Fireknife World Championship
The Polynesian Cultural Center will be bringing together the most exciting and daring ‘ailao afi dancers from Hawaii, Samoa, Tahiti and elsewhere from around the world to compete in front of live audiences for honor, for cash prizes, and for the world title. For four days these dancers will thrill you with their tremendous athletic abilities and they pit their skills, bravery, superb coordination and fire against bare skin.
The dates for this year’s championship are May 9th through May 12th and the schedule is as follows:
Wednesday, May 9 – 7:45 p.m. (Hale Aloha)
• Senior Division Preliminary Competition
Thursday, May 10 – 7:45 p.m. (Hale Aloha)
• Junior Pacific Division
• Senior Division Semi-Finals
• Open Group Competition
Friday, May 11 – 7:30 p.m. (Pacific Theater)
• Senior Division Finals Night One (during intermission of Ha: Breath of Life evening show)
Saturday, May 12 (Pacific Theater)
• 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. – Samoan Cultural High School Arts Festival
• 7:30 p.m. – Senior Division Finals Night Two and Crowning (competition during intermission of Ha: Breath of Life evening show, awards immediately following the conclusion of Ha: Breath of Life at 9:00 p.m.)
Additional information is available at www.polynesia.com. Check out this video from last year’s championship:
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