To learn more about the negative impact of people dressing up as hula dancers, BuzzFeed recently spoke to Chelei. "Hula dancers are greatly sexualized in the entertainment industry and Hollywood ...

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 ...

My grandmother, a beautiful hula dancer. Hula runs in my blood. When my Papa saw my Grandma Becky dancing hula one night in a dance hall, armed with her ukulele, mu'u mu'u, and beautiful smile, he ...

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 ...

2019ʻs most awarded hālau from Merrie Monarch Festival and the Queen Lili'uokalani Keiki Hula Competition is Hālau Hi'iakaināmakalehua. Led by Kumu Hula Robert Ke'anokealakahikikapoleikamaka'opua ...

Above, hula dancers Kristen Enomoto, left, Joshua Julian and Agnes Brown performed Thursday during a news conference for the new Kilohana Hula Show. The new performances, presented by the Council for ...

Maui Iokepa-Purdy won Mr. Hulu Maui in the 2024 Kū Mai Ka Hula contest. The 18th annual Kū Mai Ka Hula will be Friday and Saturday at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center. Courtesy photo Maui’s adult 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 ...

After the world’s most popular hula event was canceled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Maui’s Cierra Mei Ling Hau’olimaikalani Pagaduan Chow was honored to step onstage again for the 58th ...

Twelve women between the ages of 18 and 25 took the stage Thursday night at Edith Kanaka‘ole Multi-Purpose Stadium in Hilo to compete for the most prestigious title a solo hula dancer can earn, Miss ...

Alema Ebana dances with his hula group, Hālau Kekuaokalāʻauʻalaʻiliahi, at the 2021 Merrie Monarch Festival. This hula told the story of the orator and athlete Naihe, whose skillfulness in surfing ...