ALOHA HULA STUDIO

Aloha Hula Studio in the Inland Empire, California was established in 2012. Since January 2024, AHS has changed ownership and instructorship.

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AHS is under the direction of Toni Kemehana Pasion. Toni Kemehana is a practitioner of Hawaiian and Philippine Dance forms, culture-based educator, community advocate, and dance company director. She currently teaches Oceania Dance at the University of California, Riverside. 

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Toni Kemehana is a force in the realms of dance and culture, application, enrichment, and transformation. She partners with community members and professionals with intentions to proliferate, develop, and cultivate Austronesian worldview in ecological and sustainable ways through the arts. 

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A lifelong learner, Toni Kemehana is also a practitioner of Filipino martial arts and yoga. Her background as a longtime professional dancer and scholar continue to inform her senses of healthy discipline and integrity in her teaching and learning styles. 

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Toni Kemehana's teaching objectives are for students to learn culture-based dance, the arts, and practices in a full, applicable, and knowledgeable way; to practice self-awareness; to support the  development for each student to show up fully; to enrich our communities.