hula
Hawaiian storytelling dance
Hula is a traditional Hawaiian dance characterized by flowing arm movements and swaying hips, performed to chants or music.
The dance tells stories through gesture and motion.
A hula hoop—the toy twirled around the waist—takes its name from the similar hip rotation: She can keep a hula hoop going for ten minutes.
Flower necklace
Rock back and forth
- hipFashionable or pelvic joint
- choreographyDesigning performance movement sequences
- handsGripping limbs' extremities
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
gestures · movements · footwork · stance · posture · rhythm · steps · costume
Repetitive rhythmic phrase
- offeringSomething presented or given
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
- invocationCalling upon higher authority
- altarSacred ritual table
prayer · temple · mana · spiritual · blessing · deity · worship · purification
State of flowing freely
- eleganceRefined, graceful quality
- poiseGraceful, unshakable calm
- flowingMoving continuously onward
- supplenessCapacity to bend easily
lithe · expressive · undulating · sinuous · gentle · harmonious · artistic · lyrical
lei
Flower necklace
sway
Rock back and forth
- hipFashionable or pelvic joint
- choreographyDesigning performance movement sequences
- handsGripping limbs' extremities
storytelling · gestures · movements · footwork · stance · posture · rhythm · steps · costume · performance
chant
Repetitive rhythmic phrase
- offeringSomething presented or given
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
- invocationCalling upon higher authority
altar · prayer · temple · mana · spiritual · blessing · deity · worship · purification · reverence
fluidity
State of flowing freely
suppleness · lithe · expressive · undulating · sinuous · gentle · harmonious · artistic · lyrical · delicate
Tahitian
Of a Pacific island
Fijian · Polynesian · Pacific · flamenco
- danceballet, breaking, folk dances, b-boying, folk dance
- dancesballet, waltz, tango, salsa, polka
- dance formsballet, waltz, ballroom dance, modern dance, folk dance
- folk artstribal art, folk opera, folk theater, Celtic knotwork, Navajo weaving
- luauleis, luau feast, lei, tiki torches, grass skirts
- physical performancemime, pantomime, acrobatics, contortion, juggling
hulaballroom dancing
Formal partnered dance styles
ballet · waltz · Irish step dance · flamenco · line dancing
hulamarching
Rhythmic group walking
military drill · goose-stepping · stillness · rigidity · robot dance
- hula hoopsPlastic ring toy
- hula hoopingRotating ring around body
- hula skirtWoven fiber dancewear
- hula dancerHawaiian narrative movement artist
- hula girlPolynesian traditional dancer
- hula danceHawaiian rhythmic movement tradition