In her first-ever Tahitian dance competition, 12-year-old Gwendolyn Kealani Gordy won first place at Ori Fest in Las Vegas on March 25. Gwendolyn, a sixth grader at Solana Pacific Elementary School, ...

KAILUA-KONA One of Naone Lee-Tolentino s earliest memories is performing Tahitian dance at a competition on Oahu when he was about 5 years old. “When I get on there, I’m nervous, and I’m thinking too ...

Tahiti Fete of San Jose, said to be the biggest Tahitian dance competition in the U.S., just wrapped up its 26th celebration. This year’s event featured dancers from the United States, Europe and ...

COURTESY WILLIAM KYOUNGYONG JEE The dancers of the group Tamatoa of Kaneohe wear white flowers around their necks and traditional ti leaf skirts and chest pieces. COURTESY WILLIAM KYOUNGYONG JEE ...

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 ...

"Dancing in the Diaspora" at UH Manoa's Kennedy Theatre celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Center for Philippine Studies ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - In the Windy City, a Chicago couple perpetuate the dances of Polynesia, and neither of them are of Hawaiian or Polynesian descent. They own the Hokulea Academy of Polynesian ...

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 ...

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