A MacArthur fellowship is commonly referred to as a genius grant. The 20 recipients this year include Kumu Patrick Makuakane, a master hula teacher based in San Francisco. Yeah. That Genius Grant ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Vicky Holt Takamine, a renowned teacher of hula dance and a champion for Indigenous culture, will receive a cash award of more than $450,000. By ...

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 ...

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, ...

Standing before her father's coffin, a young Hawaiian girl, dressed in traditional attire, delivered a moment of rare intensity. With tears in her eyes but never losing her smile, she performed a ...

A Hawaiian dance school in northern California is hoping to raise money to send to Maui in the wake of the deadly and devastating wildfires. Many members of the Ohana Dance Group, a traditional ...