Nālani Kanakaʻole continued her work, preparing her students for the annual Merrie Monarch Festival, when she died on Jan. 3 at the age of 79. A public memorial service will honor the revered kumu ...
To learn more about the negative impact of people dressing up as hula dancers, BuzzFeed recently spoke to Chelei. "Hula dancers are greatly sexualized in the entertainment industry and Hollywood ...
As the women built a thrumming rhythm from their drums and began to chant while others danced, the Hula Halau ‘O Nalua and ‘Ote’a ‘Api School of Polynesian Dance seemed to teleport from the interior ...
Thirteen-year-old Kekoa Arucan performs a playful opening hula of the George Na’ope Hula Festival, set to a song originally composed for the opening of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Honolulu, on Friday.
Among the 20 winners of the prestigious MacArthur Foundation fellowship announced Wednesday were scientists, engineers, composers, legal scholars—and one hula dancer. Patrick Makuakāne, a 62-year-old ...
Thirteen women between the ages of 18 and 25 took the stage Thursday night at the Edith Kanaka‘ole Multi-Purpose Stadium in Hilo to vie for Miss Aloha Hula, the most prestigious title a solo hula ...
The Orlando Young Lions perform at the Asian Cultural Festival. Read full article: AANHPI Heritage Month: Celebrate Central Florida’s Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander community ...
Alema Ebana dances with his hula group, Hālau Kekuaokalāʻauʻalaʻiliahi, at the 2021 Merrie Monarch Festival. This hula told the story of the orator and athlete Naihe, whose skillfulness in surfing ...
KAIELUA, Hawaii — Among my career aspirations, it is safe to say that “hula dancer” never rose to the top. But there I was not long ago, lunching on fish tacos at a tiny shopping plaza on the island ...