Here is a painting done by an audience member. Pretty cool 🙂
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May 29th, 2014
Aloha mai kakou! Learn about our exciting new performance piece about GMO in Hawaii called MALAMA HAWAII and help us to reach our goal of $5,000 on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/925264679/wai-company-in-scotlands-edinburgh-fringe-festival We are excited to get to Scotland's Fringe Festival and join its international dance scene and cultural exchange. Many thanks in advance for your kind support and pledges…we couldn't do this without you…Mahalo nui loa!
This image above by photographer Darren Miller captures Wai Company dancers in HI Fructose Corn Syrup.
Wailana Simcock as Bananimal shot by Kelli Bullock
These two t-shirt designs above have been created by Chandler Moss and serves as awards to people who pledge on our Kickstarter. To read more about our project, watch our promo reel, and see the rewards, please check click here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/925264679/wai-company-in-scotlands-edinburgh-fringe-festival
September 20th, 2013
This work in-progress is part of a full-length piece from The GMO Project: Malama Honua and premiered at the Still and Moving Center 9/14. Here are a few shots from the performance. Please check back soon to see video of High Fructose Corn Syrup and other works.
August 28th, 2013
Pearl Ubungen, choreographer and cultural activist, came to Hawaii and taught Wai Co. dancers a master class on meditation and dance. She used the Feldenkrais method as a warm up and segue into the meditation and movement practices. The work and practice was very subtle yet powerful in that we were able to heighten our movement awareness and break some movement patterns. Mahalo Pearl for an awesome afternoon. To learn more about Pearl and her work, check out: pearlubungen.com
July 29th, 2013
We are looking for male dancers who are trained, or is willing to be trained in Modern Dance Technique (release) and Aerial Dance for performances. We are open to consider non-trained dancers but must be a strong mover and athlete. Also interested in male dancers trained in either Hula, Hip-Hop, Capoeira, Ballet, Break-dance or some other discipline. Wai Co meets twice a week in a private studio in Kahala. Please email Wailana at wailana@waicompany.com. Mahalo! June 12th, 2013
3-day Aerial Dance and Technique workshop with Wailana Simcock at Kalani Oceanside Retreat June 28-30 Friday June 28 9am – 12 pm & 3-6pm $180 for all 3 days This workshop is open to all levels. Each day we will begin with floor and aerial apparatus warm ups, modern dance exercises, aerial skill building, and finish with structured improvisation. This unique 3 day aerial workshop focuses on exploring and cultivating the dancer as it is influenced by different aerial equipment, skills, tasks, and performance. Email wailana@waicompany.com for questions and information To register: http://kalani.com/workshops/2013/aerial-dance-retreat
June 10th, 2013
I had the honor of meeting Jack Gray, one of the original founders of the critically acclaimed and awarded Maori contemporary dance company of New Zealand, ATAMIRA. I humbly accepted his invitation to join company classes as long as I was in Aotearoa. So, that's exactly what I did: I danced nearly everyday for two weeks with Atamira :))) I fell in love with them, their purpose, and their aroha. Mahalo nui loa e Atamira! Find them at: http://www.atamiradance.co.nz/
June 10th, 2013
Suva Fiji, May 2013 Mahalo to Peter Espiritu of Hawaii who is the newly appointed Director of Performing Arts in USP. With Samadhi Hawaii's Artistic Director Andrea Torres, Jamie Nakama and myself, we held a 2 week Aerial Basics workshop with the resident dance company, Oceania Dance Theater for the university. We also held lecture demonstrations, modern dance and capoeira class, and public performances. Later, after my trip to New Zealand, I returned to Fiji as a choreographer to set a piece on the men of Oceania Dance Theater to be performed for Men Dancing Festival in July 2013 also at USP.
March 7th, 2013
Wailana along with Samadhi Hawaii's Andrea Torres and Jamie Nakama will be teaching a two-week Aerial Dance intensive to the dance students of the University in Fiji. They have been graciously invited by their long time friend and colleague, Peter Rockford Espiritu of Hawaii who is now the Artistic DIrector of Oceanic Dance Theatre/Oceanic Center for the Arts, Culture, & Pacific Studies at the University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji. |
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