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Emma Kapiʻolani Farden Sharpe (1904 – 1991) was a Hawaiian hula performer and kumu hula (hula teacher). Sharpe was a musician who released several singles with her sisters as well as leading her own musical troupe; she was also a composer and a producer of professional Hawaiian shows.
Jaye Nāpua Greig-Nakasone [1] (born March 4, 1974), known professionally as Nāpua Greig, is a Hawaiian musician, vocalist, songwriter, record producer, kumu hula (hula teacher), and educator from Maui, Hawaii. Known primarily for her contributions as kumu hula of Hālau Nā Lei Kaumaka O Uka, she arranges traditional Hawaiian music as well ...
The practice of hula is sacred but was once banned. Hula O Na Keiki is a children's hula competition that proves the art is far from dead.
Kumu hula [81] Thaddius Wilson: c. 1952–2004 2015 Kumu hula [82] Sonny Chillingworth: 1932–1994 2014 Slack-key guitar, vocalist [83] Lani Custino: 1932–1998 2014 Hula dancer, vocalist, daughter of Vickie K. I'i Rodrigues [84] Edith Kawelohea McKinzie: 1925–2014 2014 Author, genealogy, hula and chant expert, professor of Hawaiian studies ...
Aug. 30—Hawaii's renowned kumu hula and cultural practitioners are leading a daylong vigil Friday to provide spiritual healing from the devastating loss caused by the Maui fires. All Hawaii ...
In a Hālau Hula though, it is organized so information from the Kumu Hula is directly given to the students. Students of the Hālau Hula are expected to pass down this information that they are given from a specific lineage of Kumu Hula to the next generation. [8] In 1972, Ma’iki advertised for a public Kumu Hula class. This was the first ...
In 2000, he began intensive traditional studies with hula master Mae Kamāmalu Klein in Hawai‘i and, after three years, achieved the recognized status of kumu hula. This achievement culminated in a traditional ‘uniki ‘ailolo graduation ceremony, connecting Makuakāne to a hula lineage stretching back for generations.
Today a hālau usually describes a hula school (hālau hula). The teacher at the hālau is the kumu hula, where kumu means source of knowledge, or literally just teacher. Often you will find that there is a hierarchy in hula schools - starting with the kumu (teacher), alaka'i (leader), kokua (helpers), and then the 'olapa (dancers) or haumana ...