[1] The dance company of about 25 women and 15 men has performed in many locations around the United States, including New York City,[2] New Orleans, Honolulu, San Francisco,[3][4] and Napa.
[5] The hālau also offers hula classes to beginning and intermediate level dancers.
Hula mua consists of classic or hula-inspired movements set to non-Hawaiian music such as techno, pop, opera, Spanish, hip-hop, and disco.
According to arts critic George Heymont of The Huffington Post, Makuakāne has "strength as a showman and choreographer with a keen artistic vision" and the group's performances are "wondrously rich in costume, song, and Hawaiian history.
"[6] Makuakāne and his hālau were profiled in the PBS documentary film American Aloha: Hula Beyond Hawai'i, originally broadcast in 2003.