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 ...

The Oakland-based Academy of Hawaiian Arts’ Kane Hula dancers are “notorious” for their attention-grabbing performances. Invariably, there is a moment — when school founder Mark Keali’i Ho’omalu, ...

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 ...

TORRANCE, California (KHNL) - It's an art form that's synonymous with Hawaii...hula. And it's a way for Hawaiians on the mainland to stay connected with their roots. The familiar sights and sounds of ...

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 ...

Reporting from Honolulu — “We bend our knees to humble oneself,” my kumu, or hula teacher, said as the eight women swayed their hips. I had been taking hula classes in Northern California for months, ...

The low-fat, low-salt Native Hawaiian Diet dinner plate first drew me years ago to the Tiki Terrace in Kaanapali Beach Hotel, a modest, low-rise inn in West Maui that proclaims itself “Hawaii’s Most ...

Hula O Na Keiki is Maui's only hula competition for children that seeks to perpetuate Hawaiian culture The competition pushes students to reflect on what it means to be Hawaiian and practice hula, an ...