Worldwide #Jam4MaunaKea- “Kū Ha’aheo” & “Hawai’i Loa”

Posted on May 30, 2020 by Yoshi

We are in the Worldwide Jam4Maunakea @ 6:16

The Dance Centre Workshop

Posted on October 9, 2017 by Yoshi

Workshop at The Dance Centre on September 16, 2017

“Imagining we were one with the ocean waves…”

Aloha Mahalo is on iTunes!!

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Yoshi

Please check out our new single Aloha Mahalo on iTunes!

https://itunes.apple.com/album/id1078292594?ls=1&app=itunes

Lyrics by Ukulele Wai Wai Print Aloha Mahalo Revised on July 8 2014

A Love of Hula

Posted on November 30, 2015 by Yoshi

An article from Hawaii Tribune-Herald about our Kumu Hula Maile Yamanaka. If Yoshi had not met Kumu Maile 13 years ago at the Shipman House Bed and Breakfast in Hilo, Hawaii, Wailele Wai Wai would not have existed today. Thank you Kumu Maile!

http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/news/local-news/love-hula-kumu-overcomes-aneurysm-continue-teaching

The Dance Centre Fundraising Gala – Shall We Dance Hotel

Posted on September 13, 2015 by Yoshi

2015-09-19 Vancouver Sun Article

http://www.vancouversun.com/Town+Talk+Plenty+store/11374858/story.html?tab=PHOT
Click 4th Photo

TOWN TALK
BY MALCOLM PARRY, VANCOUVER SUN COLUMNIST SEPTEMBER 18, 2015
NO RESERVATIONS: The Scotiabank Dance Centre’s 14th-anniversary celebration, Dance Hotel, had supporters dine and 20 companies perform on four of the Davie-at-Granville facility’s floors. Running from Aché Brasil to the Wailele Wai Wai Hawaiian hula group, acts included long-established Ballet BC, Paras Terezakis’s Kinesis company and Rosario Ancer’s Flamenco Rosario. Unlike the real hotels alongside and nearby, no one was kicked out for making a noise. In fact, it was encouraged.

Yoshi Yamamoto and dancers of the Wailele Wai Wai Hawaiian hula ensemble represented one of 20 companies performing in the Scotiabank Dance Centre’s Dance Hotel celebration.
Photograph by: Malcolm Parry