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Hula ( / ˈhuːlə /) is a Hawaiian dance form expressing chant ( oli) [ 1] or song ( mele ). It was developed in the Hawaiian Islands by the Native Hawaiians who settled there. The hula dramatizes or portrays the words of the oli or mele in a visual dance form.
Margaret Maiki Souza Aiu Lake (28 May 1925 – 19 June 1984) was a hula dancer, kumu hula, hula teacher, and influential figure in the second Hawaiian Renaissance [1] [2] because of her revolutionary teaching techniques. [3] Because of her work she was recognized as the "Mother of Hawaiian Renaissance." Many of her students became teachers ...
1995-present. Labels. Pihana Productions, LLC. Website. NapuaMusic.com. Jaye Nāpua Greig-Nakasone [1] (born March 4, 1974), known professionally as Nāpua Greig, is a Hawaiian musician, vocalist, songwriter, record producer, kumu hula (hula teacher), and educator from Maui, Hawaii. Known primarily for her contributions as kumu hula of Hālau ...
Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame. Coordinates: 21.2795°N 157.8308°W. Hawaii Ponoi by Kalakaua and Henri Berger. The Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame is an organization dedicated to recognizing the cultural importance of the music of Hawaii and hula. Established in 1994, the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame promotes the appreciation and preservation of ...
March 30, 2024 at 8:43 AM. Jayda Lum Lung will dance a traditional hula in honor of Lahaina wildfire victims at Hawaii’s biggest hula competition of the year. Her hand movements will flow ...
Hiʻiaka is the patron goddess of hula dancers, chant, sorcery, and medicine. [ 1][ 2] Owls are her messengers and are sacred to her. Conceived in Tahiti, Hiʻiaka was carried in the form of an egg to Hawaiʻi by her sister Pele, who kept the egg with her at all times to incubate it. Thus, the name "Hiʻiaka" means "carried egg," as "hiʻi ...
A hālau hula (Hawaiian pronunciation: [haːˈlɐw ˈhulə]) is a school or hall in which the Hawaiian dance form called hula is taught. The term comes from hālau, literally, "long house, as for canoes or hula instruction"; "meeting house" [1], and hula, a Polynesian dance form of the Hawaiian Islands.
Emma Kapiʻolani Farden Sharpe (1904 – 1991) was a Hawaiian hula performer and kumu hula (hula teacher). Sharpe was a musician who released several singles with her sisters as well as leading her own musical troupe; she was also a composer and a producer of professional Hawaiian shows. In 1984 she was recognized as part of the Living ...