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 ...
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 ...
After presenting co-founder Kaimana Chee with a lei, Jamie Wen and Chee do an “aloha” greeting where they exchange “ha” or the breath of life. Tyrone Turner / WAMU/DCist Amber Maikui might be more ...
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 MacArthur fellowship is commonly referred to as a genius grant. The 20 recipients this year include Kumu Patrick Makuakane, a master hula teacher based in San Francisco. Yeah. That Genius Grant ...
Kumu hula Hina Kamauʻu, left, teaches a class at the Papakolea Community Center. Kamauʻu was part of another University of Hawaii study on hula and cognitive function. The study also builds on past ...
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - He’s just getting the hang of walking, but that’s not stopping 18-month-old Kuanoo Burke from practicing some adorable hula moves. In a video that has gotten more than 10 ...
SEVEN NEWS. A LOCAL, ALL NATIVE DANCE AND CHEER TEAM IS MAKING THEIR WAY TO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS THIS YEAR, AND IT’S A STORY YOU’LL ONLY SEE HERE ON SEVEN. ALYSSA MUNOZ SPOKE WITH THEM ABOUT HOW THEIR ...
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