And you think the kids in the "American Idol" auditions have it tough. For the young men in four hula troupes competing in "Ka Hula Hou: Pride on the Line," Feb. 16 in Hayward, proving themselves will ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Can't get to that hula class? There's a new website that aims to deliver authentic hula instruction to students -- wherever they are. Kumu hula and former Miss Aloha Hula ...

The reason some people cannot hoop for long periods of time has nothing to do with skill. It has to do with their body shape, researchers say You can save this article by registering for free here. Or ...

Kids and parents will learn that hula is more than just a beautiful dance form during Family Hula Instructions, 4-5 p.m. Tuesday, July 12 at Elmwood Park Public Library, 1 Conti Parkway. “Hula was the ...

Reporting from Honolulu — “We bend our knees to humble oneself,” my kumu, or hula teacher, said as the eight women swayed their hips. I had been taking hula classes in Northern California for months, ...

When I went to Hawaii looking for the real hula -- something more authentic than "I'm just a little brown girl in a little grass skirt in a little grass shack in Hawaii" -- I hardly expected to find ...

More than a dozen women stand barefoot, waiting for the kumu hula to chant, as their ancestors did when the gods ruled Hawaii. “Just lock into yourself. Chant to yourself. The chant that you chant ...

COURTESY MELA EDRADA Dancers from the Leilani Alama Hula Studio performed at a recent Na Hula Festival, the longest-running annual hula event in Hawaii. The festival is presented at the Kapiolani Park ...

HONOLULU — Hula is not just a dance, say those who teach the islands' indigenous dance form. It is a way of life, even life itself, identifying Hawaii's native people. "Hula is life. It is social, ...