That's what I love about Hawaiia hula - bigger or smaller, everyone can participate so long as you are willing to do the work. And it is a LOT of work. Well done!
jake mr honest that was so stupid. Hawaiian hula is one of the hardest styles of dancing if anything THE hardest style if dancing. Im a dancer and have been for the past 11 years
jake mr honest Do you know what a Hula Maʻi is???? Apparently your just another uneducated tourist. Your soft ballet does not compare with the Hawaiian Hula dont even try.
@jake mr honest hey, been dancing for for well over 10 years, including ballet. my studio offer polynesian dance style classes and they are very difficult. yes, ballet is very hard, I know. but it is just as hard and physically demanding as hula, do not disrespect polynesian dance. you have to engage your whole body while wearing a skirt that is pretty damn heavy while on your toes and bending your knees. it is incredibly strenuous on the body AND you have to look beautiful while doing it. it takes a LOT of hard work, dedication, and physical effort to master it. it is not a type of dance for the faint of heart. I have mad respect for these dancers.
I just came here from a video which got millions of views of awful "Hawaiian" dancing. Someone in the comments said to check out Merrie Monarch for real Hawaiian dancing and I'm glad I did. These dances were beautiful.
I really like and appreciate the dance and the emotional beauty of the facial expression of telling a story about the past and the present. Watch the joy of the dance. You really don't need to speak the language in order to enjoy.
For those of you who don't know, hula dancers actually always do the dance with there knees bent, so under the skirt their knees are bent the whole time
I'm not hawaiian but I enjoy watching different styles of dancing. This is very beautiful and you can see how easy they make it look but it must take many hours of work and dedication to perfect each movement.
I love how it's so important to these people - it's a lifestyle. For example, the women all have waist-length hair. I also love to watch it because the footwork especially is so different from other dances.
I found out not too long ago that the Merrie Monarch dancers are the professional Hawaiian Hula dancers. That there are professionals. And that the dancing tourists see at hotel lu'au's is the watered down version. One MM dancer said "..like Americanized Chinese food". :) What's ironic is....what foreigners know as "hula" is the "Tahitian" version (fast hip swings/female dancers).
If they are Hawaiian or local they should be the real deal, like all groups in merrie monarch. The white dancers you see at hotels with gineric costumes are a fraud.
Not all of the skilled dancers in Merrie Monarch are technically professionals due to having other professions in their lives but nevertheless skilled.
@Karen Harrison it's more legs than ass. by bending their knees and straightening them, they're able to move their hips. And with enough practice one can do it very quickly. It works the same like Hawaiian hula, but much faster, with different clothing, different music, etc. (I am not very well versed with Polynesian culture but you should get the idea lol)
I'm jealous of this culture tbh. I wish I had that kind of richness of culture. I mean I guess I do but ive been raised in Canada and lost a lot of my traditions in the process
This is why I love this dance so much. A beautiful and rich culture and meaning within the dances. The dance is so gorgeous and the dancers are incredibly strong and strive for the absolute best to achieve this level and honor to represent their culture.
Wow,wow wow! Thought I'd seen all sorts of dance,but this is so beautiful to watch & just magnetic.You all move as one like a wave. I'm green with envy. Thank you
Музыка, костюмы, движения бесподобны. Движения мягкие, текучие, плавные, как волны спокойного океана. Но больше всего понравились девушки, а точнее их фигуры. Настоящие, пухленькие, живые, гибкие, а-то надоели безумные пляски скелетов.
Where can I watch the rest of the performances? I love them all! Esp. Ka Leo O Laka I Ka Hikina O Ka La ( 3:42 ) the way they exited the stage was DOPE! Beautiful Performances 😍😍😍
Chelsea AA I think merrie monarch has a website where they post their streams for those around the globe and can’t be here in Hawai’i to see it live. I don’t know if they’re still up, but feel free to check!
Not only is this beautiful but they should be considered athletes because of amount of practice and dedication that goes into this art as well as the pain to the joints like the knees, ankles, hips, back and toes and they make it look effortless, graceful like you’re watching water flowing or air blowing through trees!
This is so beautiful the music is wonderful the costumes are gorgeous the dancing is amazing this is a cultural tradition being carried out. The audience is not huge cuz the gal people today want to watch videos and listen to different kinds of music but this is a precious tradition we really appreciate the video the dancing is a lot of hard work
can someone tell me whats the song or where's the video of the first performance? 0:05 , i've been searching that one exactly for a long time and i dont get what is! thank u!
women out here working hard. female hula dancers have one of the hardest dances in the world, the amount of physical and mental strength it requires is crazy
This is absolutely wonderful to see and to hear. Those drumbeats are heartbeats of the spirit. Would love to get to experience true Hawaiian music and dance in person.
Very beautiful. I had heard that the Hawaiian monarchy admired her people and thought very highly of the people. She thought they were a very beautiful people and she took great joy in the people singing and dancing for her. I would say Hawaii had one of the truest and most human monarchy's that perhaps had ever ruled on earth. The Hawaiian monarchy appreciated the Hawaiian people and saw marvelous beauty in them and was passionate for them to express themselves in song and dance. It sure was nothing even remotely close in Europe where the monarchs had no respect or love for the people whatsoever. It is resoundingly clear, Native people have had the more beautiful, intelligent, and humane society. How beautiful to be Native, one has something to truly be proud of, a beautiful people and a beautiful culture. I would rather live in a world of beautiful Native people where I feel certain I would be free and happy, a fulfilling human life was a beautiful living reality. May God restore that beautiful truth because it is in harmony with all of creation. He said of each day he liked what he had created and blessed it so. God's blessing among his Native children as good, kind, beautiful, and true.
I think it’s unfair and historically inaccurate if you to claim the monarchs of Europe had no love for their people, considering first how far back various monarchies go in documented history with both good and bad rulers, and also the way you refuse to define what you would accept as a definition of love for one’s people. Surely doing one’s duty and making the lives of your people better is proof that you love them? Would you accuse the various Asian, Middle Eastern, African or Russian monarchs of not loving their people? Because you can made arguments both for and against those claims. If you’d care to actually read about it instead of congratulating yourself, here are a few articles you could stand to www.google.com/amp/s/listverse.com/2010/08/11/top-10-greatest-monarchs/amp/ en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchies_in_Europe Who is and isn’t native to you? Everyone is ultimately native to somewhere. A person born in a country is literally native to that country regardless of where their ancestors are from. Humanity is red, yellow, black and white. If you’re really into being Native Hawaiian, good for you, but that doesn’t make you better than everyone else in all ways.
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