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A sepia-toned photograph of a young Hawaiian man, Patrick Makuakāne, mid-dance. He is wearing a cloth skirt, a yellow lei around his head, and a lei of green leaves draped around his neck. His knees are bent in a slight squat, and he looks over his right shoulder, away from the camera. There are other men in identical dress dancing and sitting in the background.

Episode 96: Hula with Teeth

Episode #96

2024-08-21 05:00:24

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One Saturday night in the 90s, Patrick Makuakāne and about 15 other hula dancers showed up to a club in San Francisco they called Old Dreamland. “It didn’t feel like taking risks. Because no one was there to tell me ‘what the hell are you doing?'”

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