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Welina...

My name is Kahealani Kamahele. I was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. I attended Star of the Sea School in the Wai'alae district of O'ahu. Upon graduation I moved to Southern California to attend college. I have my Master’s degree in Organizational Leadership from Chapman University and I am also a Certified Essential Life Coach practicing in the south bay.  I am a 4th degree black belt in Shotokan Karate and experienced as a karate instructor.
 
I currently teach Dance of Hawaii at Loyola Marymount University. Additionally, in February 2021, I was voted in as a member of Kūlia I Ka Pūnāwai Kumu Hula Association of Southern California.  In the past, I have taught hula at UCLA for the UCLA Hawaii Club (Hui 'o Imiloa). I participated in various festivals over the past 12 years such as the Lotus Festival, The LA Festival, The Pacific Island Festival, Ho'olaule'a Northridge, San Diego and Alondra Park.
 
I started my own hālau in 2007 in Palos Verdes, Ca and currently teach in Torrance.

Hula Lineage

Before teaching hula, I was also a student. As a child I learned hula in Kapahulu under the direction of Aunty Pauline Kekahuna and Leilani Mendez. After moving to California in 1985, I joined Hālau Hula Nāmeakanu O Laka O Hawai’i under the direction of Kumu Hula Mohala Reese. In 1988, I formed my own school, Kaulana Ka Hale Kula o Na Pua o Ka 'Āina together with my husband of 12 years where I danced and taught as well. In the year 2000, I returned to Hālau Hula Nāmeakanu O Laka O Hawai’i where I studied for an additional two years.
 
After back surgery in 2007, I decided to begin teaching hula in Rolling Hills California under the name Halau O Kahealani. That name was really difficult for people to remember so I adopted the name PVHula.



Hula Lineage Chart

​Aunty Mohala Reese, Kumu Hula Hālau Hula Nāmeakanu O Laka O Hawai’i, has received ʻūniki rites and privileges under Aunty Mae Kamamalu Klein. Since then Aunty Mohala has graduated numerous students as Kumu Hula.
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Aunty Mohala is not only my Kumu but also my biological aunty. She and my mother are sisters. It has been a wonderful journey to be a part of Halau Hula Nameakanu for 30+ years.

Hula Family

My gradmother is Ann McCabe from Kaneohe. She had her own hālau here in California before moving back home to O'ahu. She encouraged me from a young age to begin dancing and learning hula. She is the one that sent me to learn hula from Aunty Pauline Kekauhuna while I was in elementary school. From my grandmother I have a family lineage of  hula dancers and kumu hula. I am ohana to the Padakens, Wongs and the Rowan families.. This would includes Ann's  (McCabe) two sisters, Pauline (McCabe) Padaken & Mary (McCabe) Wong; her niece, Aloha (Wong) Dalire, and nephew, Kawaikapuokalani Hewett. Continuing aunty Aloha's hula legacy are her daughters, Kapua, Ka'ui and Keola.

The Kamahele side of my family are the entertainers, musicians and dancers. Sonny Kamahele Sr, Iwalani Kamahele,  King Kamahele, Francis Kamahele, hoku Zuttermeister and Ka'ula Kamahele are all musicians or dancers. 

Hula has always been in my family and in my blood. This means it's my kuleana to perpetuate my culture by sharing it with those who wish to learn.