The Association of Native Americans at Yale this weekend condemned Shaka, an all-female Polynesian dance group, for appropriating Hawaiian and Tahitian culture and demanded that the group disband. In ...

Traditional dances, Polynesian food, and a celebration of culture return to downtown Stockton for the Te Fa'a Nō Te 'Ori 2025 Tahitian Dance Festival. The three-day festival begins on Friday, Oct. 17, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Polynesian dance is more than waving hands, swaying hips and grass skirts. Tapestry of World Dance: Ring of Fire presents dances from Hawaii, Samoa, Tonga, New Zealand, Tahiti and the Philippines in a ...

GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (WCIV) — The Goose Creek Library is all set to host a Polynesian dance class as the branch prepares to bring the culture of Hawaii to the Lowcountry. Their new Intro to Hula Class ...

Decades before Hawaii would join the United States, there Hawaiian Room was already bringing the spirit of aloha to New York at the Hotel Lexington. Though it’s been closed since 1966, the famous hula ...