Kumu hula (hula teacher) Kilohana Silve founded Hālau Hula O Mānoa in Paris, France in the 1990’s. Kumu Kilohana subsequently returned to her home in Hawai’i where she continues to teach students in Paris, Honolulu, and Juneau. She also mentors students in Italy, Japan, China and Germany. Her Juneau students have studied traditional Hawaiian dance and culture with Kumu Kilohana for more than a decade, learning both  modern and traditional Hawaiian forms of dance, song and chant. Their past performances include the Southeast Alaska Fair, Alaska Folk Festival, community gatherings honoring the Hawaiians visiting in 2023 and 2019 with the Polynesian Voyaging Society’s Hōkule’a project, and a gathering held at Sealaska Plaza last year to rally support for the victims of the Lahaina fire.