The Oakland-based Academy of Hawaiian Arts’ Kane Hula dancers are “notorious” for their attention-grabbing performances. Invariably, there is a moment — when school founder Mark Keali’i Ho’omalu, ...

MAUI, Hawaii – Clipped into hair and strung into leis, fresh plumerias fill the banquet hall with a sweet scent. Soon, the dim stage lights brighten and the audience quiets. A group of 10 or so ...

Hula instructor Akiko Colton spends her day living and breathing the ancient Hawaiian dance known as hula in her Eugene studio. “It’s part of my life, so I cannot just take it out. My blood needs hula ...

SAN RAMON, Calif. -- "Hula is the language of the heart, and therefore the heartbeat of the Hawaiian people," says Desiree Elder, a Hula instructor with the Polynesian dance revue, Island Spice. "Many ...

TORRANCE, California (KHNL) - It's an art form that's synonymous with Hawaii...hula. And it's a way for Hawaiians on the mainland to stay connected with their roots. The familiar sights and sounds of ...

HONOLULU (Island News) – The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA) announce the return of an authentic Hawaiian Hula Show to the Waikiki Shell. CNHA, along with Mayor Rick Blangiardi, ...

Haumana, or students, of Keali'ika'apunihonua Ke'ena A'o Hula practice under the direction of kumu hula Leimomi Ho, left, at St. Augustine Church in Waikiki. The halau has been performing free hula ...

Reporting from Honolulu — “We bend our knees to humble oneself,” my kumu, or hula teacher, said as the eight women swayed their hips. I had been taking hula classes in Northern California for months, ...

Hula O Na Keiki is Maui's only hula competition for children that seeks to perpetuate Hawaiian culture The competition pushes students to reflect on what it means to be Hawaiian and practice hula, an ...