Marc Bamuthi Joseph will be at Maui Arts and Cultural Center on Thursday, March 7th. His group will present a performance fused with spoken word, poetry, hip hop, samba, and street soccer elements. They'll showcase social awareness, amazing choreography, and meditation through movement. $25. 7:30pm. Maui Arts and Cultural Center, (One Cameron Way, Kahului); 808-242-SHOW; … [Read more...] about Marc Bamuthi Joseph at Maui Arts and Cultural Center
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Adaptations Dance Theater to host Dance Maui Festival
Adaptations Dance Theater’s third annual Dance Maui festival is always a great event, full of creativity and expression. To find out more, I spoke with co-founder Nicole Humphrey and board member/marketing liaison Jen Cox. It all starts with Adaptations Dance Theater (ADT), a nonprofit organization founded by Humphrey, Amelia Couture and Hallie Hunt. The trio started it … [Read more...] about Adaptations Dance Theater to host Dance Maui Festival
Maui teen Tia Lewis offering free dance class for beginners
Thirteen-year-old Tia Lewis is teaching a free dance class for beginners on Friday, Nov. 17 from 4pm to 5 pm at the St. Anthony School Café. The class, part of Lewis’s eighth grade community service project, is open to beginning dancers ages 7 and above. Lewis is also holding a clothes drive so her students will be able to get dance wear. “I am teaching a dance lesson for … [Read more...] about Maui teen Tia Lewis offering free dance class for beginners
Amy O’Neal’s Opposing Forces Hip Hop Show on Maui Tomorrow
Shining a different light on Hip Hop Culture, this show by Amy O'neal renders the B-Boy in a new spotlight. Her version busts down pre-conceived ideas of hip hop and explores feminine perception, race and gender with dance using battling, contemporary, commercial style moves, and cyphering. The show starts with an opportunity to dance with Amy. Bonus! $30. 7:30pm. McCoy … [Read more...] about Amy O’Neal’s Opposing Forces Hip Hop Show on Maui Tomorrow
Maui County Liquor Commission discusses new dancing law on Wednesday, Aug. 12
Dancing in a club or restaurant on Maui has always been a cozy experience: women in tight tops moving just inches away from guys in knee-length shorts while everyone perspires because the dance floor is, well, tiny. It's been this way because the Maui County Liquor Commission–the panel of mayoral appointees who meet once a month to approve liquor licenses and the county's … [Read more...] about Maui County Liquor Commission discusses new dancing law on Wednesday, Aug. 12