MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII - Young ladies laughed and danced with their po’o kumu (head teacher in Hawaiian) to “Uwehe, Ami and Slide,” by Teresa Bright, in the gym of Kulia Youth Center, March 4, 2014.

FAST-paced, high-stress Washington is about as far from a languid tropical paradise as you can get, especially when the sky can still be winter gray. But that doesn't mean you have to postpone the ...

The Annapolis-area residents sing, dance and chant with near-flawless rhythm and cadence, displaying traditions and cultures from America’s only island state. They are members of one of the hula ...

CARLSBADCARLSBAD — Christinia Pualani Lee has been dancing hula since she was a little girl. At 96, she’s still at it. She taught her granddaughter, her daughter and hundreds of students from teens to ...

New parents have been known to go to great lengths to wangle a much-needed nap for their babies (and themselves): long car rides, pushing the stroller mile after mile…and now, hula classes. Especially ...