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What is ANNO?

The ʻAhahui Noiʻi Noʻeau ʻŌiwi – Research Institute of Indigenous Performance (ANNO) is a new initiative stimulating scholarship in Hawai‘i and the global Indigenous community that highlights the artistic practices of aboriginal peoples. ANNO was established through the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Provost’s Strategic Investment Initiative, a campus-wide competition designed to increase cross-unit and cross-disciplinary collaboration, in Fall of 2022. 

“Ka lamakū o ke aloha ʻāina: A leading light of aloha ʻāina for Hawaiʻi and the world.”

Nā Maʻawe

The work of ANNO embodies three strands or maʻawe to achieve its goals: Maʻawe Mua (Scholarship and Publication), Ma‘awe ‘Elua (Curriculum and Archive), and Ma‘awe ‘Ekolu (Outreach and Recruitment). The three ma‘awe work in concert to position ANNO as the leading research institute of Hawaiian and Indigenous Performance, thus elevating our university on a global scale.

Scholarship & Publication

Scholarship & Publication

Key features of Ma’awe Mua include: guest scholars from across Hawaiʻi and Oceania, an anthology, and the ANNO Conference on Indigenous Performance.

Maʻawe Mua | Noiʻi
Archive & Curriculum

Archive & Curriculum

Key features of Ma’awe ʻElua include: professional development workshops, hana keaka curriculum, and an archive of ANNO events and materials.

Maʻawe ʻElua | Hoʻonaʻauao
Outreach & Recruitment

Outreach & Recruitment

Key features of Ma’awe ʻEkolu include: graduate assistantships, recruitment across Hawaiʻi and the Pacific, and a Hana Noʻeau Workshop Series.

Maʻawe ʻEkolu | Kaiaulu

Upcoming Events

CAATA Confest 2024

ConFest 2024 will focus on celebrating new works by Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian), Pacific Islander, and local Asian American theater practitioners. We want to invite you to come celebrate with us, to come together as a community, and to witness and learn from the work grown on the islands. We are seeking conversations and looking for future collaborations, and we encourage you to learn about the deep and rich history of Hawaiʻi and its people.

This event is hosted in cooperation with Hana Keaka – The Hawaiian Theatre Program in the Department of Theatre & Dance, and ʻAhahui Noiʻi Noʻeau ʻŌiwi – Research Institute of Indigenous Performance (ANNO) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and TeaDa Productions.

For more information about CAATA Confest 2024, please visit their website here.

ANNO in the News

UH to host its 1st Indigenous performing arts conference

A conference celebrating the artistic expression of Native Hawaiian and Indigenous communities will take center stage at the University of Hawaiʻi this month. From Hawaiian language theater productions to creating adornments worn for performances, artistic expression will be featured at the upcoming conference called Noiʻi Nowelo. The event is spearheaded by the Research Institute of Indigenous Performance…

Listen to the HPR story here.

He Wehi, He Lei, He Keaka Hawaiʻi

No ia manaʻo ʻo ka hana keaka Hawaiʻi, he ʻehā ona mau kūkulu – ʻo ka moʻolelo, ke kūʻauhau, ka hana noʻeau, a me ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi. ʻO ke kūkulu mua ka moʻolelo, ʻo ia ka paepae o ko kākou hale, ʻo ia nō hoʻi kekahi o nā mea e ʻike ai kākou i ko kākou lāhui ʻana, he Hawaiʻi, he Kanaka Maoli. ʻO ke kūkulu ʻelua ke kūʻauhau, ʻo ko kākou pilina ia i nā akua, i ko kākou poʻe kūpuna, a i ko kākou ʻāina a me nā mea ola hoʻi o ko kākou pae ʻāina…

Read the Ka Wai Ola article here.

National awards for UH Hawaiian language production

A University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa hana keaka (play) written and directed by a recent alumnus of the Department of Theatre and Dance as part of his MFA degree in Hawaiian Theatre captured six national awards from the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF). The national theatre program, which incorporates 18,000 students annually from colleges…

Read the UH News article here.

Mālama ʻia ka ʻaha kūkā mua loa pili i ka hana noʻeau he ʻōiwi ma UH Mānoa

I ka hahai ʻana i ka manaʻo o Noiʻi Nowelo, ka ʻimi ʻana hoʻi i ʻike kūhohonu, e hoʻākoakoa ʻia mai ana kēia ʻaha kūkā i ka poʻe akeakamai o UH Mānoa a me ka Pakipika mai loko mai o nā mahele ʻike a me nā hana noʻeau he nui wale. Ma ia mau lā he ʻelua, e mālama ʻia he mau hōʻikeʻike, haʻiʻōlelo, pānela, hālāwai hoʻonaʻauao, ʻaha mele, a he hana keakanō hoʻi, i pūnana e hua aʻe ai nā manaʻo kelakela a me nā pilina e kaʻa ana ā puni ka honua…

Read the UH News article here.

Māori musicians mentor Mānoa students in contemporary song compositions

Ten students in the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Hawaiian Theatre program are tapping deeply into their naʻau (gut) to acquire the art of composing mele (songs) rooted in Indigenous traditions. Throughout November, the award-winning program in the theatre and dance department is hosting guest artists from Aotearoa (New Zealand) who are mentoring haumāna (students) at UH Mānoa to write original songs in Hawaiʻi’s native tongue across…

Read the UH News article here.

2022 Strategic Investment Initiative Winners

The Provost’s Strategic Investment Initiative is a campus-wide competition designed to increase cross-unit and cross-disciplinary collaboration in strategic areas that, with start-up funding, have a strong possibility for success in building on UH Mānoa’s strengths while also addressing challenges. The inaugural competition, launched in 2017, provided start-up funding for a diverse set of initiatives, including the Center for Microbiome Analysis through Island Knowledge and Investigation…

Read the UH News article here.

Contact Us!

For ANNO, email anno@hawaii.edu

For Hana Keaka, email ktkeaka@hawaii.edu

Address
Kennedy Theatre
1770 East-West Road
Honolulu, HI 96822

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