Matt Morelock, a Tennessee native who moved to Kauai eight years ago, is organizing Kauai’s first folk festival. Morelock said he’s excited to explore the similarities between Hawaiian music and ...

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 ...

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 ...

When you think of hula dancing, do you relate it to a dance done by girls in grass skirts to ukelele music? Hula is performed at resorts all over Hawaii, but the significance of the dance is much more ...

Performer, teacher, and choreographer Nancy Redig’s journey with folk dancing began in a rather unexpected place: Busch Gardens. Seated in a grand theater, she watched a show unfold, brimming with ...

Over a thousand people filled Pacific University’s Stoller Center in Forest Grove Saturday evening to watch the Na Haumana O Hawaii Students of Hawaii Club’s 61st Luʻau and Hoʻike celebration. This ...

HONOLULU (AP) — A new two-day festival on the island of Kauai aims to explore the influences traditional Hawaiian music has had on traditional folk music, the Honolulu Star Advertiser reported . The ...