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Journey Through Australia’s Heartland with Black Arm Band’s "dirtsong" (Press Release)
12-19-2016
Kamuela, HI – Saturday, January 21, at 7 pm, Kahilu Theatre presents one of Australia’s leading performance art companies, Black Arm Band, with their musical theater piece dirtsong. Black Arm Band is internationally acclaimed for its distinctive music theater performances, uniquely powerful visual imagery, and the cel
Kamuela, HI – Saturday, January 21, at 7 pm, Kahilu Theatre presents one of Australia’s leading performance art companies, Black Arm Band, with their musical theater piece dirtsong. Black Arm Band is internationally acclaimed for its distinctive music theater performances, uniquely powerful visual imagery, and the celebration of indigenous music, culture, and language.
Set against a stunning backdrop of moving imagery and text inspired by the words of Alexis Wright (Miles Franklin Award winner) and featuring songs performed in thirteen different Aboriginal languages, dirtsong is a powerful musical journey through Australia's cultural heartland.
The show is a large-scale musical production to stir the soul and is drawn wholly from Aboriginal Australia. It mixes traditional approaches and contemporary songs, existing repertoire, and newly commissioned music to conjure a sense of “country” not only as a geographical place, but also as encounters, memories, obligations, and nature.
dirtsong Vocalists:
Fred Leone, Troy Brady, Deline Briscoe, Shellie Morris, Nicole Lampton
dirtsong Band:
Tjupurru: Yidaki/Didjeribone
Michael Meagher: Bass
Rory McDougall: Drums
Doors open at 6 pm for the performance, and there will be beverages and snacks available for sale at the bar. The Voyager Exhibit will be on display in the Kahilu Theatre galleries.
Tickets are $68 / $48 / $38 / $20 and are available for purchase online at www.kahilutheatre.org, by calling (808) 885-6868, or at the Kahilu Theatre Box Office at 67-1186 Lindsey Road, Kamuela, HI 96743, Monday – Friday, from 9 am to 1 pm.
This performance of dirtsong is sponsored by Tim Bostock & Melanie Holt, Tom & Marsha Kerley, Mimi & Brian Kerley, Nancy Lematta, Kona Brewing Co., and the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel.
The Black Arm Band will also perform dirtsong at UH Hilo on Friday, January 20 at 7:30 pm in the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo Performing Arts Center (PAC). Tickets for the Hilo performance are available at the UH Hilo Box Office at 808.932.7490 or online at http://artscenter.uhh.hawaii.edu.
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Kahilu Theatre Announces Spring Semester of Performing Arts Classes (Press Release)
12-13-2016
Kamuela, HI – Kahilu Theatre will offer twenty-three classes during the Spring Semester of its Kahilu Performing Arts Classes (KPAC) program under the direction of Angel Prince. Students are able to choose from classes that focus on Dance, Theatre, Music, and Circus Arts, and classes are available for all ages and abilities.
Kamuela, HI – Kahilu Theatre will offer twenty-three classes during the Spring Semester of its Kahilu Performing Arts Classes (KPAC) program under the direction of Angel Prince. Students are able to choose from classes that focus on Dance, Theatre, Music, and Circus Arts, and classes are available for all ages and abilities.
The Spring Semester of KPAC begins on Monday, January 16 and classes run weekly through Thursday, April 27. The semester concludes with the Kahilu Production of Dance of the Bees on Saturday, May 5 and Sunday, May 6.
“Dance of the Bees and 13 the Musical are Kahilu Productions and will source the majority of performers from our performing arts classes,” says Angel Prince, Director of KPAC. “It’s an amazing opportunity for students to study and perform on a world-class stage.”
Classes are held Monday through Thursday, between the hours of 3pm and 7:30pm, and are conducted on the Kahilu Theatre Main Stage and in the Mike Luce Studio.
List of Classes
Acting / Acting the Song
Aerial Silks 1, Aerial Silks 2, Aerial Silks 3, Aerial Silks 4
Backstage Production
Ballet 1, Ballet 2
Breakdancing
Circus Arts
Contemporary 1, Contemporary 2, Contemporary 3
Dance Improv & Choreo
Hip Hop 1, Hip Hop 2
Hula 1
Keiki Dance
Singing
Trapeze 1, Trapeze 2
Theatre Games
KPAC Faculty
Angel Prince (Director of KPAC): Contemporary Dance, Dance Improv and Choreography
Noelani Anderson: Theatre Games
Lynn Barre: Ballet
Paul Buckley: Backstage Tech
Beth Dunnington: Acting / Acting the Song
Graham Ellis: Circus Arts
Chris "Mana" Ho'opai: Hip Hop and Break Dancing
Leia Lawrence: Hula
Elizabeth McDonald: Contemporary Dance and Trapeze
Kat Reuss: Aerial Silks
Victoria Roos: Aerial Silks
Val Underwood: Singing
Class Enrollment Information:
Registration for the spring semester of Kahilu Performing Arts Classes (KPAC) opens Monday, December 12.
Scholarships are available for qualifying students. Applications will be accepted from December 12 through January 6. A panel will review applications and notification will be sent to all applicants by January 11.
For more information regarding class schedules, registration, fees, and scholarship information call the Kahilu Theatre Box Office at 808.885.6868 or visit http://kahilutheatre.org/Arts-Ed/Kahilu-Performing-Arts-Classes--Spring-2017-.
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Are you in the mood for luck?
11-10-2015
Are you in the mood for luck?
Art has been donated by local artists to support Kahilu Theatre. Drawing tickets are available now by calling the theatre at 885-6868 and will be available at the Glenn Miller event where the winners will be announced. Need not be present to win. Tickets are one fo
Are you in the mood for luck?
Art has been donated by local artists to support Kahilu Theatre. Drawing tickets are available now by calling the theatre at 885-6868 and will be available at the Glenn Miller event where the winners will be announced. Need not be present to win. Tickets are one for $15 or 4 for $50. Click here to see PDF of artwork available.
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A note about She Island from Jane Sibbett
10-05-2015
10.2.15
Aloha from the Director of SHE’ISLAND,
A note of news I hope finds extra wings of support with you and all! Due to both a personal and literal crunch recovering from a hit and run accident in Hollywood two weeks ago, and the loss of my beloved aunt this week, as well as deeply desiring m
10.2.15
Aloha from the Director of SHE’ISLAND,
A note of news I hope finds extra wings of support with you and all! Due to both a personal and literal crunch recovering from a hit and run accident in Hollywood two weeks ago, and the loss of my beloved aunt this week, as well as deeply desiring much more work with wahine on the Big Island – most especially with our youth and kapuna, Artistic Director Tim Bostock and I agreed to move our original Kahilu Theatre production of SHE’ISLAND to Mother’s Day weekend, May 7, 7:00PM & May 8, 2016 at 2:00PM.
I am flying back to Hawaii Island Oct. 14 to work on SHE’ISLAND with the writers, actresses already cast, and to speak and workshop with more island kumu and wahine inviting their participation in all areas of this production, including, but not limited to, acting, dancing, choreography, visual arts, production design, stage crafts, and more. Not already involved, but interested in participating? Please write to the address below.
Further, I’ll be opening up another round of auditions! Round Two will be Sun., Oct. 18 12:00 – 3:00 PM at the Kahilu Theatre. Material will be supplied and available on the day, so come early to prepare OR if you’d like to perform original material, please write to me for instructions.
We will also be holding a staged reading of the work-in-progress of SHE’ISLAND on Oct. 24, at 7:00PM in our new Kahilu Black Box Theatre for a limited audience. Tickets are free, but must be reserved by calling 885-6868. Come see and hear the beginnings of our exciting new community co-creation. In a special 30-Day virtual workshop and beyond we’ve gathered stories of the wahine of Hawaii Island, as inspired by the elemental energies of our spectacular home. More than just stories of survival, these are tales of love, passion, loss, and rebirth, too.
Would you also like to assist in sharing about this project? Thank you for helping us post fliers and buzz through social media in the months and weeks leading up to our open. Did you know that proceeds from this, inspired by the work we did with The Vagina Monologues for two years in a row, will not only be going to help survivors of intimate violence through the Light On Foundation, but we are also creating educational opportunities in the Arts for wahine of all ages on Hawaii Island? It’s true! 90% of all our profits from TVM stayed on island to help the women and children of Hawaii and we’re doing it again with SHE’ISLAND. Help us curate content via #sheisland #kahilutheatre #bigislandwahine Every tweet and hashtag and high-five helps. Mahalo for your support in telling others to join you on Mother’s Day weekend for this very special event.
Stay tuned to this page on kahilutheatre.org for even more info how you can help raise SHE’ISLAND from imagination to reality for the good of wahine and the souls who worship them everywhere. Looking forward to seeing you and yours soon on SHE’ISLAND.
Mahalo nui loa,
Jane Sibbett, Director, Co-Creator of She’Island
sheisland@gmail.com
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