ʻO Lola González ka mea haku mele a me ka hoʻokele noʻeau. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kāna ʻoihana ʻoihana me ka choreographer ʻo Bob Niko, kāna hoa. He mau makahiki ma hope mai, ua hoʻopau ʻo ia i kāna mau haʻawina ma New York a ma ke kula kaulana ʻo PineApple Studio ma Lākana. Ma waena o 2008 a me 2011 ʻo ia ka luna o ka papahana 'Fama, e hula kākou!'. He ʻoihana ʻoihana lōʻihi ʻo Lola i piha i nā kūleʻa a ʻo ia ke alakaʻi o IDance, kekahi o nā kula hula kaulana loa ma Madrid. Eia kekahi, ʻo ia ke kākāʻōlelo no ka poʻe hula ma ka hoʻokūkū 'Benidorm Fest' hope loa.
—Ua noho o Spyke ma ka home o Lola no ewalu makahiki. Ke hoʻomanaʻo nei ʻoe i ke ʻano o kēlā hālāwai mua?
-He nani. Akā, ua hoʻopūʻiwa ʻo ia iā mākou i kona ʻano no ka mea ʻo ka mea mua āna i hana ai ʻo ia ke hele i loko o ka lumi kuke a ʻaʻole makemake ʻo ia e puka i waho. Ua ho'āʻo mākou a uē. ʻO ia kahi āna i koho ai e noho ai, akā i ka hala ʻana o ka manawa. Naʻauao loa ʻo ia a hoʻomaopopo pono i nā mea aʻu e ʻōlelo aku ai iā ia. Ua hoʻopiha ʻo Skype i ka hale me ka hauʻoli a i kēia manawa ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke noʻonoʻo i kēlā me kēia lā me ka ʻole.
He helehelena hele kona. Ua maʻalahi kāu hoʻonaʻauao?
—(ʻakaʻaka). He nāwaliwali nā ʻīlio a pau no kekahi lālā o ka ʻohana. ʻO wau ka mea i koho ʻia. ʻO wau ka mea nāna ia i hoʻopōmaikaʻi iā ia, ʻo ka mea nāna e hoʻopōmaikaʻi iā ia, lawe iā ia i nā kauka... Akā ʻo ka mea nāna i hoʻonaʻauao iā ia ʻo Bob kaʻu kāne. He ʻano nui ʻo Spyke a ʻaʻole i hoʻohālikelike ʻo ia he liʻiliʻi. ʻAʻole hoʻokau nā ʻīlio nui iā ia a i kekahi manawa e ʻuā ʻo ia iā lākou.
—Pehea ko Spyke i hooikaika ai i ke ola o kau mau keiki?
—Ke kaʻana like ʻana me nā holoholona i ka wā e ulu ana nā keiki. Aʻo lākou e hoʻomaopopo ʻaʻole lākou he mea pāʻani. I loko o koʻu hale, loaʻa iā mākou nā ʻano holoholona like ʻole: nā ʻiʻo, nā lapeti, nā geese...
—He ʻumikūmālima makahiki i hala aku nei ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i ke kula hula IDance. Pehea i ulu ai ka hula?
—Ma muli o kā mākou hana ʻana i ka papahana 'Fama', hoʻomaka mākou e ʻike i ka mea ma hope o ia mea, ka choreography a me nā ʻano like ʻole: classical, contemporary, lyrical…. Ua loli ka hula e like me ka nohona.
—ʻO ke ʻano o ka 'Kaulana' ma mua a ma hope?
-Pēlā koʻu manaʻo. Hoʻokokoke ka hula i nā kānaka. Ua ʻike nā kānaka a pau he hiki iā ia ke hula. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā kaila ma mua o ka ballet kahiko, a hiki ke aʻo ʻia a hauʻoli. Ua ulu pū kekahi mele a no kēlā me kēia ʻano hula he ʻano mele kekahi.
—Holo mākou i kahi papahana e like me 'Fame'. He aha kā lākou e ʻōlelo ai i nā kīwī i hoʻomaka ai lākou i kahi papahana hou e like me ia?
-Maikaʻi. He mau hula ko'u ma ko'u kula i hele mai e hula no 'Fame' a ola mai ka hula. Manaʻo wau e pili ana kekahi kīwī ma kēia ʻano ʻano, no ka mea he mea maikaʻi loa ia a aʻo nui ʻoe mai loko a ma waho.
—Ke hele mai ka poʻe i kāu kula, hele mai lākou me kekahi manaʻo o ke ʻano hula?
—Ma ke kula ke aʻo nei mākou i nā ʻano he nui: ʻo kēia manawa, kūlanakauhale, salsa, clappe... I kēlā me kēia makahiki ke ulu nei ka makemake no ke aʻo ʻana a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i kekahi ʻano hula.
—Ke manaʻo nei ʻoe ua lilo nā kula hula i wahi no ka launa pū ʻana?
-ʻAe. Ma waho aʻe o nā papa, hui nā kānaka e hele i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni a i ʻole e ʻike pū i kahi hōʻike hula. Hele pū lākou i nā hōʻikeʻike a hui wale no ka inu a kamaʻilio. Kōkua ka hula i ka launa pū ʻana i hoʻokahi haneli pākēneka. Eia kekahi, ʻoi aku ka lokomaikaʻi o ka hana ma ke ʻano he hui.
— Hiki ke aʻo ʻia nā papa hula ma nā kula?
—Ua hana au i kekahi manawa me nā kula a i ko lākou wā liʻiliʻi, makemake lākou. Hoʻolohe lākou i ke mele a me ka hula... Hoʻololi ka ʻano i nā makahiki like ʻole, akā i nā manawa he nui ke kōkua iā lākou e wāwahi i nā pale.
“He keiki kāne a he kaikamahine kā lāua. Ua hahai anei oe ma kona mau kapuai?
—Ua koho kaʻu keiki i ke ala ʻē aʻe, akā ua komo kaʻu kaikamahine. Hula ʻo ia, hīmeni a komo i ka hōʻike hope loa a mākou i hana ai ma Circo Price. Manaʻo wau ʻo kona ola kēia. Eia kekahi, kāu kālena.
- Nā papahana aʻe?
—Ua aʻo ʻo ia i nā mea pena i hana i ka hoʻokūkū Benidorm Fest ma ke kahua. Akā i kēia manawa, ʻo kekahi o kaʻu mea nui, ʻo ia ka ʻahaʻaina a mākou e hana nei ma ke kula, Course Finals.
