When Kamaile Hamada found out last June that his group had been accepted into the world’s most prestigious hula competition, the first person he wanted to tell was his former hula partner, Sweetie ...

Hula, once a romantic form of communiqué consisting of hip-swiveling dance and native island chants, has recently gone pro. With blue-chip sponsors like Tiffany & Co., Louis Vuitton and Hawaiian ...

The air swells with an hypnotic chant as the women sway, their backs to the ocean and their arms, wrists and fingers curling and unfurling slowly with a mesmerising grace. Their voices grow louder as ...

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 ...

Hawaii - June 28, 2002 - The word “luau” means festival in Hawaiian, conjuring up images of grass skirts, bamboo torches, hula dancing and roasted pig. Steeped in ancient island tradition, the luau ...

Willem Dafoe has given countless unforgettable performances throughout his storied career, playing everyone from Jesus of Nazareth to the Green Goblin — but the one performance that he'll never forget ...