[STAGE] I am an easy target when it comes to tragic love stories.
Add a stage, beautiful performers and incredible musicians and I am
like a moth to the flame. Peter Rockford Espiritu, director and
choreographer for the Tau Dance Theatre of O`ahu, is bringing an
ambitious new production of Naupaka
to Maui. Although it is described as an opera, this is not your typical
libretto where rotund women sing about broken hearts and betrayal. This
three-act epic is more of an operatic re-telling of a Hawaiian legend
and a heartrending love story told through a mixture of song, chant,
hula and modern dance. The music is a blending of traditional slack-key
guitar, orchestral compositions, tango and even hip-hop, creating a
hybrid of artistic achievement by John Signor. The viewer is taken on a
voyage of two star-crossed lovers and their ill-fated bond based on the
traditional Hawaiian legend of the Naupaka half-flower, which is
eternally separated. Oh, unrequited love! Tickets: $10, $25, $35,
half-price for keiki. Call 242-7469. [KRISTA SHERER]
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