Alicia K. Keawekane Smith

Alicia Keolahou Keawekāne Smith he kumu hula Hawaiʻi i hoʻokumu i ka Hālau o Nā Maoli Pua ma Kalihi, Oʻahu ma ka makahiki 1976. He kumu hula o ka hā o nā hanauna, a ua aʻo ʻo ia i ka hula no nā makahiki he 20 ma ka YWCA ma Honolulu. ʻO ia ka makuahine o Piʻilaniwahine Smith, kekahi o nā haumāna hula āna. He lunakanawai ʻo ia no ka ʻAha Hula ʻo Merrie Monarch, ka ʻaha hula kaulana loa o ka honua.Alicia Keolahou Keawekane Smith, Nā Kumu Hula Archive

 Ke Ola Mua 
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Keawekāne Smith ma Waialua, Oʻahu. He kaikamahine hānai ʻo ia na Amos lāua ʻo Alice Kuni Keawekāne Garner. ʻO kona kupuna kāne, ka Reverend Joseph Kuni, he kahuna pule i aʻo i ka ʻohana e hīmeni a e hula. Ua kipa ka ʻohana i nā mokupuni āpau e hōʻiliʻili kālā no ka hale pule.Alicia Keolahou Keawekane Smith, Nā Kumu Hula Archive

 Ka Hula 
I ka wā o ke Kaua Honua ʻElua, ua hula ʻo ia ma lalo o Aunty Lena Guerrero. Ua hula lākou no ka USO (United Service Organization), nā pāʻina pilikino, a me ka Royal Hawaiian Hotel.

Ma ka makahiki 15 ona, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e aʻo hula ma ka YWCA ma Honolulu. Ma hope o 20 makahiki, ua wehe ʻo ia i kāna kula hula ponoʻī, ka Alicia Smith's School of Polynesian Dancing, kahi āna i aʻo ai i nā ʻano hula like ʻole o Polenekia.Alicia Keolahou Keawekane Smith, Nā Kumu Hula Archive

 Hālau o Nā Maoli Pua 
Ma ka makahiki 1976, ua hoʻokumu ʻo Keawekāne Smith lāua ʻo Mae Loebenstein i ka Hālau o Nā Maoli Pua. Ua hoʻomaka ka hālau me ʻehiku kaikamāhine liʻiliʻi. Ua aʻo ka hālau i nā mele ʻoli kahiko a me nā mele hula i mālama ʻia ai ka moʻolelo, moʻokūʻauhau, moʻomeheu, hoʻomana, a me nā loina Hawaiʻi.Library of Congress, Hālau o nā Maolipua Hawaiian Mele Hula Concert Collection, 2003

 ʻAha Hula ʻo Merrie Monarch 
He lunakanawai koʻikoʻi ʻo Keawekāne Smith no ka ʻAha Hula ʻo Merrie Monarch. Ma kēia ʻaha kaulana loa o ka honua, ua kōkua ʻo ia i ka mālama ʻana i nā loina kiʻekiʻe o ka hula kahiko a me ka hula ʻauana. Ua hōʻike kona ʻike hohonu i ka hula a me nā loina Hawaiʻi ma o kāna hana lunakanawai.Merrie Monarch Festival Records

 Ka ʻOhana 
ʻO kāna kaikamahine, ʻo Piʻilaniwahine Smith, kekahi o nā haumāna hula mua o ka Hālau o Nā Maoli Pua. Ua hele pū lāua ma nā hanana hula he nui, e mālama ana i nā loina hula i aʻo ʻia mai e ko lākou mau kūpuna.Alicia Keolahou Keawekane Smith, Nā Kumu Hula Archive

 Nā Kūmole 

Māhele:Nā Kumu Hula
Māhele:Nā Hula
Māhele:Nā Kānaka Hawaiʻi
Māhele:ʻAha Hula ʻo Merrie Monarch