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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

On stage in their grass skirts and colorful shirts, the hula dancers look like a traditional island group. But when the music starts, it's obvious this performance is anything but traditional. With ...

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 ...