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WELCOME BACK.
THERE ARE STILL PLACES DOING
DISTANCE LEARNING AND BALLET
HAWAI'I IS ONE OF THEM.
YEAH, A LITTLE MORE -- WE'RE
LEARNING MORE TODAY ABOUT BALLET
HAWAI'I AND HOW THEY ARE KEEPING
STUDENTS ENGAGED.
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"LIVING 808" WANTS TO KEEP
YOU IN TUNE WITH ALL OF THE
WONDERFUL PARTS AND
OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE STILL
AND TODAY WE HAVE A CHANCE TO
CHAT WITH BALLET HAWAI'I.
SO NICE TO SEE YOU AND I HEAR
THAT BALLET HAWAI'I IS UP AND
RUNNING.
TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY.
BALLET HAWAI'I IS A
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION
PRODUCING, PRESENTING AND
PROMOTING DANCE ON THE ISLAND.
WE STARTED IN 1976, MAYOR
FOSSIE, THE MAYOR CALDWELL FASI
FELT AS THOUGH NO CITY COULD BE
COMPLETE WITHOUT CULTURE AND THE
ARTS, AND THERE WAS A TRAINING
PROGRAM FEDERALLY FUNDED FOR
RETRAINING THAT HE HIRED
PROFESSIONAL BALLET DANCERS AND
COMPANY AND HONOLULU OF CITY AND
COMPANY OF BALLET BEGAN.
THE COMPANY WAS DISLANDED BUT --
DISBANDED BUT FRIEND OF THE
BALLET PERSEVERED AND I STARTED
TEACHING A FEW 12 OF THE DRAGON
FLIES FOR THE PRODUCTION I WAS
HELPING AND THEN THE REST OF IT
IS HISTORY.
TELL ME ABOUT SOME OF THE
PERFORMANCES THAT BALLET HAWAI'I
IS KNOWN FOR.
I KNOW A VERY POPULAR ONE
USUALLY COMES AROUND THE
HOLIDAYS.
YES, ABSOLUTELY.
WE DO OUR ANNUAL NUTCRACKER,
THAT IS IN THE BLAISDELL WITH
THE HAWAI'I SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
AND WE ARE FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE
TO HAVE INTERNATIONAL NATIONAL
GUESTS FROM TOP COMPANIES AND
CITY BALLET, PACIFIC NORTHWEST
BALLET AND SO MANY COMPANIES
THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE
GUEST ARTISTS TO ALLOW THE
STUDENke HERE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
DANCE WITH ON THE STAGE STAGE AS
THESE INCREDIBLE ARTISTS.
SO THAT'S BEEN WONDERFUL AND WE
2000 CHILDREN WERE ALLOWED TO
ANY COST AS WELL AS THE MILITARY
FAMILIES AND THAT WAS ONE OF MY
FAVORITE PRODUCTIONS ACTUALLY
BECAUSE THEY ARE SO EXCITED AND
THE ENERGY IS THERE AND IT'S
WONDERFUL FOR THE STUDENTS OF
HAWAI'I, OUR NATURAL RESOURCES,
TO BE ABLE TO IN DANCE WITH THE
HOW HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO
KEEP DANCERS ENGAGED WHILE WE
ARE STAYING AT HOME AND
COMMUNICATING LIKE THIS.
WITH THE INGENUITY AND
CREATIVELY OF OUR INCREDIBLE
TEAM OF TEACHERS DIRECTED BY
OUR CLASSES UP ON-LINE SO THEY
WERE ABLE TO TAKE THOSE CLASSES
AS IN THEIR HOMES AND STILL
CONTINUE LEARNING AND STAYING IN
SHAPE.
AND WE OFFERED DIFFERENT THINGS
FOR THE KEIKIS.
WE HAD BALLET WATCH PARTIES.
THEY HAVE TEA PARTIES AND GOT TO
SEE A PRINCESS ON-LINE AND ASKED
THE QUESTIONS.
WE'VE HAD YOGA CLASSES AND
EXERCISE CLASSES FOR THE ADULTS
AS WELL TOO.
SO WE TRIED TO CONTINUE OUR
PROGRAM AND THE WIDE RANGE OF
IT'S NOT THE SAME BUT THERE IS A
SILVER LINING.
WE HOPE TO BE BACK IN THE STUDIO
WHENEVER IT IS SAFE.
NO, IT'S THE THE NEW NORMAL
WE HAVE ADJUSTED.
YOU.
WHAT DID WE HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD
TO.
DOWN THE LINE WE HAD TO
CANCEL OUR SUMMER INTENSIVE AND
WE WERE THINKING WHAT CAN WE DO
THAT WOULD BE AS EXCITING HERE
AND WE CAME UP WITH A MASTER
CLASS SERIES THAT WILL HAPPEN ON
JULY 20TH AND FOR THE
INTERMEDIATE STUDENT THEY WILL
BE TAKING THE CLASS FOR AN HOUR
AND 15 MINUTES AND THEY WILL
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHAT
WITH AND ASK QUESTIONS OF THESE
MASTERS AND THEIR PROFESSIONAL
CAREER.
SO AND WE ALSO HAD AN A LA CARTE
SERIES, A MINI SERIES FOR OUR
YOUNGER STUDENTS AND WE'RE DOING
ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT CLASSES
ON THAT.
TAP, JAZZ, SO IT SHOULD BE A
GREAT SUMMER EVEN THOUGH WE'RE
BALLET HAWAI'I IS PART OF OUR
PROUD TRADITION OF THE ARTS
HERE.
WE'LL POST ALL OF THE
INFORMATION FOR OUR VIEWERS SO
THEY CAN FIND OUT ABOUT ALL OF
THE GREAT THINGS HAPPENING AT
BALLET HAWAI'I.
THANK YOU, TANNYA.
NUT CRACKER A TRADITION BUT
BALLET PRINCESS CAMP.
HANA WENT THROUGH THAT.
TO THIS DAY SHE TALKS ABOUT IT
AND THAT WAS YEARS AGO.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE THEY WERE ABLE
TO KEEP UP THE CLASSES AND ADD
THINGS FROM HOME TO KEEP
EVERYONE MOVING AND KEEP THEIR
SPIRITS UP.
I'LL GO AND SAY I KNOW SHE'S
SUCH A GREAT TEACHER AND THAT'S
HOW THE THINGS ARE STAYING
ENGAGED BECAUSE SHE A FEW YEARS
BACK TOUT ME IN AN EPISODE OF GO
JOHNNY GO.
WE NEED TO GET THAT VIDEO.
HAD I KNOWN I WOULD HAVE ASKED
HER.
SHE DIDN'T BRING IT UP.
I'M GLAD SHE DIDN'T.
LET'S PUT IT THIS WAY, WHEN I
TALK ABOUT GO JOHNNY GO AND I
TALK ABOUT SIX-YEAR-OLD GIRLS
AND EIGHT-YEAR-OLD GIRLS
LAUGHING AT ME, THAT'S WHERE IT
WAS.
I HAVE TO DIG THAT OUT.