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 ...

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 ...

As the women built a thrumming rhythm from their drums and began to chant while others danced, the Hula Halau ‘O Nalua and ‘Ote’a ‘Api School of Polynesian Dance seemed to teleport from the interior ...

GRANADA HILLS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Lyn-Del Pedersen has been teaching students at Aloha Hula Polynesian Dance Studio in Granada Hills for over 15 years. "What we try to do is perpetuate the culture ...

2002-03-24 04:00:00 PDT Tracy-- The small row of warehouses on the outskirts of this sleepy town are so quiet on the weekends, it's safe to assume they are all abandoned. Until you hear a faint ...

The Mele Kini Polynesian Dance Studio was established in 1975 by Dottie Pranzatelli and Mary Jayne Anspach. Pranzatelli began her dancing career as a student with the Kealoha Studios, now located in ...

My grandmother, a beautiful hula dancer. Hula runs in my blood. When my Papa saw my Grandma Becky dancing hula one night in a dance hall, armed with her ukulele, mu'u mu'u, and beautiful smile, he ...

With flowers around their necks, wrists, feet, waist, and in their hair, the barefoot students at the School of Hula in Beaverton rehearse. And smile. Lisa Chang, founder and instructor at Hula Halau ...

Hot Hula is the latest dance fitness workout to come to Guam. It’s a low-impact sport using dance moves without a lot of jumping and running. All fitness levels and age groups can join – and it’s fun, ...

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 ...