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

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 ...

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

As the sun set over the misty town of Hilo, Hawaii, on April 6, about 4,000 people stood up from their seats in the Edith Kanakaʻole stadium and joined hands. They swayed in unison, their voices ...

The Oakland-based Academy of Hawaiian Arts’ Kane Hula dancers are “notorious” for their attention-grabbing performances. “Every time they get on stage, they leave the audience wowed. They are fierce,” ...

Jayda Lum Lung will dance a traditional hula in honor of Lahaina wildfire victims at Hawaii’s biggest hula competition of the year. Her hand movements will flow gracefully to symbolize the winds, ...

Thirteen-year-old Kekoa Arucan performs a playful opening hula of the George Na’ope Hula Festival, set to a song originally composed for the opening of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Honolulu, on Friday.

HILO (HawaiiNewsNow) - Nālani Kanakaʻole, revered hula teacher who worked to preserve ancient Hawaiian traditions, died ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - In the Windy City, a Chicago couple perpetuate the dances of Polynesia, and neither of them are of Hawaiian or Polynesian descent. They own the Hokulea Academy of Polynesian ...

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 ...