Kaumakaiwa Kanakaˋole, a celebrated Hawaiian singer, musician, ‘ōlapa, and friend is taking Wai Company to Japan! He is taking Wailana Simcock to accompany him as an aerialist to dance to 3 of his songs. Wailana is honored and stoked to go! The songs he will dance to are: Ke Aka O Ka Liˋula (Welo), ˋIˋiwi Leo Kolonahe (Haˋi Kupuna) and Winter Song (Bareilles & Michaelson).
Kaumaka is co-creating this production called Seasons which is set to premiere May 7th in the very glamorous Gotanda U-port Theater (seats 1800) in Tokyo. He is bringing other musicians to accompany him and will feature all Japanese hula dancers.
We are still solidifying final details but it looks like Wailana will be doing a tissue (silk) number for Ke Aka O Ka Liˋula, ring for ˋIˋiwi Leo Kolonahe, and straps for the Winter Song-a solo number.
Things to do: Order new tissue, make new white aerial straps, and make 3 new costumes! Oh…and rehearse!
Hi Wailana, keep up the good work, I'm proud of you and I miss you.
Tita amy, love you
Dear Wai Company, I am a dancer/dance teacher/choreographer who will be volunteering @ Kalani in January. Any chance that you'll be giving class there as well? So excited to be @ Kalani for a month! Aloha, Julia