Alicia K. Keawekane Smith

Alicia Keolahou Keawekāne Smith he kumu hula Hawaiʻi i hoʻokumu i ka Hālau o Nā Maoli Pua ma Kalihi, Oʻahu ma ka makahiki 1976. He kumu hula o ka hā o nā hanauna, a ua aʻo ʻo ia i ka hula no nā makahiki he 20 ma ka YWCA ma Honolulu. ʻO ia ka makuahine o Piʻilaniwahine Smith, kekahi o nā haumāna hula āna. He lunakanawai ʻo ia no ka ʻAha Hula ʻo Merrie Monarch, ka ʻaha hula kaulana loa o ka honua.^[1]

Ke Ola Mua

Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Keawekāne Smith ma Waialua, Oʻahu. He kaikamahine hānai ʻo ia na Amos lāua ʻo Alice Kuni Keawekāne Garner. ʻO kona kupuna kāne, ka Reverend Joseph Kuni, he kahuna pule i aʻo i ka ʻohana e hīmeni a e hula. Ua kipa ka ʻohana i nā mokupuni āpau e hōʻiliʻili kālā no ka hale pule.^[1]

Ka Hula

I ka wā o ke Kaua Honua ʻElua, ua hula ʻo ia ma lalo o Aunty Lena Guerrero. Ua hula lākou no ka USO (United Service Organization), nā pāʻina pilikino, a me ka Royal Hawaiian Hotel.

Ma ka makahiki 15 ona, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e aʻo hula ma ka YWCA ma Honolulu. Ma hope o 20 makahiki, ua wehe ʻo ia i kāna kula hula ponoʻī, ka Alicia Smith's School of Polynesian Dancing, kahi āna i aʻo ai i nā ʻano hula like ʻole o Polenekia.^[1]

Hālau o Nā Maoli Pua

Ma ka makahiki 1976, ua hoʻokumu ʻo Keawekāne Smith lāua ʻo Mae Loebenstein i ka Hālau o Nā Maoli Pua. Ua hoʻomaka ka hālau me ʻehiku kaikamāhine liʻiliʻi. Ua aʻo ka hālau i nā mele ʻoli kahiko a me nā mele hula i mālama ʻia ai ka moʻolelo, moʻokūʻauhau, moʻomeheu, hoʻomana, a me nā loina Hawaiʻi.^[2]

ʻAha Hula ʻo Merrie Monarch

He lunakanawai koʻikoʻi ʻo Keawekāne Smith no ka ʻAha Hula ʻo Merrie Monarch. Ma kēia ʻaha kaulana loa o ka honua, ua kōkua ʻo ia i ka mālama ʻana i nā loina kiʻekiʻe o ka hula kahiko a me ka hula ʻauana. Ua hōʻike kona ʻike hohonu i ka hula a me nā loina Hawaiʻi ma o kāna hana lunakanawai.^[3]

Ka ʻOhana

ʻO kāna kaikamahine, ʻo Piʻilaniwahine Smith, kekahi o nā haumāna hula mua o ka Hālau o Nā Maoli Pua. Ua hele pū lāua ma nā hanana hula he nui, e mālama ana i nā loina hula i aʻo ʻia mai e ko lākou mau kūpuna.^[1]

Nā Kūmole

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Alicia Keolahou Keawekane Smith, Nā Kumu Hula Archive
↑ Library of Congress, Hālau o nā Maolipua Hawaiian Mele Hula Concert Collection, 2003
↑ Merrie Monarch Festival Records

He ʻōmuku kēia mea. Inā hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, e kōkua mai i ka holomua ʻana i kēia mea.

[Nā_Kumu_Hula-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Alicia Keolahou Keawekane Smith, Nā Kumu Hula Archive

[2] Library of Congress, Hālau o nā Maolipua Hawaiian Mele Hula Concert Collection, 2003

[3] Merrie Monarch Festival Records

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