Tropical Productions

Tropical Events & Productions -Hawaiian dancers, luaus, Hula dancers from Texas, Austin
San Antonio,Houston,Dallas and national wide  fire show Polynesian

Cultural and ethnic diversity is increasingly important to all facets of our growing needs to communicate with others.  Tropical Productions brings more than twenty years of experience to our teaching and learning classes, workshops, stage productions, and enter campus event showcases.  Our established reputation for ginning excitement for cultural learning experiences is enhanced by our production and teaching prowess, garnered from a familial company that has presented in all regions of the United States.

We offer Multi-cultural learning from Hawaii, the Philippines, Polynesia, Africa, Latin America, Caribbean islands and the entire Asia-Pacific rim.  Our Keito Academy of Ethno-Cultural Performing Arts teaches dance and performance for a vast number of diverse cultures.

If you’re department or origination is looking to inject some exciting multi-cultural appeal to your general school curriculum, our vast array of cultural programs will provide the stimulus you are looking for in an educational event.

Our production experiences can be packaged with anything from an extensive photo presentation to live performances with dancers, costume and stage designs, theatrical renderings, and even a fire show, for kicks!  Our national touring company has tropical bands and various dance groups, abroad and throughout the United States that give performances most people never get to experience.

Learning about cultures with our live presentations will be a raving, memorable session that all will enjoy.  Everything from classroom presentations, to stage production and coordination for theatrical performances, to prom and graduation celebrations can be taken to a new experience with Tropical Events and Productions!

Let us be your resource for all things “culture”.  Our commitment to exciting the world of academia will have you wondering why our productions weren’t included sooner!

For even more exciting venues and showcases we have to offer, visit us at www.tropicalevents.com.and contact us at the Tiki hot line 512 440-7171

Contact us to arrange a package that suits you, today!

Thanks you Keito St James

When one thinks of Texas, images of palm trees, grass skirts, coconuts, and beaches don't come to mind. But one particular production company, based here in Austin, has brought a taste of the tropical island to the Lone Star state.

Indeed, Hawaii is here in Texas, Tropical Productions Entertainment or Hula Halau Ka'epa is a multi-cultural theatrical performing arts company that has tantalized audiences all over the country for over 20 years with their unique style of entertainment.

Bringing exotic cultural entertainment from around the world has been their specialty. Tropical Productions performs a wide variety of dances from Asian Pacific countries like Polynesia, Micronesia, Japan, Philippines, China, and Southeast Asia. They also perform dances from the Americas such as Brazil, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Trinidad, and Jamaica.

"We are best known for our Hawaiian dances," says Hawaiian native Keito St. James, director of Tropical Productions Entertainment and owner of the Keito Academy of Ethno-Cultural Performing Arts.

"Hula Halau Ka'epa is the name of our school. Hula means dance, halau means school, and Ka'epa means the edge of a new beginning. We picked this meaning because a lot of the people came from different backgrounds and are working together, to create a new experience.

Tropical Productions Ka"epa  has its humbled beginnings on UT campus in the late '80s starting with four dancers. Now the company is comprised of over 60  dancers and actors known as "dactors" as well as several talented musicians that are part of the company's percussion ensemble. Their music encompasses rhythms of the South Pacific and Afro-Caribbean.

The diversity of the company's performers, with backgrounds in theater, dance, modeling, music, and productions, has brought the group to new heights. They have performed at new venues and states such as Sea World at San Antonio, Treasure Bay Casinos at Mississippi and Louisiana Swamp Romp. New York , Atlanta, New Orleans  Philadelphia , Boston ,Tennessee  ,Kansas
This has also opened doors in the film and theater industry.

"The company's ethnic diversity is a plus. Having dancers with many cultural backgrounds from countries such as Philippines, Trinidad, China, Hawaii, Vietnam, Mexico, Micronesia, and the Americas makes a very good mix in the salad bowl of commercial entertainment," says Mr. St. James.

His school, the Keito Academy of Ethno-Cultural Performing Arts teaches and lectures on a number of dance styles such as Polynesian dance, afro-Caribbean, and salsa. For those who are interested in learning more about Tropical Productions Entertainment, contact Keito St. James.

Mission Statement

To encourage an appreciation of Indigenous and ethnic cultures through, dance, heritage and language , music and Art for people of all ages and backgrounds.
To preserve ancient Native traditions and dances as well as promote the development of contemporary styles in the performing arts
To create cultural, educational, social and employment opportunities in the performing arts for young people.
To teach young people how to become positive role models for others by giving them new options and Ideas on how to live a prosperous life with self identity and self confidence
To give young people tools to live in a diverse world, educating the community how to have fun with out drugs and Alcohol

The performing arts give forms to ideas, moods and feelings