Connecting Learning, Life and Aloha
‘O ka ‘imi na‘auao, ke ola a me ke aloha kā kākou e huliāmahi ai

UH Hilo Performing Arts Center Tickets

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Music & Merriment 2024

  • Showtime: Saturday, December 14, 2024, 7:00pm (open seating)
    • $ 5.00 Children 17 & Under
    • $ 5.00 UH Hilo/HawCC Student w/Valid ID (One Per ID Only)
    • $ 5.00 Faculty/Staff/Alumni
    • $ 5.00 Senior 55 & Over
    • $ 5.00 General

The holidays are upon us, and the semester is almost done.
It's time for celebration and fun!

Join the Performing Arts student singers and dancers in their end-of-semester showcase:

MUSIC AND MERRIMENT 2024

Featuring students from UH Hilo Dance And Music Classes:

DNCE 170 Beginning Contemporary Dance - Hawaiian Themes
DNCE 180 Jazz I
DNCE 190 Modern Dance I
DNCE 290 Modern Dance II

MUS 114 University Chorus

and students from HWCC Dance Classes

DNCE 190v Aerial Dance I
DNCE 290v Aerial Dance II

Native Intelligence/Innate Intelligence

  • Showtime: Thursday, January 23, 2025, 7:00pm (reserved seating)
    • $ 20.00 Senior 55 & Over
    • $ 25.00 General
    • $ 20.00 Faculty/Staff/Alumni
    • $ 10.00 UH Hilo/HawCC Student w/Valid ID (One Per ID Only)
    • $ 10.00 Children 17 & Under

CKM&A presents:
Native Intelligence/Innate Intelligence


Native Intelligence / Innate Intelligence is a dance performance incorporating modern dance, hula, Hawaiian chant, and live music to examine home and belonging. The research for the work began with questions around what it means to be native in a time where this word is often politically charged, and yet everyone is native to somewhere. The piece explores ideas around nature versus nurture: how does what we inherit genetically influence who we become, and how much is shaped by our environment. Within all of these influences, where does instinct come from? Using the metaphor of lei making for the strands of our DNA, the work looks to weave together stories from varied identities as a way to build bridges that celebrate difference and respect unique individuality.
With live music by electric cellist Wytold and Hawaiian chanter/percussionist Patrick Makuakane, scenic design by Brenda Mallory, projection design by Kelly Colburn, lighting by Peter Leibold and costuming by Marques Hanalei Marzan, the work creates a comprehensive picture of the multiplicity of identities we all navigate, and invite audiences to reflect on their perception of Native people, their own identities, and instinct.
Joining long-time company dancers Tiffanie Carson, Abby Farina, and Deontay Gray are new company members Jamison Curcio and long-time friend and collaborator of CKM&A Matthew Cumbie.

OperAloha

  • Showtime: Thursday, February 13, 2025, 7:00pm (reserved seating)
    • $ 15.00 Faculty/Staff/Alumni
    • $ 20.00 General
    • $ 15.00 Senior 55 & Over
    • $ 10.00 UH Hilo/HawCC Student w/Valid ID (One Per ID Only)
    • $ 10.00 Children 17 & Under

This year’s stunning talent line-up includes mezzo-soprano Nikola Printz, tenor Moisés Salazár, bass-baritone Samson Setu, soprano Maria Valdes, and producer/pianist Ronny Michael Greenberg.

Program highlights include The King Kamehameha/Fledermaus Waltz arranged by Ronny Michael Greenberg, Keola Beamer's Honolulu City Lights alongside William Bolcom's New York Lights, Shinpei Nakayama and Isamu Yoshiiby's Gondola No Uta, Rossini’s Quartet “La Passeggiata”, and Autumn Moon on a Calm Lake by Lü Wencheng to name a few.

Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana - Quinto Elemento

  • Showtime: Friday, March 14, 2025, 7:00pm (reserved seating)
    • $ 15.00 UH Hilo/HawCC Student w/Valid ID (One Per ID Only)
    • $ 30.00 General
    • $ 25.00 Senior 55 & Over
    • $ 25.00 Faculty/Staff/Alumni
    • $ 15.00 Children 17 & Under

Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana celebrated our 40th Anniversary in 2023 and is one of America’s premier flamenco companies with home bases in New York City and Durham, NC. We reach more than 30,000 people nationwide each year through inclusive programs that entertain, educate and empower. Our mission is to promote flamenco as a living art form and a vital part of Hispanic heritage; produce and perform high quality dance works; provide arts education programs that catalyze connections among young people; and nurture the next generations of Spanish dance artists and educators. Flamenco Vivo honors the traditions of flamenco while advancing its evolution as a contemporary dance discipline. Called “The Keeper of Flamenco” by Dance Magazine, Founder Carlota Santana was honored by the King of Spain with “La Cruz de la Orden al Merito Civil” for excellence and dedication to maintaining the flamenco art in the US. We have premiered over 30 original works, offering commissions to outstanding choreographers from the US and Spain. We perform annual seasons in dual home bases of New York and Durham, NC and tour nationally to 12+ cities per year.

Kinky Boots

  • Showtime: Thursday, April 10, 2025, 7:00pm (reserved seating)
    • $ 10.00 Children 17 & Under
    • $ 20.00 General
    • $ 15.00 Senior 55 & Over
    • $ 15.00 Faculty/Staff/Alumni
    • $ 10.00 UH Hilo/HawCC Student w/Valid ID (One Per ID Only)
  • Showtime: Friday, April 11, 2025, 7:00pm (reserved seating)
    • $ 10.00 Children 17 & Under
    • $ 10.00 UH Hilo/HawCC Student w/Valid ID (One Per ID Only)
    • $ 15.00 Faculty/Staff/Alumni
    • $ 15.00 Senior 55 & Over
    • $ 20.00 General
  • Showtime: Saturday, April 12, 2025, 7:00pm (reserved seating)
    • $ 20.00 General
    • $ 15.00 Senior 55 & Over
    • $ 15.00 Faculty/Staff/Alumni
    • $ 10.00 UH Hilo/HawCC Student w/Valid ID (One Per ID Only)
    • $ 10.00 Children 17 & Under

Based on the 2005 British film Kinky Boots written by Geoff Deane and Tim Firth and mostly inspired by true events, the musical tells the story of Charlie Price. Having reluctantly inherited his father's shoe factory, which is on the verge of bankruptcy. Trying to live up to his father's legacy and save his family business, Charlie finds inspiration in the form of Lola, a fabulous entertainer in need of some sturdy stilettos. As they work to turn the factory around, this unlikely pair find that they have more in common than they realized... and discover that when you change your mind, you can change your whole world.
Kinky Boots is the big-hearted musical extravaganza that won six Tonys including Best Musical, the Grammy for Best Musical Theatre album and London’s Olivier Award for Best Musical.