Lilo and Stitch: Drawing the Hula

Behind the scenes of learning to draw the hula for Lilo and Stitch.

[@ladanna16]

Oh man, I seriously miss 2D animated Disney movies

[@wh00wie]

THIS THIS THIS

[@TheMidnightCloak]

So do the unemployed 2D animators.

[@ilovelegos2000]

Me too

[@pumpkinpickens]

YES. Someone finally put it into words for me!

[@IM_MFKN_BANDZ]

The fact that they actually put the drummers in respect

[@sandramorey2529]

It was so much fun being part of Kumu Mark's halau during the making of Lilo and Stitch. We got to see the first rushes with pencil drawings of our wahine dancers. Our Kumu lit up making this. He told us to watch for special dedication to the Hawaiian Kingdom. Turned out that for the opening credits he did a traditional chant paying homage to QueennLiliuokalani and then this dance/chant which was honoring King Kalakaua. The Hawaiians were very happy. You may not get it, but Hawaiians did. As a former Disney fan, I loved the watercolor backgrounds for North Shore. Just beautiful.

[@marianraymundo7661]

It is so cute watching the real hula dancers and their animated version.😆

[@BrightWulph]

It's just facinating the amount of effort and research taht goes into making the animated films.

[@ioanairimescu6451]

that went,now not so much or at all

[@BrightWulph]

@@ioanairimescu6451 My comment is like 2 years old. XD

[@missy8106]

What sucks is I feel like this research doesn’t go into Disney movies anymore. Like if you see the classics and how they’re done, it may be old fashioned but they were out in the field wherever they need to be to get the information they needed. They brought real people to be a part of the films and I think that’s so lost in technology now.

[@luceafarul579]

Like Mulan is a perfect example. But who cares about Chinese culture anyways.

[@giammelledamias7900]

Hey I dunno if my memory serves me right but I remebered reading an article or watching a vid (i forgot it was long ago) about animators of Frozen traveling to a place and researching ice structures and ice crystals in nature and applied it on how Elsa's ice would reflect/refract light when subjected to lightsource. I think that's a point for them having field research 🙃🙃🙃

[@audreyrae3183]

@@luceafarul579 thats kinda fuckin rude lmfao, i care about their culture.

[@anastasiiamorhun7354]

@@audreyrae3183 I suppose it was sarcasm

[@revaamritkar7281]

I mean, now you have Coco and Frozen 2 where there was definitely research put into Mexican and Saami culture. Nice to see them putting the effort in after the lackluster live actions.

[@melodyflowers5665]

This is how you honor a culture, through observation and interpretation. Not this forced down-your-throat virtue signaling we see in today’s media. Thank you for these movies!

[@TheMormonSorceress]

What's most impresive is that the song was about Liliʻuokalani, she was Hawaii's first queen and last monarch.

[@violetroseinthedark3071]

Two years and still no comments? This was informative.

[@fleurdesoceansproduction7820]

Violet Rose In The Dark yeah kinda sad...

[@lu-chan1745]

Wow! Hawaiian culture not only beautiful, but the it's people are beautiful too!

[@ilovelegos2000]

I used to copy the moves to this when I was a kid

[@bradleycotton3237]

ilovelegos2000 Aloha! 🤙🏽🌺🌴

[@sabianthemovieandgamelover229]

Same here

[@mareeuhh124]

Same !! 😭

[@rachelbarlow9717]

I am transfixed by this. I could watch it for hours. It is so beautiful and graceful, I would give anything to see it in person. Not even this specific song or dance; any hula. I honestly can't even find the words to describe how amazed I am.

[@Sayuriymelkor]

Its just so beautiful what they nade with this intro. Its the most beautiful, peaceful y nostálgic for me. So great work they do

[@D0NCH33T0]

Hula is so beautiful. Anyone who dances it looks so comfortably free with the tropical wind with their bodies flowing and whatnot.

[@usefortouch]

I love this song, don't know the meaning but gives me peace.

[@hawkhillfalconer3529]

The song is the closest thing to the Hawaiian national anthem. It's a song praising their last queen Liliuokalani, calling her the rightful ruler of the islands, and praising her brother, calling him the flower that never fades in the sun. The american businessmen stormed the palace and arrested the queen, forcing her to abdicate by threatening to kill her people and citizens. Then they appointed themselves to govern the islands, giving themselves all the land and power. They did this because the Queen was allowing the natives to vote, and limiting the americans ability to buy land and import chinese workers. Every time you buy a Dole product, you are supporting the company who raped Hawaii.

[@scarlettvanhelsing2291]

@@hawkhillfalconer3529 Thank you for the explanation. I knew that it was something like what you described, but I didn't know about it in such detail.

[@alienjesus796]

@@hawkhillfalconer3529 this is a year old but thank you for sharing

[@hawkhillfalconer3529]

@@alienjesus796 She also limited the christian missionaries powers, and brought back the traditional songs and dances, especially the hula dance, which the missionaries had forbidden as evil. She was called the "merry monarch" and the annual hula contest is held in her honor.

[@alienjesus796]

@@hawkhillfalconer3529 I am glad that at least her place in history is still remembered. So much culture has been lost in colonisation

[@audeobellicus]

This style of movie making needs to return to form, so much attention to detail.

[@honeybadgermerriemonarch2388]

I hope other companies take that same respect with this dance.

[@Brissieskater1]

The animators certainly had their work cut out for them.

[@levi-young]

god I miss hand animated Disney movies

[@sophiaschannel1611]

They even had to draw the drummers

[@J0seFenn03]

Sooo beautiful!

[@dxbgirlvstheworld]

This made me so happy.

[@vivianchew5170]

Wow, really creative n amazing!🧐💕Speechless when watching the experts do their part in making the movie.😎👍🏻😶

[@taylorflame727]

Wow. Beautiful.

[@karngariba9837]

I hope they know they are legends

[@kittykatday22]

Beautiful ❤❤❤

[@AndreaRodriguez-jo7ul]

Amazing! ❤️

[@asmahanelias2719]

I've searched for sooo long this move

[@markymarklawler]

I worked on this piece... I noticed the original voice and opening was changed.

[@leifiliga9803]

Who was the original dance crew?

[@markymarklawler]

@@leifiliga9803 Kunewa Mook and Mark Kealiʻi Hoʻomalu

[@gangsta6973]

I miss.. really miss my childhood

[@music39053]

This is very interesting

[@elianapaula4461]

Se nota tanto , el cambio de época. Esta era de Disney fue dorada

[@fernandac.s.Oficial]

AMOOOOOOO

[@StephenSternGoth]

Good anolog approach I would add practical effects with stop motion of a TIE fighter

[@esmeraldavacamorales9490]

I should do a hula dance from Lilo and Stitch

[@Olvandi99]

They got a chance to revindicate after depicting hula hula dance with Timon and Pumba in The Lion King 😅

[@captmarvelhero2342]

1:46 2:19 2:44 2:55

[@neeliaapfel5336]

Can someone from practicing hula tell if the people are happy with that part of the movie?

[@errrno1761]

this is hands down the best polynesian disney movie... moana who?

[@veronicavance8171]

they are both awesome!

[@gabrielgiraldo6798]

Disney's Animated Feature Lilo & Stitch Celebrates the Intricate Hawaiian Dance of the Hula Now Here's Your Chance to Learn This Ancient Art From Hula Master Mark Cayley Polamalu

[@albertubaldo8652]

Kumu Hula Mark Keali'i ho'omalu from Acadamemy of Hawaiian Arts

[@taylorsmith3997]

😏😏😏😏😏

[@dmastermanga]

But wait, someone stated that hula is not even done with grass skirts. any clarification with this?

[@BrandonFrias]

Its not a grass skirt its actually a ti leaf skirt. Some dance with the leaf whole and some with it shredded(looks like long grass)

[@dmastermanga]

oh, that's a compelling piece of info. hehe thanks :)

[@bradleycotton3237]

dmastermanga Don’t you mean, mahalo?

[@mileycyrusfan197]

Watching this video, we are definitely getting a few movements that were not on the movie. Whoever sees my comment, Does anyone know where @2:21 - 2:25, and @2:40 - 2:43 goes in the song if performed? Wish there's a full video of this. :/

[@giammelledamias7900]

Maybe lost on the transitions? Because there were times they had to focus on the kids and Lilo sneaking in the formation hehe

[@mileycyrusfan197]

@@giammelledamias7900 yeah, that's true! haha i really wanted to see the other missing parts of the song so i know the whole dance.

[@giammelledamias7900]

@@mileycyrusfan197 here's a link of a girl dancing the whole song. She also cited the reference videos on the description and compiled them all to make the whole choreo based on the movie kzbin.info/www/bejne/f33RhmV7mNV7mpY

[@mileycyrusfan197]

@@giammelledamias7900 ohhh, wow. I guess that's close. lol and I noticed this scene @2:29 in the girl's video isn't there.

[@giammelledamias7900]

@@mileycyrusfan197 oh nice! well at least you can now compare less resources and you've got fewer to add than before~ :)

[@bradleycotton3237]

Wonder how the live-action version will be like.

[@melissa21melissa]

As much I LOVE Lilo and Stitch, I kind of hope they don’t make a live action movie. If they do, they better make it THE BEST version. Because there’s so many remakes now that alter soooo many things because of today’s society (people taking offense for small things here and there) and seeing my favorite movie get remade makes me nervous.

[@asdf-gh8vd]

lilo and stitch is fairly new so Disney doesn't need to remake this movie to renew their copyright claim. gotta wait for 50 years to pass since the release first.

[@eymannmon]

Per favore, mettete i sottotitoli!

[@gogirl531]

Honestly the animation is better that irl

[@cassie05]

LILO happened first. NOT moana

[@hashtagleon216]

Anyone have the exact steps to this hula ?

[@bradleycotton3237]

blxck A lot of other videos offer tutorials.

[@kehaulani1140]

There aren’t exact steps. You need to create your own based on the words of the song. Individual Halau (school of hula) will have different interpretation of the mele (song). In this movie, those movements belong to Kumu (teacher) Mark Ho’omalu. His studio is located in Oakland and the name of his halau The Academy of Hawaiian Arts.

[@alexiatorrez7680]

The times when #Disney used to be creative. Now, it’s just live version of something

[@charlieminaj2]

can we have a Lilo and Stitch Live action, thanks

[@KasumiHyuuga18]

What I hate is the didn't even do that for pocahontas... that poor little girls horrible life experience was romanticized..

[@glakagz]

Sorry ... GOOD OLD Disney movies are gone, and I miss them Next *Lile and Stichte* will be of an alien with non-binary gender fluid trans self perception.

[@monicadyan456]

A couple of them don’t even look Hawaiian

[@o-o3451]

You have to be at least 13 to go to merry monarch.... and you didn’t respect the basics....

[@flaiirenn]

they still cared a lot about the details in the dance. they tried to be as respectful as possible, that minor part they missed shouldn’t affect the product too much.