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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

After presenting co-founder Kaimana Chee with a lei, Jamie Wen and Chee do an “aloha” greeting where they exchange “ha” or the breath of life. Tyrone Turner / WAMU/DCist Amber Maikui might be more ...

A MacArthur fellowship is commonly referred to as a genius grant. The 20 recipients this year include Kumu Patrick Makuakane, a master hula teacher based in San Francisco. Yeah. That Genius Grant ...

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 ...

Native Hawaiian Edith Kanaka’ole, who died in 1979, was an award-winning composer and instructor at Hawai’i Community College and University of Hawai’i at Hilo. The U.S. Mint has announced that Kanaka ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - He’s just getting the hang of walking, but that’s not stopping 18-month-old Kuanoo Burke from practicing some adorable hula moves. In a video that has gotten more than 10 ...

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Tokyo Hula explores the explosive popularity of the hula dance in Japan from both Native Hawaiian and Japanese perspectives Today it is estimated there are nearly 2 million people dancing hula in ...