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"Hi'i is proud to be a Naupaka, a family renowned for its contributions to hula and her hometown of Hilo, Hawaii, but there's a lot she doesn't understand. She's never met her legendary grandmother and her mother has never revealed the identity of her father. Worse, unspoken divides within her tight-knit community have started to grow, creating fractures whose origins are somehow entangled with her own family history. In hula, Hi'i sees a chance to...
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Publisher
Red Comet Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
Since the day that Ano was born, her heart has been connected to her home. But, this adventurous child has a lot to learn! When Ano begins to dance hula -- a storytelling dance form that carries the knowledge, history, and folklore of the Hawaiian people -- Ano comes to understand the true meaning of aloha.
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Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
"An empowering celebration of identity, acceptance and Hawaiian culture based on the true story of a young girl in Hawai'i who dreams of leading the boys-only hula troupe at her school. Ho'onani feels in-between. She doesn't see herself as wahine (girl) OR kane (boy). She's happy to be in the middle. But not everyone sees it that way. When Ho'onani finds out that there will be a school performance of a traditional kane hula chant, she wants to be...
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American Girl Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
"Nanea Mitchell had hoped that going back to school would make life seem normal again. But everything has changed since the war started, including Miss Smith's wonderful classroom. Nanea' dear friend Donna is gone, and now there's a new girl who seems to be getting all of Miss Smith's attention. There are also worries at home as Nanea' big brother talks about joining the Army. Nanea can't bear the thought of him leaving. In the swirl of changes, Nanea...
7) Hula girls
Publisher
Viz Pictures
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
A heartwarming comedy about coal miners' daughters who took a once-in-a-lifetime chance to escape their monotonous lives, only to become unwitting heroes to their depressed mining town. Based on a true story.
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American Girl Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
"Nine-year-old Nanea Mitchell may be the youngest in her family, but she still wants to "dip her paddle in" and be useful. She knows she's grown-up enough to help in her grandparents' market. But before she can prove that she's ready for more responsibility, the unthinkable happens: Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, the naval base where her father works, and America is at war! With friends and family missing, and rumors of more attacks to come, Nanea worries...
9) How to Hula
Publisher
Tropical Magic Corp
Pub. Date
c2002
Description
Step-by-step instructions on the movements of the hula.
11) Basic hula
Publisher
RealHula
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
The collaboration of this master teacher and master dancer has produced the first complete visual and verbal road map allowing you to achieve the truly Hawaiian look in your hula dancing. This video is two hours of intensive instruction and demonstration covering 14 basic steps. We talk it through, we demonstrate it muscle-by-muscle and we rehearse you in each of the steps we introduce. First we teach the underlying basic movements of the body in...
14) The Haumāna
Publisher
Hula Nation Filmworks
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Johnny Kealoha is the charismatic host of a struggling Polynesian luau show for tourists. To everyone's surprise, including his own, he is appointed as the successor to a high school hula class when his former Kumu Hula (master hula teacher) passes away. He becomes as much a student as a teacher through the demands of leading the boys to a significant hula performance and rediscovers the sanctity of the culture he previously abandoned.
Publisher
KumuHina.com
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
"Kumu hina is a powerful feature documentary about the struggle to maintain Pacific Islander culture and values within the Westernized society of modern day Hawaiʻi. It is told through the lens of an extraordinary Native Hawaiian who is both a proud and confident māhū, or transgender woman, and an honored and respected kumu, or teacher, cultural practitioner, and community leader"--Overview from website.
"Imagine a world where a little boy can...
17) Be a hula girl
Publisher
Questar, Inc. [distributor]
Pub. Date
c2002
Description
Girls will enjoy learning simple and graceful hula dance movements to two of Hawaii's favorite songs "Pearly shells" and the "Hukilau song."
Publisher
HIT Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Description
Barney has planned a day filled with fun in the sun at the beach! From sail-boating to kite-flying, you'll get plenty of sand between your toes as you enjoy a day of sun, surf and surprises with all your favorite friends. Learn about sun safety, fun at the beach, and hula dancing.
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American Girl Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
"Nine-year-old Nanea may be the youngest in her family, but she still wants to "dip her paddle in" and be useful. She knows she's grown-up enough to help in her grandparents' market. But before she can prove that she's ready for more responsibility, the unthinkable happens: Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, the naval base where her father works, and America is at war! With friends and family missing, and rumors of more attacks to come, Nanea worries will...
Publisher
SDR Films
Pub. Date
©2000
Description
"The lineage of Hawaiian music and dance traces back over 2,000 years, a tradition started by the ancient Polynesian navigators who used to chant to pass on their collective knowledge and wisdom to future generations. Hula evolved to illustrate the chants, and is among the most graceful dance genres in the world. Today's Hawaiian music is very contemporary and melodic, yet rooted in the traditions of the islands' past."
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