TheHawaiianTheatreProgramPresents

KaUnulauoHalāli‘iJoinusforaspecialpresentationontheartofmele/waiatacomposition,hakukole,andtheuseofimageryinpoetry

compositionbyDr.TimotiKaretu,KumuHulaKeali‘iReichel,andKumuHulaKeaweLopes.

Tuesday,22November2016,12:00–2:00pmKennedyTheatreMainstage Dr.TīmotiKaretuwasbornin1937andisadescendantoftheNgāiTūhoeandNgātiKahungunutribes.HeisascholarwhoisnationallyandinternationallyrecognisedforhisknowledgeoftheMāorilanguage.TīmotiisalsoaprolificcomposerandMāoriperformingartsexpert.In1970,hewasappointedasthefirstProfessorofMāoriStudiesattheUniversityofWaikato.In1987hebecamethefirstMāoriLanguageCommissioneratTeTauraWhiriiteReoMāori.Hecontinuedintheroleuntil1999.From2003,TīmotiwastheHeadofTeKōhangaReoNationalTrust.Tīmotihasbeeninvolvedinnumerous

Māoriperformingartscompetitionsasatutor,acomposer,ajudgeandanorganiser.HewastheheadofthenationalMāoriperformingartscompetitionformanyyears.TīmotihasreceivedtwoHonoraryDoctorates;onefromVictoriaUniversityofWellingtonandtheotherfromTheUniversityofWaikato.HeisaDirectorofTePanekiretangaoteReo,aprogrammeestablishedtopromoteexcellenceintheMāorilanguage.TīmotiKaretucontinuestobeastalwartoftheMāorilanguageandisunflinchinginhisdedicationtotheMāorilanguage.HeistheformostexpertinMāorilanguagerevitalisationeffortsandisarolemodelandmentorformanyinthefieldoflanguagerevitalisationbothforeignanddomestic.

RenownedasoneofHawai'i'smostpopularrecordingartists,Keali'iReichelistheaward-winningkumuhulaofHālauKeʻalaokamaile.Hismusic,chant,andhularepresentthebestofHawai'i'straditionalandcontemporarypoetryanddancetoday.Hishālauhasbroughthometopawardsfromtheprestigioushulacompetition,MerrieMonarchFestival,andhehaswonmultipleNāHōkūHanohanoAwardsforhismusic,inadditiontoatopspotonworldmusiccharts.KumuKeali‘ihasspenthislifeeducatingtheworldaboutHawaiianculturethroughmusicanddance.

HekupaneiKumu‘ŌleloHawai‘inokēlā‘āinae‘olunahemailaikekolonaheakekaiāulu.Ikēiamaulā,aianōna‘e‘oiakenohomailamaPū‘ahu‘ulamekona‘ohanaalohanui‘ia.‘OTracieKa‘ōnohilaniFariaskānawahineahe‘ekolualāuakaikamāhine‘oiaho‘i‘oPi‘ikea,Ka‘ōnohi,meHaweo.MaPū‘ahu‘ulaea‘oakulaua‘oKeaweneilāua‘okānawahinealohaikalāuamauhaumānahulaoKaLā‘ŌnohiMaioHa‘eha‘e.‘OKeaweho‘ikalunaho‘olauka‘inoKaWaihonaAKeAloha,KaPapahanaHo‘ohenoMele.HehaumānahulaʻoianaKimoAlamaKeaulana.Helālānōho‘i‘oKeawenokaPapaAlaka‘ioKa‘AhaPūnanaLeo.Enauemai.Thiseventisfreeandopentostudents,faculty,andstaffoftheUniversityofHawai‘isystemcampusesandthegreatercommunityofHawai‘i.

ThisseriesofworkshopsandlecturershasbeenmadepossibleinpartthroughSpecialFundingfromtheHawai‘iStateLegislature.KaUnulauoHalāli‘iseriescoincideswiththeinauguralofferingofTheatre478:HulaKi‘i:HawaiianPuppetryandImageDancesintheDepartmentofTheatreandDance,UniversityofHawai‘iatMānoa.