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A hālau hula (Hawaiian pronunciation: [haːˈlɐw ˈhulə]) is a school or hall in which the Hawaiian dance form called hula is taught. The term comes from hālau, literally, "long house, as for canoes or hula instruction"; "meeting house" [1], and hula, a Polynesian dance form of the Hawaiian Islands.
Hula (/ ˈ h uː l ə /) is a Hawaiian dance form expressing chant (oli) [1] or song . It was developed in the Hawaiian Islands by the Native Hawaiians who settled there. The hula dramatizes or portrays the words of the oli or mele in a visual dance form. There are many sub-styles of hula, with the two main categories being Hula ʻAuana and ...
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 ...
The Hawaiian hula instruction : complete in 10 easy lessons / [compiled by Ernest K. Kaai.] Royal Hawaiian Distributing Co. Kaʻai, Ernest K (1941). Songs of old Hawaii. E 7th tuning Hawaiian and Electric Guitars. William J. Smith Music Co. ASIN B0000CY1FD. Kaʻai, Ernest K (1946). Kaai's Hawaiian guitar method. Chart Music Pub. House.
[1] [2] Iolani was raised by her great aunt Julia Keahi Luahine (1877–1937), who began educating her in the ancient Kauai school of hula when she was four years old. [1] [3] [4] [5] Her aunt Keahi was "the foremost hula instructor of her day and one of the last royal dancers from King Kalākaua's and Queen Lili’uokalani's court."
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The pahu, or hula drum, is considered to be a sacred instrument and is the primary instrument used by the kumu hula also known as the instructors. The pahu guides the dancers, dictating the pace of the dance with the rhythm of the drum. Dancers place the drum on the ground or strap it to their thigh and play it during the hula.
Hooping (also called hula hooping or hoop dance) is the manipulation of and artistic movement or dancing with a hoop (or hoops). Hoops can be made of metal , wood , or plastic . Hooping combines technical moves and tricks with freestyle or technical dancing .