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BOOKLETS containing extensive background information, detailed translations, historical and place references, choreography, costuming and footwork notes are included on all DVD discs.
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We have put the material of our Hula Workshops on DVD Video Just Click on any VIDEO listed To enter our Secure Shopping Cart Section THE FOUNDATION STEPS and DANCES Basic Hula - Our Best Seller! This video is two hours of intensive instruction and demonstration covering 14 basic steps. Kawika - This is a true entry-level hula. It introduces the two most basic hula steps. Lili'u E - This is the second of our foundation numbers and builds on the footwork perfected in Kawika. It teaches additional basic steps to incorporate into your dance repertoire. Kaläkaua - This mele is the third in our hula kahiko foundation numbers, following Kawika and Lili'u E. It adds additional and varied hula steps to your accumulated knowledge of dance. Green Rose Hula - This number is a true hula classic! 'Ula Nôweo (sitting) - This is a "must have" hula kahiko number. It is a hula classic equally suitable for children, teens, or adults. These Islands - This song is an anthem of praise for the magic of Hawai'i Pô La'ila'i - In this song, the sound of a distant 'ukulele floats on the breeze. This is a classic hula that belongs in every dancer's repertoire. Lanakila Ke Kâ'ahi Ali'i - This is a very lively kahiko (ancient hula) number using a single 'ulî'ulî (feathered gourd). Pua Lîlîlehua - This is an elegant classic hula, a love song suitable for teen and adult dancers. Eia Hawai'i - This hula noho (sitting hula) requires the dancer to chant as well as gesture, all the while executing the rhythms with the pûniu..coconut knee drum. Nani Hanalei - The word "majestic" best describes the total presentation of this beautiful number. |
 "Please be aware that these bear no resemblance to our regular hula teaching videos that take you step-by-step through every gesture and every piece of footwork. These are DANCED-ONLY videos" ~ Kumu Kea  Na Ka Pueo [hula ipu] - this familiar hula song about an inter-island steamer is interpreted here with the dancing ipu. Suitable for the intermediate to advanced hula student.
Ka Lehua I Milia - this classic love song compares the beloved to the cherished Lehua blossom of the uplands caressed by the gentle mist.
Ka Nohona Pili Kai - this mele reminisces about the happy times spent with a grandmother at her enchanted home by the sea. It acknowledges the impact these precious times had and how such experiences can provide us with heartfelt and core life values.
Kimo Hula - is a classic from the pen of Helen Desha Beamer. Written as a thank-you gift for the hospitality the composer enjoyed at the Hawai'i home of James Kimo Henderson and his wife Leionaona. This beautiful song speaks of the lovely flower gardens, the song birds in the forest that surround the estate and the hospitality lavished on their guests. U'ilani - composed by Lena Macodo, was written as a mele inoa for the infant daughter of one of Lena's close friends. It enjoyed instant popularity becoming a falsetto favorite for performers to this day. The text is a loving tribute to a beautiful lady. Puamae'ole - "Never wilting flower". In addition to being a lovely song for any occasion this love song is equally suitable for the bride to dance for her groom or for a friend to dance in honor of the couples love for one another. The Road That Never Ends - This recent composition is in English and reminds us that a union in marriage is a never- ending journey with one's soul-mate. It also reminds us that this journey is not a solitary one, but it is made with the love and support of family and friends. Puamana - This beloved song written by Irmgard Aluli expresses her love and appreciation for the family home of her youth in Lahaina, Maui. It is a hula standard written in the Hawaiian language. It is a number that all hula dancers should have in their repertoire. Ka Uluwehi O Ke Kai - Beloved Hula Master Edith Kanaka'ole composed this musical tribute to the many delicious varieties of seaweed gathered and eaten by Hawaiians. It is one of the most frequently danced numbers by hälau hula here in Hawai'i. Aloha Dear Experienced Dancer! For some time I have been answering individual requests for hula numbers that have not yet been prepared for our regular hula teaching videos. What these videos consist of is a danced version of the song - in front of the mirror - so you can follow that dancer easily. It is accompanied by the written choreography, words, translation and sometimes where applicable, background information about the number.
After much urging from those RealHula customers who are experienced dancers, we are making these numbers available on our website. Please be aware that these bear no resemblance to our regular hula teaching videos that take you step-by-step through every gesture and every piece of footwork. These are danced only videos that have been prepared to accompany hula workshops that I have given throughout the U.S. and Japan. However, the experienced dancers who have special ordered theses videos have found them sufficient to learn the dance when the accompanying written material is present. While this in no way replaces the RealHula teaching videos that are our main focus, these videos can put a great deal of material quickly into the hands of experienced hula dancers who may have little need for the extensive teaching required on our regular RealHula teaching videos. Our main focus is still the complete teaching experience - the same teaching that my students get in a regular hula class. This product, while a compromise in that completeness, is accompanied by the warning that if you are not grounded in the basic footwork and movements in the hula, you will not find these videos nearly complete enough to fill the gap in your experience and knowledge. . .Kumu Kea 
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