Hula instructor Snowbird Puananiopaokalani Bento teaches the story behind hula dance. For Native Hawaiians, the origins of hula are deeply spiritual and rooted in Hawaii’s creation stories and ...

The practice of hula is sacred but was once banned. Hula O Na Keiki is a children's hula competition that proves the art is far from dead.

King Kalakaua returned hula to the mainstream in 1880, calling the dance the “heartbeat of Hawaii.” Hollywood then embraced the hula in the 1950s, which Malu said caused the dance to change.

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii - The instructions from the hula instructor came at a fast and furious pace, leaving several dozen fresh-faced students desperately trying to keep to the beat of the ...

Chelei wants people to know that dressing up as hula dancers has a real-life impact on Native Hawaiians. "It is harmful to Hawaiian culture for people to continue to see us as no more than a ...

Merrie Monarch is an annual festival in Hilo, Hawaii. It celebrates Hawaiian traditions with craft fairs, parades, and hula competitions. This article is part of "Community in Focus," a series ...

Hawaiian dance troupe performs hula to preserve its culture Halau o Keikiali’i will perform “The Sacred Hula: Ka Wa Hula — Hula Through Time” on Feb. 22 in Bothell. by Evan Thompson ...

Ku’uleialoha Fahilga credits her energy and agility at 69 to the hula. That vivacity was on display Wednesday when the Maui native taught her one-hour Hawaiian hula dance class at the Costa Mesa ...

The spirit of aloha returns to NYC this week when the original Polynesian dancers of the famous Hawaiian Room at Hotel Lexington return for a week of hula events.

LAIE, Hawaii – A gentle song filled the air as the hula dancers gracefully took the stage for the next performance of the Ali‘i Lu‘au ‘Onipa‘a at the Polynesian Cultural Center in Laie ...