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 ...

As the sun set over the misty town of Hilo, Hawaii, on April 6, about 4,000 people stood up from their seats in the Edith Kanakaʻole stadium and joined hands. They swayed in unison, their voices ...

E Pele, Pele, Pele (Hawaiian drama-hula) --Kamapuaa (ceremonial temple dance) --Hoi Kealoha i niahau (dance) -- Anoai (hula uliuli) --Lake e (Oli or alter [sic ...

OAK PARK, Ill. -- One Chicago-area Hawaiian dance school hopes to leave a legacy. "Hula is life. Hula is everything you see, taste, touch, feel," June Ryushin Tanoue said. Halau i Ka Pono is a ...

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 ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Windward Community College has a brand new music program that blends Hawaiian songs and hula. Music instructor Kamuela Kimokeo and kumu hula Kawaikapuokalani Hewett created ...

The hula dancers gathered behind the stage, their blouses white, skirts purple and feet bare. For months, they had prepared for this performance. On the other side of the closed curtain at John R.

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