ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and a local dance studio is giving New Mexico a taste of the tropics. Ka Lā Kapu Polynesian Dance Studio is bringing the ...
Learning Polynesian dancing in Hawaii at 8 years old, Jonell Tomas-Haiola was taught the fundamentals of her culture, which led her to share it with others. Now, 18 years later, the 26-year-old Humble ...
KONA (HawaiiNewsNow) - Kaulana Na Pua Inc. is a nonprofit on Hawaiʻi Island that aims to instill kuleana (responsibility), hōʻihi (respect) and foundation through aloha in young people between the ...
If you go: 4:30 to 8 p.m. Sept. 2, Keizer Rapids Park. $15 to $20. Paradise of Samoa, a Polynesian dance and culture nonprofit group based in Salem, began in 2006 with a question: Why didn’t something ...
The Mele Kini Polynesian Dance Studio was established in 1975 by Dottie Pranzatelli and Mary Jayne Anspach. Pranzatelli began her dancing career as a student with the Kealoha Studios, now located in ...
STOCKTON — Something remarkable happened last weekend when a young woman from Stockton traveled to the Tahitian Islands to compete in the Ori Tahiti Nui world dance championships. She won. Competing ...