Please give me some history on hula dancing. Thanks.?
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The hula maiden, with swaying hips and “lovely hula hands,” is one of the legendary symbolsof Hawaii, but this art form, passed down through generations, is far more than an entertaining dance.\n\nThe hula of Old Hawaii, known as kahiko (ancient), was a ritual of religion and communication. Its dancers were dedicated to perfect performance. Kahiko is exciting to watch, its performers strong and precise as they move to the beat of the drum and the chanter’s call. Dancers wear costumes based on ancient garb—simple cotton tops, skirts or loincloths printed to simulate kapa (tree-bark cloth), ti-leaf skirts and ferns or vines woven into lei for the neck and head, wrists and ankles.\n\nIn ancient times, dancers were selected in childhood, or even before birth, for hula training. They spent their formative years separated from the outside world, under the care of a kumu hula, or hula master, and their lives were dedicated to the goddess Laka, patron of the hula. Chants and dance preserved the history of births, deaths, loves and battles. Hula was danced for religious purposes, as well as entertainment, in the hope of successful crops or battles, at funerals or to celebrate human fertility.\n\n\nphoto Kim Taylor Reece \nThe first visitors to Hawaii didn’t understand that the dance had a vital place in the spiritual lives of their hosts. Early sailors and traders saw what they wanted to see: seminude women with undulating hips. When the missionaries arrived, they were shocked by the dance, which they considered lascivious. They had come to convert, and, though they were willing to accept the Hawaiian language in order to preach, the hula would have to go. For many years in the 19th century, missionary disapproval drove the hula underground. Hula survived partly because some royalty continued to support it, and partly because dedicated families and individuals in remote places quietly continued to pass along their knowledge to succeeding generations.\n\nKing David Kalakaua, nicknamed the “Merrie Monarch” for his love of song and dance, sparked a cultural renaissance in the 1880s. The hula schools came out of hiding, and dancers performed at his coronation and again at his 50th birthday party.\n\nKalakaua’s fascination with things foreign also helped bring about the modern style of hula, called auwana (to wander, drift, go astray). Dancers in his time began to include the steps of popular, contemporary dances, and they moved to the gliding rhythms of the guitar and ukulele, rather than the dramatic beat of the pahu (drum) and ipu (gourd). Costumes worn by today’s dancers often reflect the elegant European styles of Hawaii’s royal court. Auwana is the form of hula most familiar to the outside world.\n\n\nphoto Kim Taylor Reece \nAfter Kalakaua died, and his sister Liliuokalani lost her throne, hula began a long decline into the 20th century. When Hawaiian music became a fad in the early 1900s, people who had never been to Hawaii wrote songs and danced on Mainland stages. The sacred dance was tarnished by a hootchie-koochie image.\n\nIronically, while Hollywood was enamored with Hawaii, the culture was suppressed in the Islands, where families often forbade their children to speak Hawaiian or dance the hula. Still, the image of the lovely hula dancer spread around the world. Military people stationed in the Islands during World War II went home with memories of lilting Hawaiian tunes and a smattering of hula learned from friendly Islanders. In backyards and living rooms, the culture survived as elders continued to teach their arts to the young.\n\nWhen the revival of Hawaiian pride began in the 1960s, the dancers were ready. Once more the chant was heard and the flashing movements of kahiko hula were seen in public. Now the hula is in full flower. Young and old again have dedicated themselves to the hula and the culture that surrounds it. They grow or gather lei materials, make their own costumes and ornaments, and lea
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hey, here you go http://www.centralhome.com/ballroomcountry/salsa.htm\nhope it helps\ntake care :)
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I believe women do like ballroom dancing, and I think that women would like a guy to learn it as well.  There are too many cheesy hip hop dancing going on with no class.  I think women are looking for a classy guy no matter what the income level is.
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I noticed that you did'nt mention a specific tribe.\nDifferent tribes have different dances.\nDifferent tribes have different beliefs.\n\nYou got to be more specific.\n\nAs to the person that answered previously:\nAnybody with common sense would know this.
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everythingggggg:P belly dancing, salsa, merengue, dabki(arab traditional dance), reggae, hip hop, pop all types :P
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nope sorry but try looking for a web site that has info on dance routines, you nether know your look
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Actually these days,guys HAVE to dance in order to complete the whole "club interaction" thing that goes on. I personally like to dance and have begun taking swing out dance lessons. Do guys like to dance? only if theres something in it for them :)
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http://www.allmichaeljackson.com/dance-moves.html
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October might be a nice time. The weather is still warm-yes it does get slightly chilly there-and you can see the famous Makahiki Festival on the island of Oahu. Hula dancers, male and female, troupes and solos, come from all the islands to perform. A variety of cultures and costumes are represented there. I lived on Oahu for six years, and I HATE that I missed that festival.\nI'm not sure what the "off" season is considered to be over there, but check into it, since the biggest tourist numbers would be in later months. You could miss that rush.\nWhenever you go, go to as many as many free sights and natural sights (non-tourist) as you can, as well as the Polynesian Cultural Center, Bishop Museum, and other more visited places.\nIsland hopping would be fun, but I'd especially want to see Oahu and Kauai (the "garden isle").\nALOHA, Buttercup
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crank up the music on your stereo and dance while you hold in your stomach muscles then relax...repeat.... as you clean or vacuum...go to your local library and check out what they might have in the way of workout videos..if they have Core Rhythms the Latin workout, it's dancing  i highly recommend it only 3 basic moves the cha-cha, salsa, and merengue, the whole thing lasts like 40 minutes..it'll start slow ..but if you love to dance you'll love it...the steps are easy to follow..and if you can't , just dance along
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my best dance is when I had the little girl dance. I had 4 little girls all wanting to hold my hand and dance. They all ended up fighting who I "belonged" too. It was hilarious.
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youtube.com does have videos of everything...but I do watch so you think you can dance and it is a good show...sorry your tv is broken but the last episode was hot
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thats cool, you can do all sorts of stuff, you can have a barbaque pit and roast a (pig, turkey, chicken) whichever you like.  you could have a pinata of a hula girl or coconut tree, you could bobb for pinnapple rings, you could make individual lays for your friends, have a hula dance,
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Just before I got pregnant I heard of "Core Rhythms" it is a latin dance workout video.  IT ROCKS!  You are having so much fun you dont even realize you are working out, and my BF was so happy with how sexy the moves were.  It was a great self esteem boost for me and I can't wait to start doing it again to get my figure back after my baby comes.  If it sounds like something you may like (800) 261-7217 is their phone number and I think they have a website but I have never been on it.
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A native american tribal dance.
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Belly dancing, and hula dancing, it is a tough workout but it works. Hula helps the rest of the body more, but belly dancing really gets the abs hips & sides it is a fun workout, but I hope you are coordinated, it took me awhile to get the steps down.
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Go on the BBC Website where you can watch the dances from Saturday and it gives you all the lowdown and gossip.\n\nwww.bbc.co.uk/strictlycomedancing