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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Hula dancing, beautiful to watch, is a substantial workout. In the new “Island Girl Fitness Workout for Beginners” series of DVDs and videos (Naturaljourneys, 2004), dance, cardio and strength ...
Hot Hula is the latest dance fitness workout to come to Guam. It’s a low-impact sport using dance moves without a lot of jumping and running. All fitness levels and age groups can join – and it’s fun, ...
Hula dancers may inspire visions of paradise, with Hawaiian sunsets, floral scents and drinks in coconuts. But La Jolla High School junior Aiko Busby is looking to have it also inspire awareness of ...
Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling mirror in her Mastick Senior Center hula studio, Alberta Keakealani Jay demonstrates a graceful hand movement and tells her students to “make it sexy.” A few ...
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 ...
Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling mirror in her Mastick Senior Center hula studio, Alberta Keakealani Jay demonstrates a graceful hand movement and tells her students to “make it sexy.” A few ...