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Afro-ballet showcases Mānoa grad students’ commitment to Black culture

Beige: An Afro Ballet is an interdisciplinary collaboration by graduate students Jonathan Clarke Sypert and Marcus Moore.

Graduating students showcase their original choreography in MFA/BFA Dance Concert: Introspection.

Retired UH dance lecturer and revered kumu hula Vicky Holt Takamine earned one of the most highly regarded arts honors in the world.

The dynamic dance shows features a blend of hula, ballet, martial arts, yoga and contemporary movement at Kennedy Theatre.

This week’s UH News Image of the Week is of the UH Mānoa Department of Theatre & Dance at the Honolulu Pride Parade.

Joshua “Baba” Tavares returned to Hawaiʻi after nearly nine years of living in New York City and performing in the Broadway musical RENT.

This marks the first-ever invitation for a UH Mānoa kabuki to perform in Japan.

ConFest 2024 will feature a play festival, full-length productions, one-on-one training sessions, keynote speeches and more,

This week's image is from UH Mānoa's Kennedy Theatre.

Respected musicians train the live music ensemble in authentic Japanese singing, shamisen, taiko drums and traditional flutes.