Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 14, Number 6, 1 June 1997 — Local dance troupe to perform at Hawaiʻi Theater [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Local dance troupe to perform at Hawaiʻi Theater

Peter Rockford Espiritu, the Tau Dance Theater director and founder, is presenting "Hula Blues," a choreography set to the vintage sound of the Hawaiian steel guitar played in the 1930s style. Loeal dancers have joined Espiritu to create the Tau Dance Theater. Other performances are: "Beat," by New York choreographer, Mark Dendy; "Vastus Sylva," Dalton-Har-tel, "Duet," by Polly Motley and Espritu, and "Fa'afetai Le Alofa," by Espiritu accompanied by a Samoan Choir. The State Founda-

tion on Culture and the Arts supports these performances. Featured artists include loeal poet Hina Kahanu with native Hawaiian and American Indian flute maker and musician Anthony Natividad.

The Tau Dance Theater will perform at 8 p.m., Sunday, June 8 at the Hawai'i Theater in Honolulu. Seats are $20, $15 and $10. Senior citizens and students receive a $5 discount

with ID. A portion of the proceeds will go to the Life Foundation. For more information eall the Hawai'i Theater at (808) 528-0506 or the Tau Dance Company at (808) 488-8017. i

Tau Dance Theater dancers will be performing 8 p.m., Sunday, June 8 at Hawai'i Theater.