Eugene dance school teaches the beauty of Native Hawaiian hula
, 2023-01-30 08:02:57,
Hula teacher Akiko Colton, center, teaches her young students how to use the ‘uli’uli, a pair of Hawaiian rattling instruments used in auana and kahiko hula dances.
Stephen Tuntat/OPB
Hula instructor Akiko Colton spends her day living and breathing the ancient Hawaiian dance known as the hula in her Eugene studio.
“It’s a part of my life, so I can’t just remove it. My blood needs a hula,” she says.
Colton shares a love of hula by translating “komo” into “teacher” in the native Hawaiian language.
The name of Colton Dance School is Hawaiian flower hula sweets.
“Hālau Hula O Nā Pua O Hawai’i Nei means: “The Hula School of Beautiful Flowers in Hawaii,” Colton explains. “So we consider each of us a Hawaiian flower and hope that we can all learn to be beautiful as we learn how to hula.”
The hula dance art form developed in ancient Hawaii. But by 1830, Queen Consort Searchwho converted to Christianity, prevented the cultural show.
Then in 1886, Writer King David He returned the hula, saying that the hula is the language of the heart and thus the heartbeat of the Hawaiian people.
And now we celebrate his efforts to bring Hula in April at Merry Monarch FestivalColton says.
The Merrie Monarch Festival is an annual event attended by schools, known as “Halau”, from all over the world Hilo on the Big Island To compete and celebrate ancient traditions.
Colton teaches two specific styles of hula: age or oldAnd
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