Pacific Pulse 214 - Live, Breathe, Hula

Live, Breathe, Hula offers a glimpse into the artistry of Mark Keali‘i Ho‘omalu, a well-known kumu hula (hula instructor) who moved from Hawai‘i to the San Francisco Bay Area over 30 years ago. In 2003, he established a hula school in Oakland, California called the Academy of Hawaiian Arts.
Producer/Director: Lauren Kawana

[@cwell510]

Netflix needs to do a series based on Kumu Mark Ho'omalu and the history of the AHA. His story needs to be told in a full docu series!🤙❤💯

[@user-nb5on4pj2i]

Having studied hula for over 20 years, this video was both informative and entertaining. Love Kumu Mark’s “take no prisoners” attitude. Hula is history, story telling and an art form which needs to always evolve and adapt. One can respect what came before and represent what is happening with the Hawaiian people today. Aloha from Vancouver Island, Canada.❤

[@WKaiwi]

Aloha Kumu Mark Keali'i Ho'omalu. I'm a huge fan of yours, and wanted to say that you are very much a pioneer of Hula, your interpretation, and all of what you feel and hear, the movements, tell a very vivid story, your style of the way you make "Sally" Sing is amazing! I totally agree that as Kanaka in this time and place, we need to look forward and not back, you explained that well and if we as a people stay stuck in time, we will never allow ourselves to move forward. I'm the owner and president of KAIWI Entertainment, and would love to create, and collaborate with you, a new type of show outside of Merrie monarch, instead of competition, purely entertainment. I think that there are many people here in Hawai'i and else where around the world who would appreciate this type of Hula event annually. This would probably piss some kumu off, but bumbye pau, uplift and move forward... Lmk, Aloha piha, Wayne Kaiwi, KAIWI Entertainment LLC. A Kanaka Oiwi Enterprise.

[@BillKane-dt3qz]

Been Listing to you for years Don't change keep your music alive can't wait to see how you teach your nephew how to chant,,

[@tatankahanska120]

Kumu Hula Ho'omalu is Fire in Hula halau scene.

[@joyoumay]

Brilliant shows

[@faroutmydude5965]

I really enjoyed this video.

[@sidneysalvatore670]

Great film! Wanting to see a live hula event!

[@jusbamathy1355]

🤙🏽🤙🏽 No ka 'oi!! ive always wanted to see his Halau Live.

[@zandran1453]

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