The Oakland-based Academy of Hawaiian Arts’ Kane Hula dancers are “notorious” for their attention-grabbing performances. Invariably, there is a moment — when school founder Mark Keali’i Ho’omalu, ...

Hawaiian music flowed from the speakers as bubbles filled the room. Guests were hula dancing with homemade leis adorning their necks as the Drums of the Pacific brought the Hawaiian experience to the ...

Prepared in conjuction with a publication on traditional Hawaiian drum dances and drumming: Hula Pahu : an exploration of movement and sound of a Hawaiian performing genre / by Adrienne L. Kaeppler ...

v. 1. Haʻa and hula pahu : sacred movements / Adrienne L. Kaeppler ; labanotation by Judy Van Zile -- v. 2. The pahu : sounds of power / Elizabeth Tatar ; music notation edited by Barbara B. Smith ...

A loving rhythm penetrates the steady beat of the gourd, or ipu. And the Hawaiian story begins. With flowers of rainbow hues matching the purposeful motion of swaying hips and graceful arm movements, ...

Halau o Keikiali’i will perform “The Sacred Hula: Ka Wa Hula — Hula Through Time” on Feb. 22 in Bothell. Before first contact with Westerners in 1778, Hawaiians didn’t need written language. They had ...

Multitalented musician Gregson “Bozo” Hanohano, a founding member of the Na Hoku Hanohano Award- winning group Ho‘okena, died Oct. 29 at his home in Waimanalo. He was 66. Born in Honolulu, raised in ...