celebrate the women filmmakers of Hawaiʻi who are amplifying culture and political voices from the islands. GET TICKETS - PAY WHAT YOU CAN

JUNE 2: DUNYC 10 OPEN STYLE BATTLE
Honoring the companyʻs roots in the NYC street dance community, we are bringing the open style battle to La Mama Theaterʻs Ellen Stewart Theater stage! $15 to battle and/or spectate. Cash prize: $300. Emcee: Cebo / DJ: Phoolish Roc / Judge: TBA
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Spring Community Week: Hoʻoulu is supported by funding and support from LMCC Creative Engagement Fund, NYSCA-A.R.T./New York Creative Opportunity Fund, and La Mama Experimental Theatre.

Previous Spring Community Week NYC Event Highlights:

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Social Justice Creative Lab
Aug
7
to Aug 13
Workshops, NYC, Events

Social Justice Creative Lab

Social Justice Creative Lab

Date: August 7-11 & Aug 13th 
Time: 10am - 4pm
Location: Ladies Of Hip Hop Studio - 38-26 30th St, Long Island City  NY & Brooklyn Grange - 850 Third Ave Rooftop, Brooklyn, NY & ON ZOOM

Facilitators: Dr. Akiemi Glenn / The Pōpolo Project 


How do our artistic voices amplify our lived experiences? How do we, as artists, use our platforms to address institutionalized and internalized racism? How do we create a safe space that allows trauma processing and healing from the assaults of racism? 

Join DU Company to explore your authentic answers to these urgent questions. 

The intensive consists of 3 parts: 

1. Anti-racist workshop (total 6 hours) with Dr. Akiemi Glenn from The Pōpolo Project

2. Daily MoveMEANT Creative Labs facilitated by DU Co-Artistic Directors Linda Kuo & Candice Taylor. The MoveMEANT Creative Lab is a safe place to process heavy topics we will engage at the anti-racist workshops, through somatic exploration. Participants are encouraged to create original visual and/or performing art projects to share at the culminating event on August 13th.

3. Dance workshops taught by DU company members

Daily activities include:

August 7th - 11th

Monday / Wed/ Friday 2pm-4pm EST (8am-10am HST)Anti-racist workshop with Dr. Akiemi Glenn

Tuesday / Thur 10am-4pm EST 

*10am-11:30am Intention Setting & Warm Up 

*11:30am-12:45pm Lunch Break 

*12:45pm-1:45pm Open Practice (taught by a company member)

*1:45pm-4pm Creative lab

Participants will showcase their original solo and/or collaborative work created throughout the week at the Black August event at Brooklyn Grange, in collaboration with Ladies of Hip Hop

TUITION: Sliding Scale $111, $222, $333 (by paying more, you are making it possible for our workshops to be equitable and accessible, while ensuring fair pay for our facilitators)

CAPACITY: 15

This program is made possible with support by A.R.T NY and Ladies of Hip Hop.


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Liberation: A House Dance Odyssey (Hawaiʻi)
Jun
18
9:00 AM09:00
Workshops, Hawaiʻi

Liberation: A House Dance Odyssey (Hawaiʻi)

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.

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Liberation: A House Dance Odyssey (Hawaiʻi)
Jun
11
9:00 AM09:00
Workshops, Hawaiʻi

Liberation: A House Dance Odyssey (Hawaiʻi)

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.

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Liberation: A House Dance Odyssey (Hawaiʻi)
Jun
4
9:00 AM09:00
Workshops, Hawaiʻi

Liberation: A House Dance Odyssey (Hawaiʻi)

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.

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Liberation: A House Dance Odyssey (Hawaiʻi)
May
28
9:00 AM09:00
Workshops, Hawaiʻi

Liberation: A House Dance Odyssey (Hawaiʻi)

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.

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Spring CommUNITY Week: Uncle Calvin Workshops (NYC)
May
24
to May 27
Events, Workshops

Spring CommUNITY Week: Uncle Calvin Workshops (NYC)

  • La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join us on May 24th and 27th for 2 workshops by Uncle Calvin Hoe!

May 24th Hula Kiʻi (puppetry) Workshop by Uncle Calvin Hoe, 5-7:30pm at La Mama

Culture. Identity. Fashion. Lifestyle. Brought to you by Dancers Unlimited and sponsored by Peridance and VERSD, from May 22nd – May 27th, join us at the Spring Community Week to celebrate AAPI history, culture and more on the dance floor!

In partnership with La Mama, the festival also features workshops by “Uncle” Calvin Hoe whose work can be found in the Smithsonian Museum. Master instrument-maker Hoe is one of Hawaii’s premier native artisans, making authentic pre-contact Hawaiian instruments since 1961, and providing musicians, scholars, and hula practitioners with his highly valued creations.


Hula Kiʻi (puppetry) Workshop by Uncle Calvin Hoe

Wednesday, May 24th 5-7:30pm

La Mama Experimental Theatre Club
47 Great Jones Street

New York, NY 10012

$25 Registration


May 27th, 1-2pm La MaMa Kids: Hula Ki'i Puppet Workshop with Uncle Calvin Hoe

$15 Registration

Uncle Calvin Hoe

Master instrument-maker “Uncle” Calvin Hoe is one of Hawaiʻi’s premier native artisans, making authentic pre-contact Hawaiian instruments since 1961, and providing musicians, scholars, and hula practitioners with his highly valued creations. He is the co-founder of Hakipuʻu Learning Center, a Hawaiian-based public charter school. Long committed to teaching Hawaiʻi’s children, Calvin has worked at Kamehameha Schools, Queen Liliʻuokalani Children’s Center and Bishop Museum. He has also been featured in Smithsonian magazines and publications. 

Uncle Calvinʻs Hawaiian ancestry comes from his mother, whose family owned land for generations in Hakipuʻu on Oʻahu’s windward side. A long-time community activist, Calvin and his wife Charlene worked successfully to preserve the water rights and keep development out of neighboring Waiāhole and Waikāne Valleys, because valuable water, like the streams of Hakipuʻu, was being diverted for use in Central and Leeward Oahu agricultural fields.

As an important cultural resource, Calvin has been invited to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. on two occasions to demonstrate his art, and he is one of the few allowed into the archival recesses of museums with ancient Hawaiian instruments to touch and examine the artifacts.

A student of renown Hula Master, Nona Beamer, “Uncle Cal” has been involved in the renaissance of Hawaiian music, hula, and the arts for the past five decades. Since 2009, he has been in a partnership with Maile Beamer-Loo at Hula Preservation Society to present workshops on select rare forms of Hula, such as the Hula ʻOhe, or Nose Flute Hula and Hula Kiʻi, or puppetry.

Uncle Cal has traveled the world sharing his knowledge and we are privileged to have him with us at the Spring Community Week, teaching the making and playing of the ʻohe hano ihu, Hula kiʻi, telling stories, and teaching about Hawaiian culture.

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Spring Community Week: Fundraiser Classes
May
22
10:00 AM10:00
Events, Workshops

Spring Community Week: Fundraiser Classes

CommUNITY Fundraiser Classes at Peridance Center

10-11:30am Aminry May Reyna - Yoga 

11:30-1pm Dancers Unlimited company class 

Dancers Unlimitedʻs company class features a contemporary choreography from our upcoming performance “Ola Ka Huakaʻihele O Hiʻiaka” or Becoming Hiʻiaka. Based on the legend of Hiʻaka and Pele, Hawaiian deities, the show tells the creation story of the Hawaiian islands and its symbolism in cultural reclamation and triumph against colonization and military occupation of Hawaiʻi. A collaboration between Dancers Unlimited and Kauila Kanakaʻole, legacy chanter from the Kanakaʻole family, the performance features traditional dances from the Kanakaʻole family and Hālau o Kekuhi, and contemporary dances from Dancers Unlimited. 

2:30-4pm Anthony Aiu - Contemporary Fusion

Contemporary/Ori Tahiti Fusion:
This open level class melds the traditional steps of Ori Tahiti with contemporary dance
technique and focuses on energetic impetus and qualitative movement performance. Expect to
move into and out of the floor and throughout the space with challenging and powerful
combinations.

4-5:30pm Anthony Aiu- Ori Tahiti 

Ori Tahiti:
An open level experience in traditional Ori Tahiti (Tahitian Dance) steps. Much of the movement
is derived from and celebrates our natural environment and inspired the class movement
phrases. Simple combinations of these concepts and ideas are taught throughout the session.
*Please bring a pareu (sarong) to wear during class.

7:45-9:15pm Asian Defense Alliance - Self Defense

ADA’s workshops teach situational awareness, street and subway safety, and self-defense techniques tailored to all age groups and ability levels.

All proceeds are donated to The Lenape Center to support and honor the original people of the land. The workshop is sponsored by Peridance and VERSD, thank you for making this possible!

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Liberation: A House Dance Odyssey (Hawaiʻi)
May
21
9:00 AM09:00
Workshops, Hawaiʻi

Liberation: A House Dance Odyssey (Hawaiʻi)

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.

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Liberation: A House Dance Odyssey (Hawaiʻi)
May
7
9:00 AM09:00
Workshops, Hawaiʻi

Liberation: A House Dance Odyssey (Hawaiʻi)

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.

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Liberation: A House Dance Odyssey (Hawaiʻi)
Apr
30
9:00 AM09:00
Workshops, Hawaiʻi

Liberation: A House Dance Odyssey (Hawaiʻi)

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.

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Spring CommUNITY Festival
May
2
to May 6
Events, Performances, Workshops

Spring CommUNITY Festival

CELEBRATING NYC DANCERS +

AAPI AND BIPOC ARTISTS HIGHLIGHTS

May 3rd, 6-9pm
Hula & Lei-Making Workshops

Learn basic Hula, Hawaiian culture and history with our Kumu (teacher) from Oahu, and take home a lei for a special someone (or yourself)!
Minimum Donations: $30


May 4th, 6-9pm
CommUNITY Dance Battle (1v1 HOUSE)

Judge: Sekou Heru
DJ: Shan S.
Cash Prize: $200
$10 TO BATTLE
Spectator: suggested $5 donation


May 5th, 7-9pm
CommUNITY Performance

7 Performances, 1 theme: UNITY.
We are celebrating BIPOC performers and creating a space for dialogues on the dance floor. Come for the show, and stay for the Q&A.
Minimum Donation: $5


May 6th, 7-9pm
Sustainable Fashion Show

An all-dancer cast for cultural and environmental sustainability, featuring fashion from Hamlet’s Vintage. Production directed by our new Co-Artistic Director, Candice Taylor & Stylist Marmara Tobal.


All events are donation-based with partial funding support from the Women’s Sports Foundation in partnership with Athleta and Alicia Keys.


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Oahu Choreography Lab: Day 3
Feb
27
7:00 PM19:00
Workshops

Oahu Choreography Lab: Day 3

Explore your choreographic voice and integrate social responsibility in the decolonized practice. The Lab introduces new dance techniques (1 hour of each choreography lab), followed by 1 to 2 hours of Choreographic Exploration facilitated by our Director, Linda Kuo.

Day 3 Technique: Flamenco x Afro-Cuban Exchange with Marmara Tobal x Jerome MT

Join us for 1, 2 or all 3 days

Only 8 spots available. Please VISIT CHOREOGRAPHY LAB PAGE for more info and register.

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Oahu Choreography Lab: Day 2
Feb
26
7:00 PM19:00
Workshops

Oahu Choreography Lab: Day 2

Explore your choreographic voice and integrate social responsibility in the decolonized practice. The Lab introduces new dance techniques (1 hour of each choreography lab), followed by 1 to 2 hours of Choreographic Exploration facilitated by our Director, Linda Kuo.

Day 2 Technique: Chinese Dance (Dai Dance) with Ivy Hsu / Phoenix Dance Chamber + 2 hours of Choreographic Exploration

Join us for 1, 2 or all 3 days

Only 8 spots available. Please VISIT CHOREOGRAPHY LAB PAGE for more info and register.

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Oahu Choreography Lab: Day 1
Feb
25
8:00 PM20:00
Workshops

Oahu Choreography Lab: Day 1

  • University Of Hawaii Athletics Building, Studio 3 (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Explore your choreographic voice and integrate social responsibility in the decolonized practice. The Lab introduces new dance techniques (1 hour of each choreography lab), followed by 1 to 2 hours of Choreographic Exploration facilitated by our Director, Linda Kuo.

Day 1 Technique: Flexin’ with Klassic Carella + 1 hour of Choreographic Exploration

Join us for 1, 2 or all 3 days

Only 8 spots available. Please VISIT CHOREOGRAPHY LAB PAGE for more info and register.

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