Kia Ahi, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving Polynesian music and dance, will hold Tahitian dance class open enrollment starting Thursday and continuing through Feb. 11 at the Waimea Community Center.

“Tahitian dance is all about the legs,” he adds. That much is obvious when you watch the show. From the men performing the paoti move — which is a “scissor” movement of the legs — to when the women ...

Even now that Monique Castaneda has opened her Mau Loa Ohana, it seems surreal. The Hawaiian-themed studio in Antioch will offer guests hula lessons and even cardio workouts to island music. Mau Loa ...

LAGUNA NIGUEL – An old home video shows 3-year-old Hana Andersen swaying her arms and hips during a family trip to Tahiti. Since then, Andersen’s never really stopped dancing, and last month the ...

They are rehearsing choreography for the song “Te Pua No’a No’a,” which tells a story about the flowers spread throughout the island of Tahiti. It’s the same dance I learned a few weeks ago when I ...

Since her baby Lily was born 1 1/2 years ago, Kristy Flanagan-Rubio has been swaying her hips and moving her arms and legs to drop 45 of her 50 pregnancy pounds. “It’s my only form of exercise,” said ...

While the cold and rain keeps Bellevue residents covered and bundled up in February, they'll be able to learn a warm and tropical tradition next month: hula dancing. While the cold and rain keeps ...

WATSONVILLE — Lorraine Kalelua Kinnamon has been asked the same question for years. “When are you going to start teaching hula in Watsonville?” Kinnamon finally has an answer that should please ...

While the cold and rain keeps Bellevue residents covered and bundled up in February, they'll be able to learn a warm and tropical tradition next month: hula dancing. Instructor Leila Fernandez, a ...