With her flower crown and grass skirt, the hula girl has been synonymous with Hawaiian hospitality since cruise ships first docked in Honolulu in the 1920s. Even today, exoticized images of these ...

Abbey Berger-Knorr of Cultivate at Hula in Burlington, Vt. Credit: Daria Bishop When Abbey Berger-Knorr graduated from Champlain College in 2024 she got her dream job — working as a PR associate at a ...

Mason, Michigan — In a pastoral campground south of Lansing, many attendees at the Michigan Hoop Dance Retreat were hooping as if their hair was on fire. Then, Missy Cooke’s hair caught fire. Dancing ...

A weighted hula hoop provides a fun and accessible way to lose weight and improve core strength. It is a safe way to exercise for most people, but those with injuries or chronic pain should speak with ...

Weighted hula hooping may help support weight loss by boosting calorie burning, increasing core strength, and reducing abdominal fat mass. But more research is needed. Hula hooping is an ancient dance ...

WILTON — April March, a longtime area resident who began performing burlesque nationwide 73 years ago and continued into her 80s, died Monday, Sept. 15, according to a representative of Compassionate ...

Maui Iokepa-Purdy won Mr. Hulu Maui in the 2024 Kū Mai Ka Hula contest. The 18th annual Kū Mai Ka Hula will be Friday and Saturday at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center. Courtesy photo Maui’s adult hula ...

Burlesque might bring to mind the life of a showgirl like Dita Von Teese or the stocking-adorned duo Christina Aguilera and Cher formed for a movie. The cabaret troupe Sign of the Beast Burlesque’s ...

Nearly 300 dancers over the age of 55 will be competing in Kona this week at the 39th annual Hawaii Kupuna Hula Festival, which also will feature a craft fair of locally made products. The free craft ...

Creeplesque co-creators Alabaster and Presley Peach want people to get weirder…and bloodier. “We want people acting completely unhinged on stage,” Alabaster says. “We want to entice and allure and ...

SACRAMENTO WILL BE FLOWING WITH TRADITIONAL HAWAIIAN CULTURE. THE HULA FESTIVAL WILL HOST SOME OF THE TOP HULA HALAU FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY. AND WE GOT A FULL STUDIO THIS MORNING. JOINING US IS KUMU ...

Remember Princess Leia in the gold bikini in “The Return of the Jedi”? Of course you do. It’s perhaps the sexiest moment of the original “Star Wars” trilogy, but by no means the only one. If a good ...