Open Class - Hula with Kellie Villicano on 5/31

Open and free to our independent dance community

5/31 at 5:30 p.m.

Ka Lā Kapu Polynesian Dance School is a local cultural school that celebrates and perpetuates the cultures, languages, and dance forms of Polynesia. Join the Ka Lā Kapu's owner and lead instructor, Kellie Villicano, for an open class featuring the hula, a traditional dance of Hawai'i. Dancers will learn a hula kahiko, or ancient style hula.

Aloha Kākou/’Ia orana/Kia ora/Talofa! My name is Kellie Villicano. I have been dancing Hawaiian hula since 1994 and 'Ori Tahiti since 1997. I was taught in Gardena, California from Kumu Hula, Kanani Kalama of Kanani Kalama Hula Studio whose lineage goes back to Puanani Alama in Honolulu, Hawai’i. I have competed twice in E Hula Mau hula competition in Irvine, CA and have performed every year in the annual Ho'olaule'a in Lawndale, CA. I continued my passion for Polynesian dance when I moved to New Mexico in 2005 by dancing in another local group, Hawaiian Pride, Rio Rancho. I started Ka Lā Kapu to increase the diversity of Polynesian dancing and knowledge in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I continue to grow in my own education by attending hula and Tahitian workshops by world renown Kumu/Ra'atira, such as Adelina Hinemanea, Tiana Liufau, Mahealani Hirao-Solem, Moena Maiotui and Kuana Torres Kahele as well as staying connected with my kumu hula, Kanani Kalama for guidance and also to keep the lineage of her hula alive. I am excited to teach my knowledge and passion to my haumāna (students) and to share the Aloha with the community.