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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

HILO — A 21-year-old Maui woman is Miss Aloha Hula 2018. Cheers erupted from her hula sisters, who were seated in the bleachers directly behind public address announcer Kimo Kahoano in the Edith ...

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 (KHON2) — When we think of hula festivals, we may tend to think of the Merrie Monarch first and foremost or the Prince Lot Hula Festival which just took place a few weeks ago. On Sunday, Aug.

Malia Haumschild – like the teas she creates – is steeped in hula and Hawaiian culture. “From the age of 11, I danced hula at the then-Maui Prince Hotel in Makena three nights a week, for about 11 ...

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, ...