{"id":20805,"date":"2013-11-05T15:47:02","date_gmt":"2013-11-06T01:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=20805"},"modified":"2020-07-24T14:27:27","modified_gmt":"2020-07-25T00:27:27","slug":"dance-performance-brings-familiar-faces-back-to-kennedy-theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2013\/11\/05\/dance-performance-brings-familiar-faces-back-to-kennedy-theatre\/","title":{"rendered":"Dance performance brings familiar faces back to Kennedy Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Uchinaa nu Chimugukuru featured in Kennedy Theatre’s Look Back: Move Forward concert. (Photo by Chesley Cannon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa’s Department of Theatre and Dance<\/a> is proud to present, Look Back: Move Forward<\/em><\/a>, Kennedy Theatre’s dance concert for the 2013–2014 season. The production celebrates the theater’s 50th Anniversary by bringing UH<\/abbr> Mānoa dance<\/a> alumni, well known to local audiences, back to the stage where their careers began. Performances will take place November 15, 16, 22 and 23 at 8 p.m., and November 24 at 2 p.m. <\/p>\n

Look Back: Move Forward<\/em> will feature eight pieces that display the breadth of UH<\/abbr> Mānoa’s dance training, and of the choreography created by its alumni and associated artists. Styles will include classical Indian dance, Okinawan dance, hula, contemporary dance and jazz. A highlight of the concert will be “Blue-Green” (1979), choreographed by Carl Wolz<\/strong>, the founder of the UH<\/abbr> Mānoa dance Program. This lyric duet for two women will be performed by MFA<\/abbr> students Mareva Minerbi<\/strong> and Blythe Stephens<\/strong>. Jean Erdman’s classic “Hamadryad” (1948) will also be performed. Edrman passed this solo, set to Claude Debussy’s Syrnix<\/em>, on to Nancy Allison<\/strong>; Allison taught it to students Malia Wild<\/strong> and Alison Burkhardt<\/strong>, who will perform it on alternate nights. Flautist Sian Ishihara will play Debussy’s score live for each performance.<\/p>\n

Several dances in the concert illustrate the program’s mission to combine tradition and innovation. Yukie Shiroma’s “Uchinaa nu Chimugukuru” (Okinawan spirit) grew out of her 30-year dedication to Okinawan classical dance. Cheryl Flaharty<\/strong>, director of IONA<\/abbr> Contemporary Dance Theatre, will present, “You’re the One for Me,” from her evening-length program Hawaiian Myths and Legends<\/em>. The excerpt tells the humorous story of Kamapuaʻa<\/span>, the Hawaiian pig god, and his sultry relationship with Pele; it is performed to a combination of Ravel’s “Bolero” and text by local playwright Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

The program will also include “The Other Rhythm,” which features the musicality and intricate movements of both hula and the classical Indian dance form Bharatanātyam<\/em>. Kumu hula Vicky Holt Takamine<\/strong> has joined forces with visiting dance scholar Anita Vallabh to create an interweaving of these two distinct dance traditions. <\/p>\n

The concert also features “Deep Divide” by dance alumna Jennifer Shannon<\/strong>. The piece premiered at Mark’s Garage in 2012, and will be performed at Kennedy Theatre by Alexa Manalansan<\/strong> and Kent Shinomae<\/strong>. Alumni choreographers Tony Young<\/strong> and Andrew Sakaguchi<\/strong> will round out the concert with work that draws on jazz and musical theater dance traditions.<\/p>\n

Ticket information<\/h2>\n

Tickets are $25 general; $22 military\/seniors and UH<\/abbr> faculty and staff; $16 UHAA<\/abbr> members; $13 students, and $5 students with validated fall 2013 UH<\/abbr> Mānoa photo ID<\/abbr>s. Discount rates are available for groups of 10 or more.<\/p>\n

UH<\/abbr> Mānoa students with validated fall 2013 university ID<\/abbr>s will be eligible for the theater’s buy-one-get-one offer on Friday, November 22.<\/p>\n

Purchase tickets online<\/a> or call 808-944-2697. Tickets will also be available at the Kennedy box office, open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mondays through Fridays with extended hours on performance dates.<\/p>\n

—A UH<\/abbr> Mānoa news release<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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