Eia Ka Hula (Behold the Hula)
Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space |
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Eia Ka Hula is a hula drama of Hawai'i history performed by Halau o Po'ohala (which is celebrating its 150th anniversary) featuring artist Herb Kane's art work, Beamer Family music, and Hawai'ian slack key guitar. The company comprises sisters Hulali Solomon, fifth generation hula loea (dance master) and Malama Solomon, Ph.D., Po'ohala dancers, and musicians Russell Paio and Ikaika Marzo.
The Beamer method of dance, a style originated during the late 1880's by her great-great-grandmother Isabella Hale'ala Desha and passed on by great-grandmother Helen Desha Beamer, grandmother Louise Beamer and Hulali's mother, retired "Hula Loea" Tita Beamer Solomon, a resident of Waimea, Hawai'I island. These women's commitment to the preservation and perpetuation of the Beamer Solomon method is captured in the school's name, "Po'ohala": "po'o" means "to pass knowledge from one generation to the next" and "hala" means "destiny."
In May 2008, Herb was awarded an honorary doctorate from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and his ninth U.S. postage stamp, commemorating the 50 years of Hawai'ian Statehood, was released in August, 2009.
Lei O Ha'ena
Kimo Hula
