Hula Hālau 12 Week Fall Series (3 & 4 year olds) with Kumu Mālia Helelā
September 11, 2025, @ 3:30 pm - December 11, 2025, @ 4:00 pm HST
12 weeks series
September 11 – December 11, 2025
(No class on Nov 20 & 27)
Thursdays, 3:30 – 4:00 PM
$195
This series is perfect for preschool aged keiki (kids), and those learning to navigate a more structured class setting. This half hour class incorporates storytelling and hula implements to engage your keikiʻs attention. Families are warmly welcome to attend class, as we take regular hug breaks with parents!
Young children seem magnetically drawn to Kumu Mālia. She’s full of laughter and magically engages their attention and imagination. She has produced her own album of Hawaiian songs for children called “Keiki Hula Love”, many of which the children learn and perform in her series.
Participation in this hula hālau (school) is one of the best introductions to Hawaiian language and culture. Children will learn both hula kahiko (ancient hula) and hula ʻauwana (modern hula), with the basic steps as well as oli (Hawaiian chants). Children will learn a true appreciation for nature, as well as how to make flower lei. Some classes may learn to use implements, such as the ipu (gourd drum).
*Please reserve your child’s spot under your child’s own name, not under the parent’s name.
Kumu Hula Mālia Helelā
Mālia is an authentic Kumu Hula: a recognized hula teacher, officially having graduated after 17 years training from her teacher, Pulu’elo Park. Fluent in Hawaiian, Kumu Mālia frequently composes her own original oli (sacred chants). Kumu Mālia has an affinity for teaching young children. For the last decade she has developed lessons specific to infants, toddlers and preschool aged keiki. She also enjoys sharing classic hula and songs with the elderly. In keeping with her tradition, she is an observant and reverent student of nature and keeper of the land – the ‘āina.
Kumu Mālia Ko’i’ulaokawaolehua Helela strives to live a life of grace. Her hālau, which meets at Still & Moving Center, is Nā Hula Ola Aloha. Completing her ‘ūniki under Kumu Hula Puluelo Park in 2002, she now teaches hula and oli to a wide range of students, from infants and toddlers to kupuna. Mālia studied oli (traditional Hawaiian chant) under Kumu Hula Keola Lake. She continues to look to the beauty and grace of the Hawaiian environment for grounding and inspiration.
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