The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Department of Theatre and Dance and Kennedy Theatre presents Fall Footholds: Prism, a dance concert featuring student choreography and performance. Performances will take place October 23–27 in the Earle Ernst Lab Theatre.
The production includes 12 movement pieces by UH Mānoa dance students, showcasing the talents of master of fine arts in dance candidates and undergraduate dance student artists exploring movement invention, choreographic abstraction and social change.
“Dance can be viewed from many perspectives and different aesthetics,” said Jhalak Kara Miller, associate professor of dance and faculty advisor of Prism. “The concept is that a prism refracts surfaces and casts light into a spectrum of colors. The prism through which we see, understand, perform or create dance is so unique. Our dancers in this show successfully bring their own visions, passions and creations to the stage empowered by their personal dance training and life experiences.”
Student choreography and performances
Angela Sebastian presents “Pleasant Remembrances” and solo “Me, Myself and I.” “Pleasant Remembrances” explores aspects of previous choreographies she has created and plays with movement concepts through revisiting, relearning and restaging them on new bodies.
Emma Majewski creates “Pillar of Salt,” a contemporary ballet that explores the characteristics of salt crystals, by pairing sharp angular shapes and sweeping ballet movement.
Holly Chung’s “SAND” expresses the pure joy and release of finding freedom after being painfully oppressed for a long period of time.
Amanda Allen choreographed “Slightly Soiled” which highlights the experience of deep yearning.
Katelyn Wyatt brings power to the stage by focusing on women and nature in “Powerful by SHE.”
Iana Weingrad describes her choreography “Higher Ground” as “a dance about empowerment and preserving cultural heritage.”
Chloe Groom’s “Trick or Treat” is an abstract drama marked by urban sensuality and a reverence to mythology.
Matt Fennelly presents a video dance “THE 411,” a piece representing the water cycle of a forest in real time and weather phenomena as a result of the hydrological process. Chung also presents her dance for camera installation called the “Beauty of Mauna Kea.”
Leilani Contreras Del Toro’s “What About Us” is inspired by climate change.
Event Information
Fall Footholds: Prism dates:
- October 23, 24, 25 and 26 at 7:30 p.m.
- October 27 at 2 p.m.
Ticket Prices:
- $18 Adult
- $16 Senior, Military, UH Faculty/Staff
- $13 Students/Youth
- $8 UH Mānoa Students with valid UH Mānoa ID
Tickets are available online at etickethawaii.com, by phone at (808) 944-2697, and at participating outlets.
