My grandmother, a beautiful hula dancer. Hula runs in my blood. When my Papa saw my Grandma Becky dancing hula one night in a dance hall, armed with her ukulele, mu'u mu'u, and beautiful smile, he ...
For many young women in Hawaii, dancing hula is like breathing. It is more than just a way of communicating ancient Hawaiian stories and legends; it’s also a way of sharing a love of music and ...
COURTESY HULA PRESERVATION SOCIETY From left, Hale Rowland, TeMoana Makolo, Manu Kanemura Bentley (seated), Lei Becker Furtado and Kimo Mansfield stood with Lei Hulu group members in white and other ...
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Born and raised on Hawaii Island, Kristina Waiau’s said that her life is dominated by two driving forces: hula and Hilo. In front of the camera and on stage, Waiau ...
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 ...
A bride's surprise hula dance solo left her Hawaiian groom in awe. For years, Oʻahu-born Austin Rodrigues-Ganigan, 29, jokingly reminded his then-girlfriend, content creator Sofia Bella, 28, that it ...
After a lifetime of not communicating with your hips, it’s not so easy to figure out how to sway. By Dana Mackenzie When you think of a hula dancer, what do you picture? A female dancer, most likely ...
When I tell people I used to be a dancer the first type of dance that enters their mind is ballet. Then modern. Then jazz. Then tap. Never hula. When I say I’ve been a hula dancer for most of my life, ...