Zane, revered kumu hula of Halau o Kekuhi, cultural matriarch and veteran judge of Merrie Monarch Festival hula competitions, ...

The youngest daughter of Edith Kanakaʻole was dedicated to preserving and practicing ancient Hawaiian traditions.

Nālani Kanakaʻole, a fifth-generation loea hula whose life work preserved and perpetuated the ancient traditions of Hawaiian ...

Nālani Kanakaʻole, a fifth-generation loea hula, master chanter, and daughter of legendary kumu hula Edith Kanakaʻole, has ...

The cast and crew of "The Return of Kapaemahu" spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz as the free hula show at the Kūhio ...

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 ...

Haumana, or students, of Keali'ika'apunihonua Ke'ena A'o Hula practice under the direction of kumu hula Leimomi Ho, left, at St. Augustine Church in Waikiki. The halau has been performing free hula ...

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 ...

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, ...

Nalani Kanaka‘ole-Zane, revered kumu hula of Halau o Kekuhi, cultural matriarch and veteran judge of Merrie Monarch Festival ...

Hula O Na Keiki is Maui's only hula competition for children that seeks to perpetuate Hawaiian culture The competition pushes students to reflect on what it means to be Hawaiian and practice hula, an ...