Culture. Creativity. Community.
Our Monday classes are all about building and strengthening your fundamentals and their variations, as well as developing an emotional connection to movement. This class is accessible to all levels. Every class offers exercises that are both accessible and challenging to any dancer– beginner to advanced. We encourage you to focus on your individual experience level and not get ahead of yourself.
Combos and Choreo
Beg. to Adv. Mondays: 7-8:45pm UK
In-Studio & Via Zoom Studio: Pepper Street SE1 0EL
Zoom Link
Zoom password for February: Toere
FEBRUARY 2025
FEBRUARY 17
Hura practice.
Revisiting Hitoto 1, Ueue and Tautira Pehe combos.
Learning how to use them if we were to do a solo.
FEBRUARY 10
Basics practice: Amaha, Tumami, Ruru and Fa’arapu.
Revisiting Pehe combos Hitoto 1 and Ueue.
Pehe of the week: Tautira.
Learning a new Pehe combo with Tautira.
FEBRUARY 3
Revisiting last week’s Pehe: Hitoto 1.
Working on our Tumami, Haere Tifene and Teki/Te’i Fa’arapu.
Pehe of the week: Ueue.
Learning a Pehe combo to Ueue.
Aparima improv/cool down.
JANUARY 2025
JANUARY 27
Working on our basics steps: Otamu, Varu, Tua ne’e and Fa’arapu.
Pehe of the week: Hitoto 1
Learning a combo to the Pehe Hitoto 1.
HOMEWORK
Practice this Pehe combo for next week please!
JANUARY 20
Tumami and Fa’arapu practice with an exercise circuit.
Hura and basics hands gestures practice.
Aparima improv.
JANUARY 13
Basics practice.
Fa’arapu training.
Revisiting Pehe choreos: Paea and Puarata.
Pehes: Paea and Puarata by Drums Beats of the Pacific Vol.2
DECEMBER 2024
DECEMBER 16
Basics practice.
Puarata Pehe combo practice.
Puarata improv to the Pehe.
DECEMBER 9
Basics practice: Tamau, Tumami, Fa’arapu and Tifene.
Fa’arapu training.
Moana choreo part 5
DECEMBER 2
Fa’arapu training.
Revisiting our Pehe old combos Paea and Puarata.
Clarifications of the Moana choreo.
NOVEMBER 2024
NOVEMBER 25
Improvising to Moana’s songs.
NOVEMBER 18
Warm up to live drums.
Learning Moana’s choreo part 3.
NOVEMBER 11
Warm up to live drums.
Learning Moana’s choreo part 2
NOVEMBER 4
Learning Moana’s choreo part 1
OCTOBER 2024
OCTOBER 28
Basics practice.
Revisiting Paea Pehe choreo.
Relax Aparima hands.
OCTOBER 21
Fa’arapu training.
Pehe of the week: Bora Bora.
Bora bora pehe combo.
Paea choreo review.
Bora bora by Drum beat of the pacific Vol.2
OCTOBER 14
Basics practice.
Revisiting and breaking down Paea choreo.
Aparima cool down/improv.
OCTOBER 7
Practicing our basics: Tamau, Tumami, Fa’arapu, Te’i Fa’arapu, Tifene, Tua ne’e.
Pehe of the week: Paea.
Paea choreo.
Drum beat: Paea by Drum beat of the pacific Vol.2
HOMEWORK
Practice this choreo and know it well for next week!
SEPTEMBER 2024
SEPTEMBER 30
Basics practice: Tamau, Amaha, Te’i fa’arapu, Nu’u tei.
Fa’arapu training: working on our round shape.
Hura practice: Working on our hips and knees movement.
Aparima improv.
SEPTEMBER 23
Basics practice.
Pehe of the week: Takoto
Learning a Pehe combo with Takoto.
Aparima gestures practice.
Words of the week: Nehenehe, Purotu and Manea. (Use to describe beauty or something beautiful).
SEPTEMBER 16
Basics practice.
Aparima practice/improvisation to work our arms positions and gestures.
SEPTEMBER 9
Working on our basics: Tairi’i tamau, Nu’u tei, Fa’arapu and Tumami with fun drills and combos.
Hawai’i trip memories.
AUGUST 2024
AUGUST 19
Working on our basics and refining Pehe a hine.
AUGUST 12
Working on our Tumami, Fa’arapu and Varu.
Learning/revisiting Pehe a hine part 5 and ending.
AUGUST 15
Basics practice: Tairi’i tamau, Ope, Otamu, Tumami and Fa’arapu.
Learning/revisiting Pehe a hine part 4.
JULY 2024
JULY 29
Basics practice: Varu, Otamu, Fa’arapu and Hue.
Learning/revisiting Pehe a hine part 3.
JULY 22
Combining Basics and combos and choreos: Learning/revisiting Pehe a hine part 2.
JULY 15
Combining Basics and combos and choreos: Learning/revisiting Pehe a hine part 1.
JULY 8
Learning about the push/pull and flourish of the hands.
JULY 1
Learning a short combo with Ope, Otamu and Tua ne’e.
JUNE 2024
JUNE 24
Little combo with Haere tifene, Tarau and Tuane’e.
JUNE 17
Basic practice.
Hura practice on the floor.
Hand gestures practice.
Aparima improv.
JUNE 10
Basics practice: Tumami, Ope and Tifene.
JUNE 3
Basics practice: Taere tamau, Tairi’i, Nu’u te’i and amaha.
Gestures practice: Moana (Ocean), Manu (Bird), Fenua (Land) and Matani (Wind).
Improv with our basics and gestures.
MAY 2024
MAY 20
Basics practice: Fa’arapu, Tumami and Ruru.
Combo to the song Listen to Mevina by Mevina.
MAY 13
Basics practice: Fa’arapu and Hura/Tamau Taere.
Learning a new part of The water cycle choreo (Ocean).
APRIL 2024
APRIL 29
Basics practice.
Working on our arms and hand motions.
Learning The water cycle choreo (Ocean part 2).
APRIL 22
Basics practice.
The Water cycle choreo part 5: Learning the story of Wākea the sky god and Papa mother earth (Earth part 2/2)
APRIL 15
The Water cycle choreo part 5: Learning the story of Wākea the sky god and Papa mother earth (Earth part 1/2)
APRIL 1
Basics practice: Hura/Tamau taere, Ope, Tumami, Varu and Tutaperepere.
Learning part 4 of the Water cycle choreo (Ocean).
Dancing with out music to feel each other and work together.
MARCH 2024
STRETCH
Stretching routine we do in class! very helpful if done daily to help improve your dancing and if your body feels tight during the day.
MARCH 25
Hura/Tamau taere, Ku’i and Varu.
The water cycle choreo part 3 clean up.
Working on keeping our lines, defining our movements and feeling each other.
MARCH 18
Ku’i, Hura and Tarau practice.
Learning Part 3 of The water cycle choreo. (Becoming the storm)
Working on feeling each other and moving together.
MARCH 11
Hura,Varu, reverse Hura and Ku’i practice.
Revisiting Take her.
Cleaning up part 1 of the water cycle choreo.
Learning Part 2 of The water cycle choreo. (Condensation of the wind to water)
MARCH 4
Adding formations to our Hula/Ori contemporary choreo.
Focusing on moving together, being the cycle of water and walking powerfully.
Mele: He Mele Inoa No Kawaipunahele by Keali’i Reichel
FEBRUARY 2024
FEBRUARY 26
Tumami, Ka’o/Ka’o walk, Ka’apuni and Uwehe practice.
Learning a Hula/Ori contemporary choreo focusing on the movement of the body, enboding the story of the wind and cycle of water. Part 1 (Wind)
Mele: He Mele Inoa No Kawaipunahele by Keali’i Reichel
FEBRUARY 19
Hura practice.
Take her by Common Kings final part.
FEBRUARY 12
Hura and Uwehe practice.
Take her by Common Kings part 2
FEBRUARY 5
Hura/Tamau Taere with levels and footwork practice.
Take her by Common Kings chorus part 2/2.
JANUARY 2024
JANUARY 29
Basics practice: Hura moving and using footwork.
Take her by Common Kings chorus part 1/2.
JANUARY 22
Basics practice: Hura and Varu moving/using footwork.
Take her by Common Kings part 1 recap and clarifications.
JANUARY 15
Basics practice: Hura, Varu and Tuanee.
Take her part 1.
Song: Take her by Common Kings
JANUARY 8
Basics practice: Varu, Tumami, Fa’arapu, Tutaperepere/Grape vine and Hura.
Little choreo to work our coordination and learning choreo quickly.
DECEMBER 2023
DECEMBER 11
Little improvisation to Sway by Myshaan.
Learning White Christmas Verse 2 and Ending.
Happy Holidays see you next year!! <3
DECEMBER 4
Learning White Christmas Verse 1.
Mini showcase for eachother.
Mele: White Christmas by The brothers Cazimero.
NOVEMBER 2023
NOVEMBER 27
Pate pate choreo review.
Maile swing Verse 2 and ending.
NOVEMBER 20
Basics practice.
Maile swing verse 1
Mele: Maile swing by Na Leo
NOVEMBER 13
Basic steps practice: Ka’o, Kaholo, Kalakaua, Lele walk and Hela
Revisiting Kiss and never tell verse 1 and 2.
Mele: Kiss and never tell by Darren Benitez
November 6
Basics practice.
Learning an old choreography to practice working together.
Song: Pate pate by Te vaka
OCTOBER 2023
OCTOBER 30
Mihi au ia oe/Pehe a hine choreo review and clean up.
OCTOBER 23
Reviewing Pehe combos:
Paea: Tumami level stepping forward and Varu.
Puarata: Tairi’i tamau forward and back, Fa’arapu/Tumami.Bora Bora bora: Amaha moving, Toma and Fa’arapu/Tumami.
Mihi au ia oe Part 5 Ending!
OCTOBER 16
Basics practice: Hura/Tamau taere, Tumami, Otamu and Tamau.
Mihi au ia oe Part 4.
OCTOBER 9
Hura/Tamau Taere and Te’i/Teki Fa’arapu. Practice
Mihi au ia oe Part 3 (Song chorus)
Homework:
Practice, Practice and Practice!
Look at the lyrics/meaning and try to sing the song while you dance.
OCTOBER 2
Basics practice.
Mihi au ia oe Part 1 and 2 review.
Arm motions review: push, pull and breathing.
SEPTEMBER 2023
SEPTEMBER 25
Basics practice
Pehe a Hine recap and review.
Mihi au ia oe Part 2. Lyrics above.
SEPTEMBER 18
Hura/Tamau Taere practice.
Aparima choreo: Mihi au ia oe Part 1
Mihi au ia oe by Andy Tupaia
SEPTEMBER 11
Basics Practice: Fa’arapu and Varu.
Pehe a Hine Part 5 ending.
SEPTEMBER 4
Basics Practice: Tumami, Fa’arapu and Ope.
Pehe a Hine Part 4.
AUGUST 2023
AUGUST 28
Basics practice: Otamu, Afata and Tutaperepere.
Pehe combos: Paea, Bora bora and Puarata.
Pehe a Hine Part 3 recap.
AUGUST 21
Basics Practice: Tairi’i Tamau, Otamu, Fa’arapu, Tumami and Hue (the Twist move).
Revisiting Pehe a Hine Part 3.
AUGUST 14
Basics Practice: Tairi’i Tamau, Varu and Amaha.
Revisiting Pehe a Hine Part 2.
AUGUST 7
Basics steps practice: Hura/Tamau Taere, Tumami and Fa’arapu.
Revisiting Pehe a Hine Part 1.
Song: Pehe a Hine by O Tahiti E
JULY 2023
JULY 31
Practicing our Hura/Tamau Taere.
Revisiting Fa’aora Part 6 and Ending.
JULY 24
Practicing our Tairi’i Tamau, Fa’arapu and Varu.
Revisiting Fa’aora Part 5
JULY 17
Otamu, Ruru and Fa’arapu practise.
Revisiting Fa’aora Part 4
JULY 10
Fa’arapu and Ruru training.
Revisiting Fa’aora Part 3
JULY 3
Working on our Tua ne’e and our Tumami.
Revisiting Fa’aora Part 2
JUNE 2023
JUNE 26
Revisiting our basics.
Revisiting Fa’aora Part 1
Song: Fa’aora by Sefa
JUNE 19
Practicing and reviewing our basic steps and arm positions.
JUNE 5
Traveling with Kaholo.
Hula combo to work on our footwork and moving together.
MAY 2023
MAY 29
Working on a short Hula choreo.
Song: Hoalani by Josh tatofi
MAY 22
Working on our ups/downs of Kaholo, Ka’o and Kawelu move, head placement, posture and arms extensions.
Song: Queens’s Jubilee by Weldon Kekauoha
MAY 15
Working our levels with Ka’o and Kaholo in a little choreo.
Song: Yoshimi battles the pink robots by The Flaming Lips
MAY 8
Hula combo working our levels and correct posture
MAY 1
Short hula combo from last week:
Working our levels and adding more choreo to it.
Dancing for each other and practicing our smile.
APRIL 2023
APRIL 25
Short choreo to work fast speed changes and levels.
Practicing being loose, let go of our thoughts and just dance.
Song: Sway by Nase Foa’i
MON 17
Learning a contemporary hula dance Your song by Elton John.
Tahiti Nui practice. (don’t forget it we will come back to it).
APRIL 3
Adding formations to Tahiti Nui!
MARCH 2023
MAR 27
Drills with our fundamental steps.
Improv with Hura and free style gestures.
Aparima Tahiti Nui Part 3
MAR 20
Pehe Pahae combo with formations using Afata and Varu.
Drills with our fundamental steps.
Aparima Tahiti Nui part 2 adding the arms gestures and part 3 just arms gestures.
MAR 13
Drills with our fundamental steps.
Improv with different story telling gestures.
Recap of the Aparima Tahiti Nui: clean up of part 2 gestures.
MAR 6
Pehe Pahae with new formations and huri using Varu, Tairi’i Tamau and Tumami iraro.
Aparima Tahiti Nui part 2 only arms.
FEBRUARY 2023
FEB 27
Pehe Pahae with new formations and huri.
Aparima Tahiti Nui part 1 review.
FEB 20
Pehe Pahae with formations and huri.
Aparima Tahiti Nui part 1 review.
FEB 13
Pehe Pahae with formations and huri.
Aparima Tahiti Nui Part 1
FEB 6
Pehe combos Bora bora, Paea and Puarata review.
Tamau taere practice.
Aparima gestures practice.
JANUARY 2023
JAN 30
Pehe combos: Bora bora, Puara Ta and Paea
Combos with our basic steps
Aparima combos
JAN 23
Pehe combos: Bora Bora, Paea, Puara-Ta
Arms combos
JAN 16
Bayani part 2
Adding Hura variations while still focusing on arms and posture
JAN 09
Hula warmups
Arms combo to Bayani.
Practicing maintaining technique with arms while moving hips
DECEMBER 2022
DEC 12
Learning a hula to White Christmas
DEC 05
Ori drills - Bora Bora, Paea, Puara-Ta
Hula arms
NOVEMBER 2022
NOV 28
Pushing shoulders with hula
NOV 21
Strengthening technique with hula
Kaholo with levels and arm combo to Uhiwai
NOV 14
Hula warmup
Ori drills using tumami, toma, tamau, fa’arapu
NOV 7
Hula warmup
Ori drills, combo using tu’e, tua ne’e, varu, fa’arapu
OCTOBER 2022
OCT 31ST
Ori combo - tua ne’e, varu, tumami, fa’arapu variations. Freestyling arms
OCT 24
Ori drills
Oct 17th
Tamau, tumami, tuane’e + combo
Faarapu sprints
Oct 10th
Hula warm-ups, aparima hands with hips
Oct 3rd
Hula warmup
Ori drills
September 2022
Sept 26
‘Ori Steps+ Combo: Pā’oti, Tu’e, Taparuru
(plus Krysten gets a microphone!)
Sept 19
‘Ori drills
Combo 1: Tūtāperepere/Varu/ Tārou
Combo 2: Tua-ne’e/Ope/Tā’iri tāmau/Tārou
Sept 12
Hula Warmup, ‘Ori Workout
Sept 5
Review of Basic Steps Hula & ‘Ori
July 2022
JULY 25
Revisiting past choreographies
July 11
Finishing E O Mai
July 04
E O Mai verse 3
June 2022
June 27
Kaholo with levels
E O Mai verse 2
June 21
E O Mai verse 1
June 13
Improv solo training
June 06
Recalling choreos for solos
May 2022
May 30
Introduction to improv.
May 23
Pehe: Pahere, aparima freestyle
May 16
Combo to Mo’orea. Aparima freestyle
May 09
Speaking’s about Polynesian customs of greeting, we translated and worked on the lyrics and dance
April 2022
APRIL 25
Aparima arms combo to “Ua Here Ho’i Au Ia Oe” Rachel Kanahele cover
APRIL 18
Aparima combo
APRIL 04
Aparima arms, pushing shoulders
March 2022
MARCH 28
Cleaning up Otea Vahine
MARCH 14
End of otea Vahine
MARCH 07
Bora Bora/Puarata/Paea Pehe
Otea Vahine choreo
February 2022
FEB 28
Bora Bora/Puarata/Paea Pehe
Otea Vahine choreo
FEB 21
Bora Bora/Puarata/Paea Pehe
Otea Vahine choreo
FEB 14
Bora Bora/Puarata/Paea Pehe
Otea Vahine choreo
FEB 07 (PART 1)
Bora Bora/Puarata/Paea Pehe
Otea Vahine choreo
FEB 07 (PART 2)
Bora Bora/Puarata/Paea Pehe
Otea Vahine choreo
January 2022
JAN 31
Paea Pehe exercise
Otea Vahine choreo - cleaning up
JAN 24
Bora Bora & Puarata Pehe recap.
Otea Vahine Choreo
JAN 17
Otea Vahine Choreo and Puarata Pehe exercise
JAN 11
Learning the beginning of Otea Vahine and Bora Bora warm-up
FLY contemporary ‘aparima
DEC 13
Performance of ‘Fly’
DEC 06
Contemporary Aparima: Fly (Pt 6)
NOV 15
Contemporary Aparima: Fly (Pt 5)
NOV 8
Contemporary Aparima: Fly (Pt 5)
NOV 1
Choreo:
Contemporary Aparima: Fly (Pt 4)
OCT 25
Choreo:
Contemporary Aparima: Fly (Pt 4)
OCT 18
Choreo:
Contemporary Aparima: Fly (Pt 3)
OCT 11
Choreo:
Contemporary Aparima: Fly (Pt 2)
OCT 4
Choreo:
Contemporary Aparima: Fly (Pt 1)
September 2021
SEPT 27
‘Ori: Simple solos
Storytelling gestures + putting together a mini solo
(Try your combo to other pehe!)
SEPT 20
‘Ori: Simple solos
Hitoto Combos
SEPT 13
‘Ori: Simple solos
Pehe: pahae/toma
Greeting, positions, storytelling to
SEPT 6
‘Ori: Simple solos
Pehe: Paea
(click to access youtube)
August 2021
AUG 16
Choreo: Siva Samoa
Faliu Le La’i END
AUG 9
Aparima hands w Tehani
Choreo: Siva Samoa
Faliu Le La’i Pt.3 (Samoan)
No class on Aug 2+ end of Aug summer break
JULY 2021
JULY 26
Basic ‘Ori Steps
Choreo: Siva Samoa
Faliu Le La’i Pt.2 (Samoan)
JULY 19
Arm extensions, Hei Iti Review
Choreo: Siva Samoa
Faliu Le La’i Pt.1 (Samoan)
JULY 12
Tumami/Fa’arapu Drill, Paea Combo, Hei Iti End
JULY 5
Takoto Combo and Hei Iti Vaihi cont.
JUNE 2021
JUNE 28
Puara-Ta Combo
Choreo: Ahuroa
Hei Iti Vaihi Pt 3
JUNE 21
O’tea Combo, Choreo: Ahuroa
Hei Iti Vaihi Pt 2
JUNE 14
Extension exercises
Choreo: Ahuroa
Hei Iti Vaihi Pt 1
JUN 7
Faliu Le La (Siva Samoa) pt. 1
MAY 2021
MAY 31
LSHO in the park!
MAY 24
‘Ori (Ote'a) combos: Puarata, Paea, Takoto
MAY 17
‘Ori: Storytelling arms in ote'a
MAY 8
‘Ori (Oteʻa) combos: Samba, Paea, Puarata
MAY 3
Contemporary ‘Ori Combo
APRIL 2021
APRIL 26
Hula Steps: Levels in Ka'o/Kaholo,
Expression
APRIL 19
Choreo: Hula ‘Auana
Uhiwai pt. 5 (ending)
APRIL 12
Choreo: Hula ‘Auana
Uhiwai pt. 4
APRIL 5
Choreo: Hula ‘Auana
Uhiwai pt. 3
MARCH 2021
MAR 29
Choreo: Hula ‘Auana
Uhiwai pt. 2
MAR 23
Choreo: Hula ‘Auana
Uhiwai Pt. 1
MAR 15
Emotion and Energy
Shoulders
MAR 8
Pull/Push and accessing honest emotions
February 2021
MAR 1
Choreo: ‘Ori Tahiti
'ōte'a Hine pt. 4 (end)
FEB 22
Choreo: ‘Ori Tahiti
'ōte'a Hine pt. 3
FEB 15
Choreo: ‘Ori Tahiti
'ōte'a Hine pt. 2
Feb 8
Choreo: ‘Ori Tahiti
'ōte'a Hine pt. 1
Feb 1
Tamure: combos for a more skirt
January 2021
Jan 4
Hula Review: Ka'o, Kaholo, Hela
+ upper body technique
Jan 11
Fa’arapu drills & combos
#faarapuchallenge
Jan 18
Fa’arapu drills & Combos
#faarapuchallenge
Jan 25
'Ori Tahiti arms and gestures
December 2020
MON 7 DEC
Mihi Au Pt.3
MON 14 DEC
Mihi Au Pt. 4
MON 21 DEC
Mihi Au ending!
November 2020
MON 2 NOV
Hula gestures
MON 9 NOV
Mihi Au Pt. 1 (Aparima)
MON 16 NOV
Hula
MON 23 NOV
Mihi Au Pt. 2
MON 30 NOV
Hula
October 2020
26 OCT
Mihi Au (Aparima)
OCT 19th
Oct 12th
Faʻaora Pt. 4 Breakdown (ending)
Oct 5th
Fa’aora Pt. 3 Breakdowns
September 2020
Monday Sept. 7th
Fa'aora 'ōte'a Pt. 1
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Monday Sept. 14th
Melia Hula Gestures
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