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Phoenix Dance Chamber
The Phoenix Dance Chamber is part of the Hawaii Foundation for Chinese Culture and the Arts. Founded in 1989, the company celebrates the diversity of Chinese dance by showcasing folk and classical works.
The company received the 1996 Best Modern Chinese Dance Choreography award and 1997 Best Chinese Folk Dance Award in North American dance competitions. In 1997, the troupe also received the Hawaii State Dance Council's Cultural Preservation Award.
Tickets, $15 for adults and $12 for seniors and students over 5 years old, are available by calling Edwina Lee at 734-6160.
Proceeds from the fund-raising concerts will be used to bring a dance teacher from China and to send members of the Phoenix Dance Chamber to China in a cultural exchange.
Graham, president of his Florida-based consulting company, is on a month-to-month contract and will also head the Symphony when Tiknis leaves May 15.
Symphony executives expect to find a new executive director in about three months.
The Symphony board finalized the arrangement with Graham on Friday. He'll return to Hawaii in about a week and stay here for several weeks.
The Symphony's search committee has received 35 applications for the executive director job from all over the world, including about five Hawaii residents.
If interested, call 589-1771 or e-mail alohafes@hula.net. Application deadline is May 31.
Aloha Festivals began in 1946 as Aloha Week.
Choreographers with new works may apply for cash awards for the council's Dance Feast 2000 June 10 and 11. The group hopes the awards will increase interest in choreography.
Other awards will be merit awards for excellence in performance and cultural preservation. The council and Kapiolani Community College will present Dance Feast 2000 at the college campus. There will be workshops, lectures and performances.
Application deadline is May 1. For applications and information call 735-2114 or email dance@pixi.com.
