GREAT post Brea, loved the video's and I agree hawaiian dance is about the hands - similar in some ways to other polynesian dances. So why take the story out?!
I don't like fusion unless it's clearly fused for a reason - and the 'purist' form is also honoured. The problem for me with fusion is that inevitably, the original form of both dance forms is diluted, and you're left with mashed potatoe... and all that piquancy and uniqueness and variety of the original is lost...
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