Hula lessons: a guide for pros
What customers ask, how to win the job, and what to put on your profile.
Offering hula lessons
You teach hula in kahiko or auana style, with steps, hand motions, storytelling and attention to cultural meaning. Your listing should name the style you teach, where you learned it and the students you help most.
What customers ask
- I want to dance hula at my daughter's school program. Can you teach us the song?
- What is the story behind the song we are dancing?
- Do you teach kahiko and auana, and what is the difference?
- What should I wear for class?
- Do you teach adults who have never danced before?
How to win the job
- On the first call, ask the student's goal, the event and whether they want kahiko, auana or both.
- Offer a short movement check, and explain how the first classes will be built around the song.
- Show a sample section of a hula with the words and the motions explained together.
- Share a short clip of a motion sequence with the meaning explained, so the student sees your teaching style.
- Put the style, song list, class count and practice tasks in the quote.
- Say how you learned the dance and who taught you, so students can judge the source of what they learn.
What to put on your profile
- Your training in hula, including who taught you, the years you have studied and any program you have been part of.
- The styles you teach, such as kahiko or auana, and the levels you work with.
- Photos or short clips of you teaching or performing, with no student faces unless they agree.
- The class formats you offer, such as weekly classes, school program prep or family events.
- Reviews that name the student's goal and what they achieved, once they agree to share them.
Follow-up that helps the customer
- After a class, suggest a short section of the song to practice and the date of the next class.
- Offer a performance prep session before an event when the student's goal fits, and let them choose.
- Recommend a related class or a deeper study of the songs once the student is ready, and let them decide.
Licenses and permits
No license is usually required to teach hula privately. Keep your training records, references and any program ties you can describe ready, and check your state and local rules for any business registration you need. If you teach children, have written answers ready on supervision and background checks.
Questions
Do I need to be Hawaiian to teach hula?
Students look for teachers who learned the dance from knowledgeable people and who explain its meaning accurately. Describe your training and sources honestly on your profile.
Can I teach online and in person?
Yes. Say which options you offer so students know what to expect before they choose you.
Do I pay to join?
Joining is free. You pay only for leads you accept, you can decline any lead for free, and every profile is reviewed before it goes live.
Pro reviewers
Pros who offer hula lessons remotely can improve this guide, like Wikipedia. We check every edit before it goes live. Every approved edit is credited in the edit history and on the pro's profile.
Edit history
- Oct 29, 2026: Drafted by infinibell to our content guidelines.
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