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Maʻiki Aiu Lake. Margaret Maiki Souza Aiu Lake (28 May 1925 – 19 June 1984) was a hula dancer, kumu hula, hula teacher, and influential figure in the second Hawaiian Renaissance [1][2] because of her revolutionary teaching techniques. [3] Because of her work she was recognized as the "Mother of Hawaiian Renaissance."
ʻIolani Luahine (January 31, 1915 – December 10, 1978), born Harriet Lanihau Makekau, was a native Hawaiian kumu hula, dancer, chanter and teacher, who was considered the high priestess of the ancient hula. The New York Times wrote that she was "regarded as Hawaii's last great exponent of the sacred hula ceremony," and the Honolulu ...
Puakea Nogelmeier. Puakea Nogelmeier is a kumu hula, linguist, scholar, researcher, writer and American composer of Hawaiian music and chant who is Professor Emeritus of Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and Executive Director of Awaiaulu. [1] Nogelmeier was Professor at the Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language at ...
Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame. Coordinates: 21.2795°N 157.8308°W. Hawaii Ponoi by Kalakaua and Henri Berger. The Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame is an organization dedicated to recognizing the cultural importance of the music of Hawaii and hula. Established in 1994, the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame promotes the appreciation and preservation of ...
Beverly Noa. Born. June 14, 1933. Los Angeles. Died. October 19, 2017 (aged 84) The Queen's Medical Center. Beverly Kauiokanahele Noa (June 14, 1933 – October 19, 2017) was a Hawaiian hula dancer. Noa was the 1952 winner of the Miss Hawaii contest and was inducted into the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame in 2014.
Leinaʻala Kalama Heine. Rebecca Leina'ala Kalama Heine (c. 1940 – September 9, 2015) was a kumu hula and hula instructor. In 1976, Heine established Na Pualei O Likolehua, a nonprofit hālau which trains girls and young women in both hula and Hawaiian cultural traditions. [1][2][3] Heine was raised by her mother, Rebecca Beke Paiaina, a lei ...
Hula dancers wearing leis perform at Lei Day Celebration in 2022. Texeira learned how to make leis from her grandmother using flowers she picked from her grandmother's house.
Napua Stevens Poire (born Harriet Daisy Kawaiala Kao'ionapuaopi'ilani Stevens; August 31, 1918 – January 7, 1990) was a Hawaiian entertainer, singer, hula dancer, musician, teacher, radio-television personality, event producer and author. Noted for her hits such as "Beyond The Reef" and "Hawaiian Hospitality" in the late 1940s, in the 1950s ...