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, ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The stage at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center is set for the 2024 Queen Liliuokalani Keiki Hula Competition and Festival running this Thursday through Saturday. More than 500 of ...

When Kamaile Hamada found out last June that his group had been accepted into the world’s most prestigious hula competition, the first person he wanted to tell was his former hula partner, Sweetie ...

VOLCANO, Hawaii -- On the wind-swept rim of one of the world's most active volcanoes, dancers in raffia skirts swayed to music and chants as they prepared for the Merrie Monarch, the Olympics of hula ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group is looking for talented hula dancers to join the cast of its groundbreaking production, ‘Auana. Get Hawaii’s latest morning news delivered to ...

When Ehulani and Gordon Lum held the first Ia 'Oe E Ka La Hula Festival 23 years ago at the San Jose Convention Center, it was definitely a mom-and-pop operation. "We couldn't get anyone to come in ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - It’s time for the 44th Annual Queen Lili’uokalani Keiki Hula competition. Young hula dancers from across the state are converging on the Neal S. Blaisdell Arena this ...

The 38th annual Hawaii Kupuna Hula Festival has been canceled. Elderly Activities Operations Director Roann Okamura said only six halau expressed interest in competing at this year’s festival, far too ...

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 ...