A Bay Area troupe uses modern elements to give the traditional Hawaiian dance a topical relevance. ... This Isn’t Your Grandmother’s Hula. By VICTORIA LOOSELEAF . Aug. 5, 2001 12 AM PT .

My grandmother, a beautiful hula dancer. Hula runs in my blood. When my Papa saw my Grandma Becky dancing hula one night in a dance hall, armed with her ukulele, mu'u mu'u, and beautiful smile, he ...

If that's your image of hula, says Kanahele, an award-winning singer and recording artist, hula dancer and Hawaiian studies instructor at Hawaii Community College, think again. "Hula in its most ...

The evening closed with every hula dancer in the crowd of 200 standing up and dancing to "Kea­loha." ... whose grandmother Woodd was an early Hawaiian Room star, performed in a public program.

She is doing it to help preserve and perpetuate the Hawaiian culture she holds so dear. Robbins, a non-traditional student at the College of William & Mary, is a sixth-generation Hawaiian quilter and ...