On the first night of the 63rd annual Merrie Monarch Festival’s hula competition, 21-year-old Faith Lynn Kealohapauʻole ...

Hālau Hiʻiakaināmakalehua under nā kumu Robert Keano Kaʻupu IV and Lono Padilla, dance hula kahiko during the 62nd Merrie ...

Miss Aloha Hula winner Faith Kealohapau’ole Paredes, under the direction of Na Kumu Haunani & ‘Iliahi Paredes, Halau ...

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 ...

Hula instructor Akiko Colton spends her day living and breathing the ancient Hawaiian dance known as hula in her Eugene studio. “It’s part of my life, so I cannot just take it out. My blood needs hula ...

After a 28-year absence, Ka Pā Hula Hawaiʻi is returning to the Merrie Monarch stage for the festival’s 50th anniversary of ...

In 2015, Skyler Tiogangco became the first deaf dancer to compete at the Merrie Monarch Festival.

OAK PARK, Ill. -- One Chicago-area Hawaiian dance school hopes to leave a legacy. "Hula is life. Hula is everything you see, taste, touch, feel," June Ryushin Tanoue said. Halau i Ka Pono is a ...

GRANADA HILLS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Lyn-Del Pedersen has been teaching students at Aloha Hula Polynesian Dance Studio in Granada Hills for over 15 years. "What we try to do is perpetuate the culture ...

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 ...