HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Friday marked the start of group competition at the 50th anniversary Queen Liliʻuokalani Keiki Hula Competition. The young dancers will be joined by their hula brothers and ...

In hula kahiko (ancient-style hula), there is a protocol for how the dance is presented to an audience. Typically, the kumu hula will oli (chant) to announce the entrance of his or her halau. Then the ...

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 ...

HILO >> The start of the group kahiko competition at the 55th Merrie Monarch Festival on Friday evening coincided with a return of tradewinds as halau brought their best to the stage at Edith ...

If you are a hula dancer you know who Kim Taylor Reece is. The renowned photographer is one of the first to capture the movement of hula kahiko. Talk story host McKenna Maduli was invited to visit the ...

Eighteen hula halau presented two dozen performances of hula kahiko, or ancient hula — 17 by wahine groups and seven by kane groups — Friday night during the Merrie Monarch Festival. Among the ...

Three Maui women who have been dancing hula since grade school will take to hula’s most prestigious stage at the 60th Merrie Monarch Festival tonight in Hilo. The three women are among 12 that are ...

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 ...

More info: Call 970-532-5030 or email niauwahine@yahoo.com. BERTHOUD — When it comes to worship hula, coconut shell bikini tops, flimsy grass skirts and aggressive booty shaking are out. Instead, the ...