For Kumu Hula Lona Warner, who started Halau Makanani in her Kailua-Kona carport at age 63, hula is about more than dance movements. It s about life and mana. It’s a passion that began in California ...

Hālau Hiʻiakaināmakalehua under nā kumu Robert Keano Kaʻupu IV and Lono Padilla, dance hula kahiko during the 62nd Merrie Monarch Festival in 2025. (Kelsey Walling/Big Island Now) During the times of ...

For nearly six decades, the South Coast group has preserved Hawaiian and Polynesian dance traditions. Now, it is raising ...

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 ...

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 ...

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And after nearly 30 years, Ka Pa Hula Hawai'i returns with intention. For Lo'ea Hula, Kaha'i Topolinski, the comeback to the ...