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クムについての一文。ちょこっとメモ。
クムについての一文。ちょこっとメモ。
Keall’I Ceballos. Halau Kealii O Nalani.
Keali'i Ceballos is an internationally acclaimed teacher, dancer and choreographer of Hawaiian and
Polynesian dance in Los Angeles. Halau Keali'i O Nalani is a Los Angeles based Halau Hula (Hula
School) under the direction of kumu hula (teacher) Keali'i Ceballos. He studied under renowned
teachers such as Cecilia Cissylani Ceballos, Nona Beamer, George Na'ope, Kawaikapuokalani Hewett
and Robert Uluwehi Cazimero.
Ceballos has taught over 2000 dancers over the past 30 years and Halau
Keali'i O Nalani is today one of the largest schools for Hawaiian dance in southern California. Through his school Kumu Ceballos shows tremendous dedication to teach and bring the work of the students to the concert stage. Halau Keali'i O Nalani regularly enters competitions in Hawai'i and on the mainland,and placed 4th in the 2008 Merrie Monarch Hula competition (Kane Kahiko). Advanced students have gone on to found their own schools. In addition to being the kumu or master teacher Ceballos is also a choreographer for his dancers, and he directs and produces concerts here in Los Angeles.
Most recently he successfully partnered with the 2008 Emerging Voices Youth Project that was highly acclaimed as a milestone project demonstrating the rich multi cultural environment of LA.
He also has ongoing professional relationships nationally and internationally especially in Japan &
Midwestern States. He frequently brings his company to Hawaii for various programs, concerts and
competitions and has earned the respect of the performing arts community of the State of Hawaii. In
addition to Hawaiian music and dance he is also knowledgeable and teaches the dance of Tahiti, Maori
and Samoa. As a Kumu Hula, Keali’i emphasizes the importance of awareness.
He strives in perpetuating the Hawaiian culture - its art, its identity, its language, its sense of ’ohana. The halauserves as the vessel in which these legacies are taught and shared through hula.
