In a tiny gymnasium at Foisia Park in Carson, California, an eclectic group of women ranging in age from 14 to 56 line up in rows, ready for instruction at their first siva Samoa (Samoan dance) lesson ...

Since her baby Lily was born 1 1/2 years ago, Kristy Flanagan-Rubio has been swaying her hips and moving her arms and legs to drop 45 of her 50 pregnancy pounds. “It’s my only form of exercise,” said ...

GRANADA HILLS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Lyn-Del Pedersen has been teaching students at Aloha Hula Polynesian Dance Studio in Granada Hills for over 15 years. "What we try to do is perpetuate the culture ...

Half a century ago, in a mostly white neighborhood in Buena Park, there lived a woman who had brown skin and didn’t speak any English. One day, her daughter’s high-school talent-show committee invited ...

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 ...

Tui Faamausili wants Colorado to know about the Polynesian culture. His lessons come in the form of slapping, drumming and dancing with knives set on fire. Faamausili is a star performer with the ...

“Alohi means sparkle, shine and brilliance,” says Kumu Hula Lani Isaacs, the lifelong dancer, teacher and choreographer who conceived the Alohi Polynesian Dance Academy. ADVERTISING “Alohi means ...

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Luau is a cultural event hosted by BYU's Multicultural Student Services Office. Lū'au was held on Nov. 15-16, with both nights selling out. (Molly Zuniga) The energy was high as performers ...

Outside, the air was warm and steamy. Inside at the Gladeview Health Care Center, it was pretty tropical, too. Honora Kelley, her deeply tanned bare midsection in full view, heated the atmosphere ...

The Haka: A mashup of Roosevelt's Rough Riders performing the Polynesian dance Seven years ago, schools took 15 yard penalties for doing the dance. But Roosevelt has found a way to perform it, penalty ...

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 ...