Jun 30, 2022 · One you may not have heard of is hula kiʻi, or puppetry. Auliʻi Mitchell is a Big Island native and the Kumu Hula of Halau o Kahiwahiwa. Mitchell says the ritual dance of carved images is a critically endangered Hawaiian practice, and he’s working to preserve and revive the nearly lost tradition.

Sep 30, 2024 · In some cases, human performers may dance alongside their puppet counterparts, while in others, hula dancers may evoke ki‘i, or images, with their own bodies through stiff postures. Records show...

In her usual thorough, scholarly manner Katharine Luomala has given us a fascinating and eminently readable account of Hawaiian puppetry. These little-known items of material culture are brought to life with accounts of their uses, as well as with narratives that suggest their philo-sophical and cultural background.

Jul 19, 2022 · Kumu hula Auliʻi Mitchell has worked for more than 30 years to bring back the critically endangered practice of hula kiʻi. The tradition, which was almost lost when the missionaries banned hula, involves using puppets and imagery to tell a story.

Oct 3, 2017 · Hula ki‘i incorporated puppets ranging in size from those that rested on a finger to full-size marionettes. Most were made from a variety of fabric and native wood with pearl-shell eyes: some...

Charles “Aulii” Mitchell is a traditional practitioner of the critically endangered hula dance genre known as the Hula Ki‘i or Hawaiian puppetry. About Aulii. Kumu Aulii is a third generation Kumu Hula of Hula Ki’i , a dance that was passed down to him through oral tradition by his grandfather Charles Cash and his mother Harriet Aana Cash Mitchell.

Jan 27, 2019 · This exhibition focuses on the three-dimensional wood puppets that demonstrate the following techniques: string puppets (marionettes), rod (stick) puppets, and glove (hand) puppets.

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Praised by The New York Times and NYTheatre.com, this intimate and inventive retelling of a native Hawaiian paniolo’s resistance to forced exile to Kalaupapa in the 1890s employs the little-known puppetry technique kuruma ningyo (wheeled puppets) along with shadow projections video and an original score for shakuhachi, hammered dulcimer and ...