Considering she did the dance from the movie, I'd say she did pretty great. If you're honestly insulted, take it up with Disney.

Our kumu Mark Keali'i Ho'omalu composed, performed and choreographed the animated dance you see in Lilo and Stitch. It is wonderful to see how many young folks have learned it. It is a beautiful and very traditional chant to King Kalakaua in a new setting. Every halau has a different styling and I find it very interesting to see how they all preserve the important meaning in the words of the chant even if the interpretation is a bit different.

I've watched this video a few times and every time the comments depress me. If you're offended by this try and keep and open mind and realize all the factors that went into her dancing how she did and maybe don't go all out WWIII on her. Believe it or not but helping people by kindly guiding them in the right direction is more effective than screaming.

After reading all this coments I just have one thing to say: I don't think most of the people do things from other cultures to make fun of them or maybe insult people of any culture. The fact is than you have just one culture and it's not possible to know perfectly the others so you can learn different things from another cultures BUT you never will be an expert. Maybe this girl has learned in the wrong place or maybe with a wrong teacher, this not mean she wants to be rude or insult the hawaian culture. Im from Uruguay but I live in Spain and I don't know how to dance perfectly "sevillana" or "flamenco" but I try to do my best when I dance, this is not "culture apropiation" Im just having fun with something beautiful from another country... I hate this word because some people uses it to transmit the idea of "this is MY culture, not YOURS, and you can't do anything of my culture" (wtf) Please... remember that we are HUMANS, not only races... thank you.

I think she did great. All this negativity is sad. She was nervous which was probably why she did the dance so fast but her arms were at the right speed. Give her a break.

I love my Polynesian side. Hula is such a beautiful cultural dance. Living in Deep South Virginia I can't get to any real instructors. So KZfaq is all I have to learn from. I wish more natural born Polynesians would be more accommodating to those of us not as close to the mother islands, but still want to connect to them through dance. I love how gracefully she danced the piece. It didn't look like she was in front of a panel of traditional judges for points. She was just sharing a cultural piece at a talent show.

i dont care if the dance is wrong. she did it very lovely and very beautiful. good job pretty girl👍

this song makes me cry it brings back stitch memories

It sucks being half Hawaiian and half white because everyone just assumes I'm Mexican. 😂

Well, at least she knows the hand movements for ka pua, ka mauna, kapu, much better than those who hula dance like they just got zapped

You're so graceful! I love your hands~ their movements looked so delicate ^^

Everyone's commenting "um you're doing it too fast" or "good try" while I'm over here like "well looks like I'm still a potato!"

Her movements are so soft, it is really comforting to watch this dance❤️

...In all honesty, this is the best I've seen so far while browsing the web. It felt fluid, much like waves moving on the ocean. Which is, in my opinion, where the beauty of this dance shines the most.

That was probably the most accurate to the movie version I've seen, I wish you would post a how-to video.

Honestly, i love this version. It's fun to watch. It's beautiful in my eyes.

beautiful! love her graceful moves. so smooth

I watched this video few times; very graceful and smooth. Excellent performance.

The hula is absolutely beautiful. She did wonderfully. It takes a lot of courage to do that in front of your peers!

2:08 Definitely my favourite part. So beautiful!!

Whether she is native hawaiian or not, I think she did a pretty good job. Congrats!!!

Very Beautiful & Amazing Song👌🏻❤️

How does she does this! It's so great!

Polynesian culture is so beautiful.

Nadie ha interpretado HE MELE NO LILO tan perfecto como lo hizo esta chica, es el mejor vídeo de esta canción que he visto. las criticas no le harán nada. ella sabe que lo hizo excelente. felicidades a esta chica, le quedo hermoso.

Hey! You did an amazing job!! Just remeber to relax your arm movements and your hip sways make them like the ocean! But I'm so proud that you took up a new type of dance!!! You did great love!!! ♥️♥️♥️😃😃

Watching From The Philippines!! 🇵🇭

This is the best video of He Mele No Lilo that I've seen so far. You dance gracefully and let your body and hand gestures go with flow of the song. I guess this is what my PE teacher talks about "letting your emotions flow through movements" and not just to "impress your audience with your dance skills." You should probably do a step by step tutorial. You're an awesome dancer. ;)

The dancer, the moves, the song... they're all equally BEAUTIFUL...!!! :)

Your performance was AMAZING! Congratulations! Also you are so graceful and beautiful. I really love this music. ♥

Hula is such an elegant dance style.

IN LOVE WITH THIS DANCE FORM

Awesome, thank you for sticking up for her. People are so dumb sometimes

This looks easy, but I'm sure it isn't. She danced gracefully with those expressions and I think that's what matters. I'm an outsider and I totally see it as a celebration of Polynesian (or Hawaiian in this case) culture. 😊 Loved it!

She dances so beautiful I love this

she does a great job with the dance.....i feel appreciated for the dance.....mostly because im full polynesian and all

Yes girl that was amazing I hope to practice hula dancing and the movie is so lovely

I watched the lilo and stitch movies 🎥 but I also like watching people do the dancing 💃 from the movie 🎥

Love this sooo much!!!

Wow this is absolutely beautiful!

She is very elegant and moves with confidence and grace. She did a wonderful job.

This was far better than I expected.

she's my Idol now

this was so incredibly beautiful! :D your dance here radiated some kind of simple joy, i highly respect that :) officially one of my favourite dance videos ever ^^

After long...i can see .....someone is pretty close to this music ...very fair dance.....keep it up🔥🔥

So incredibly beautiful!

Beautiful song, beautiful dancer, beautiful dance!!

I love it. Most beautiful cultural dance in the world. Very well done.

Hermosa Danza....Saludos desde Venezuela... Beautiful Dance .... Greetings from Venezuela ...

Simply beautiful 😻

To you Polynesian folks, I LOVE your culture. It's beautiful, and a lot of other great things! After visiting Kauai last June for 2 weeks, I love Hawaii to the point of wanting to live there. If I can, I'd love to learn about Polynesian/Hawaiian culture so I can apply it to a Hawaiian character I have in the book I'm writing

This is one of the most beautiful things iv'e ever seen.

If you guys are expert of this dance why don't you make your own tutorial video and stop complaining

......... (she is gorgeous) and you did amazing!!!

Why are Great Performances like this rare to find on KZfaq compared to the one we love the most in the movie, no seriously it's hard to find good performances based off the movie

Looks more like an Indian Bollywood dance... Just a costume and song change, then she's perfect.. XD Thumbs upped.

So good! I love the dance and I love the song!

So beautiful, you did a great job!

Wow, I know nothing about hula (I've never even been in Hawaii; I live in Texas and any minute information I may have about Hawaii is from my Hawaiian neighbor) but this is such a beautiful dance, from a speculator's standpoint, and a very beautiful young woman doing the dance. :)

omg literally crying while watching this... its so beautiful!! and so graceful ! :''''''''D

"just need a little better dancer" what???? were you not watching her dance???? this was amazing, idk how much better it could get...I really want to learn how to dance this though, please post a how to video!! you dance like a Hawaiian Goddess

i hope you all know, that this dance was choreographed by mark ho’omalu, who is known to have a unique hula technique.

Really beautiful!

Привет из России! Это волшебно! Hello from Russia, This dance is amazing 🤩💃💃💃💋🇷🇺

Beautiful, best I've ever seen!

So great! Definitely going to do this dance for my senior project!

For those who can't be nice about this dance she did better than movie itself and I would like it if people would stop posting hate comments to this video!

me gusta la cancion y la forma en que la bailan

I`m totally fangirling over Disney right now.

I love ! It's beautiful !!!

Очень красиво исполнен танец. Браво !

Tho I'm samoan and I do siva mai, I will say that she does need to keep her speed steady. Doing hula has motion, and steady pulse meaning that you take control to explain your moves. That's what my teacher told me so- yeah

¡Super bonito!, me quedé con muchas ganas de bailar esta canción, algún día volveré a bailar. Polinesio y belly dance rifan ♡

That was amazing. Very accurate and well done. I'm not a dancer, but this is the one dance I'd like to be able to do. Could you please make a tutorial or how-to video?

Hermoso baile 🥰❤

huge fan of merrie monarch and the preparation work it takes to execute such stunning performances!!

I like it very much. Very beautiful dance. Very beautiful culture. I would like to learn to dance this. Thanks for the video. Greetings from Chile :)

Elegante y con movimientos suaves, vi otros videos y se veian muy toscos, me encanto, muchas gracias...

Definitely the most graceful dance :)

She did it great, I love it 😀

best actual human performance I've seen on youtube so far, every move had rhythm and purpose. most people doing this dance just walk pointlessly back and forth. loved your rhythm

she's so beautiful

it's not the most accurate one but it is the most beautiful one

wow she was a amazing dancer

She's amazing 😍

Is... Is this what love feels like?!

lindo amo essas musicas

She's so graceful:)

Linda apresentação obrigado pelo seu esforço

I adore her, she's so graceful

Yass girl!!! that was amazing 😍

Hermoso! bailar asi que lindoo

She's good but I think she should learn how to control herself with her motions, in hula you gotta know what you're doing and what you're trying to show in your story. If she could learn from a kumu hula I think she would be great! I think she should just learn control and more grace in her motions though :) -(coming from a hula dancer)

Amazing, graceful, and beautiful :)

Parabéns, obrigado pela linda apresentação

lida cancion ,ala baila muito bene.. parabens querida

i loved it

2020 ?

Este video me encanto !!! Desearía poder bailar como ella !!! :D .. Muy bueno .. Te felicito !! :D

GRACEFUL , THANK YOU FOR SHARING . I AM DOING SOME RESEARCH SO I CAN HONOR THE HAWAIIANS ON MY WEDDING DAY . I HOPE I CAN DANCE AND DO ALL THE HAND GESTURES PERFECTLY AND SYNCHRONIZED . GODBLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY