Grace Hula Dance has two classifications of professional Polynesian dancers. The first, Tiare Dancers, are a group of flourishing performers that aspire to become part of the second group: the Wahine Dancers. Please click on the links below for more information.
The Wahine Dancers are the seasoned performers in the Grace Hula Dance Company. Among these talented dancers are a few alaka’i hula, or hula leaders and instructors, that provide assistance with some of Grace Kalake’s classes. A Wahine Dancer is not only a performer, but a nurturing tutor to all haumâna at this school.
Graduated Tiare Dancers have performed in many shows as trainees under these select individuals in order to become a part of this Grace Hula Dance professional division.
Kiliki is the poi ball dancer of the group. She is also one of Kalake’s assistants or alaka’i. Her first exposure to hula was when she lived in Hawaii as a child. She became fascinated by the culture and especially hula. She joined the Grace Hula Dance Class 2 ½ years ago and was once more entranced by the beauty and grace of the dance.
Kikolani joined Grace Hula Dance Company 4 years ago and was admitted to the Grace Wahine Dancers Professional group 2 years after. When she first came to know how hula tells stories by hand motion years ago, she was so fascinated. What she remembered on her first class was her fascination of Grace’s graceful movement. Hula makes her smile, and brings happy faces to the audience when we perform.
Mikomai has been with the Grace Hula Dance Company for 4 ½ years now. She’s also a belly dancer and had come to love hula and Tahitian dance more because of it’s gracefulness and beauty. Mikomai had been accepted to the professional group for a year now and performed numerous shows both within the DFW metroplex area and out of town shows .
Ke’ala has been dancing since she was a little girl and has watched Auntie Grace’s performances since she was the age of 8. She didn’t join until 6 years ago where she performed for the very first time. Since then, she’s been very eager to turn her training into flawless performance and tries to do as much as she can to spread the spirit of Hawaii to others. She loves performing for others and always has the “Aloha” smile on her face no matter what.
Pamila became interested in Polynesian dancing when she went to watch Germaine’s Luau for the first time in Hawaii, and since then she has been dancing for almost 5 years. After moving to Texas from Las Vegas, she found the Grace Hula Dance Company and has been under the instruction of Aunty Grace for about a year.
