Bare feet

Last evening I had the opportunity to spend some time watching Hawaiin dance by The Barefeet Hawaiian Inc. Time well spent I must say. Steve did a good job of anchoring the show using the right words at the right time.

It was fun to watch the swaying movements of the participating dancers with their smiling faces.

Among the Hula Dance implements they used, I liked the Puili for the rhythmic sound it made in sync with the beat of the song.

Other implements used were Uli uli, Poi Balls, and ii

The addition of Elvis Presley's song was a good touch as Elvis had a good connection with Hawaii including his movie Blue Hawaii. Some young girls came forward when Steve mentioned learning the basic steps.

The men were equally eager and some stepped forward (barefeet of course) to try out the steps.

I was a bit worried that some kid would spin the Poi Ball in the wrong direction and injure someone but care was taken and no one was injured.

I captured what I could (from where I was seated) and put it together to form a short video. The first two minutes of the video is Kaluva Pepe, the song featuring Hula from Hawaii, Otea from Tahiti, Haka from New Zealand and Sasa from Samoan.

As Steve mentioned, he was giving us a taste of Polynesian dance and music. Polynesian means many islands. I just looked it up on the internet and learned that the largest country in Polynesia is New Zealand. Here is a picture from Wikipedia.

As mentioned earlier, it was time well spent. I am sure all those who were present there, went home with positive vibes.

Fakalufilufi

"One year of participation in this Dance class is equal to increase in one year of your life length" 

This is one of the many comments that follows this wonderful video. 

Don't know how this came up in my YouTube feed but this Tahia Cambet Dance is simply wonderful. 

  

It is the way it is choreographed that makes it appealing. There is yelps and shouts in between and it is an expression of joy in the Polynesian culture. 

The dance is choreographed to the music Fakalufilufi. (a song originally by Gabilou) The effect is not the same when you hear the music separately. Adding those stomping steps makes it more pleasant. (and maybe the yelping and shouting) 

Watch the video and you can judge for yourself. 

Somebody has also commented about the camera crew and the wonderful work done in capturing it. 

After watching the video I realised it is captured by one person and she was weaving herself through the dancers so that everyone was covered.  Swell job indeed.   

Some of the other comments on YouTube :

I thought it was impossible to find so many beauties of all kinds and grace in one video and yet .....

These girls are having so much fun !!! Love the song - great beat to dance to.

So much fun. I love it and want to be a part of this joyful class.

This class looks amazing and the women seem so at home and empowered by one another.

Shaking with style and grace. Now that is worth looking at and participating in.

Very cool. I love how there is so many different types of girls participating in Tahitian dancing. I am starting to see just how big this community is. 

This is so joyful. How can you not feel uplifted and happy when you watch these beautiful girls dancing.

Something soothing about the music and the dance moves, feels like sunset and wine.

I am a man, can I dance like that? 

Hahahah, very nice. This is why we from the Pacifics and native Americans have killer abs, because we don't twerk, we shake it with Elegance.

Thank you for reminding me how beautiful a real woman is.

This is amazing. The cool thing about this is, everyone is having fun.

(I know its a bleak picture that we are facing globally, but i am looking for things that will make us think positive, so smile and enjoy the dance)