Guest artists Sarah Polloi and Wrenn Bunker-Kosters will perform with dance instructors Kea Kapahua and Annie Bunker. The UH Hilo Performing Arts Department and the Hawaiʻi Community College dance programs will showcase students from Ballet I and III, Jazz Dance I, Modern Dance I and Intro to Environmental Dance. You are able to watch as many times as you want during this period. Viewing opens on December 4 at 7pm and closes on December 6 at 9pm. The Conversion of Kaʻahumanu is available for streaming in two parts March 30 at 7pm through April 30, 2021. With the premonition of this impending shut down, the cast and artistic staff of the production hurriedly rallied together to salvage what they could, videotaping this final rehearsal three weeks before the scheduled opening. Due to the world-wide COVID-19 pandemic, the UH Hilo Performing Arts Center was shut down indefinitely on March 16, 2020. This is an early off-book rehearsal of the production that was set to open April 3, 2020. Kaʻahumanu’s ultimate choice is made with the hope that it might serve to protect her nation during a time of catastrophic loss and immense change. Set during the tumultuous period immediately following the fall of the kapu system and during the arrival of the first American missionaries, The Conversion of Kaʻahumanu explores the relationship between Hawaiʻi’s Queen and the missionary women who seek to convert her to Christianity. The University of Hawaii at Hilo Performing Arts Center Presents The Conversion of Ka'ahumanu
Watch Lā Makuahine on YouTube March 30-April 30, 2021