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Kumu Mālia Helelā & Hālau Nā Hula Ola Aloha Performance at Ala Moana Centerstage
April 19, 2025, @ 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm HST
Saturday, April 19, 2025
1:00 – 1:45 pm
FREE
Come to Ala Moana Shopping Center’s Centerstage to cheer on more than 60? 70? of our hula dancers performing for their biggest audience ever. This community performance will include dancers from all hula classes.
We are very fortunate to have an authentic kumu hula (traditionally-trained hula teacher) with her own halau (hula school) at Still & Moving Center. On April 19, all her halau members come together to dance both ancient kahiko hula and modern auwana hula.
Located in the heart of Ala Moana Center, the world’s largest open-air shopping mall, Centerstage hosts over 800 performances annually, celebrating the rich tapestry of Hawaiian and global traditions.
Address: Ala Moana Shopping Center 1450 Ala Moana Blvd, Honolulu, HI 96814
Kumu Mālia Helelā
Kumu Mālia Ko’i’ulaokawaolehua Helelā strives to live a life of grace. Her halau (hula school), which meets at Still & Moving Center, is Na Hula Ola Aloha. Completing her uniki (graduation) under Kumu Hula Puluelo Park in 2002, she now teaches hula and oli (traditional Hawaiian chant) to a wide range of students, from infants and toddlers to kupuna. Mālia studied oli under Kumu Hula Keola Lake. She began her formal training in lomilomi massage as a teenager. She was licensed by the State of Hawaii as a massage therapist in 1998 and as an esthetician in 2002. Her hula practice and lomilomi practice, she says, are the same. She continues to look to the beauty and grace of the Hawaiian environment for grounding and inspiration. Mālia has become a respected and beloved cultural practitioner in Hawaii.
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