At most fitness classes, you’ll hear pumping, upbeat music. When it comes to working out with Bright Eyes Dance and Entertainment, the melodies take on more of an island feel. Instructor Dorothy ...

When you think of a hula dancer, what do you picture? A female dancer, most likely young. Long, flowing hair, a warm, inviting smile and softly swaying hips. But when I started dancing hula, nearly 15 ...

The Hula Open House is tomorrow at 7 at the Connection at Chesterfield Mall which is on the upper level. If that doesn't fit your schedule there's another one on Saturday at 11:30. Mention, Show Me St ...

After a lifetime of not communicating with your hips, it’s not so easy to figure out how to sway. By Dana Mackenzie When you think of a hula dancer, what do you picture? A female dancer, most likely ...

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 ...

SAN RAMON, Calif. -- "Hula is the language of the heart, and therefore the heartbeat of the Hawaiian people," says Desiree Elder, a Hula instructor with the Polynesian dance revue, Island Spice. "Many ...

I SWUNG MY HIPS gently side to side, doing my best to glide smoothly while doing the kaholo in my hula class. Fourteen-month-old Owen wailed. Not that I blame him. I had borrowed him from his mom for ...

Ah, just the very sound conjures up images of gentle, tropical breezes, lightly scented with plumeria flowers; endless miles of white, sandy beaches; catching the perfect wave; and learning the hula.