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 ...

The Oakland-based Academy of Hawaiian Arts’ Kane Hula dancers are “notorious” for their attention-grabbing performances. Invariably, there is a moment — when school founder Mark Keali’i Ho’omalu, ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Friday marked the start of group competition at the 50th anniversary Queen Liliʻuokalani Keiki Hula Competition. The young dancers will be joined by their hula brothers and ...

KA'ANAPALI, Hawai'i (Island News) -- This past weekend, Hula O Nā Keiki, the renowned solo competition for young hula dancers, returned to Outrigger Kāʻanapali Beach Resort. The event featured eight ...

According to event coordinators, the free public event is Hawaii’s longest-running non-competitive hula event. It brings together several hula halau for performances from dancers of all ages. The ...

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 ...

Brittany Colbert was a stay-at-home mom with a dream. Then she learned how to hula-hoop. Now she's the stilt-walking, hula-hooping, fire-dancing owner of Flowstate Entertainment. Axiom Carlson, owner ...

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.

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 ...