Form within a Form: Echoes and Reverberations – MAINSTAGE
For a limited time only, December 9-28, 2022, a professionally recorded and edited video of the opening night performance is available for streaming. Streaming Tickets must be purchased online at Showtix4u.com: https://www.showtix4u.com/event-details/69653
Streaming Tickets are on sale:
MON DEC 5, 2022 at 12:00am HST through MON DEC 26, 2022 at 11:59pm HST.
Access to watch the video is automatically shut off 48 hours after the ticket link or redemption code is first activated or on WED DEC 28, 2022 at 11:59pm HST, whichever is sooner.
STREAMING TICKETS
$5 UHM Students with valid UHM ID
$10 Seniors (60+), Military, UH Faculty/Staff
$15 Regular Adult
About the Live & In-Person Production
Mainstage Season
November 11-12 & 18-20, 2022
FRI/SAT at 7:30pm
SUN at 2:00pm (11/20 American Sign Language interpretation)
Directed by Kara Jhalak Miller
Choreography by Sai Bhatawadekar, Betsy Fisher, Amy Schiffner, Jae Hyuk Jung, Samjin Kim, Kara Jhalak Miller, Kaʻohinani Yojo Daniels, Jonathan Clarke Sypert
Original Music by John Signor, Takuma Itoh, and Keith Cross
Movement Media Art by Larry Asakawa
Kennedy Theatre’s largest dance production of the year features dynamic, interactive, and powerfully innovative collaborations between original dance, music, mixed media, scenic art, lighting and costume design within live performance. The production focuses on deeply investigative creative processes with themes of nurturing, nourishing, sustaining, transmission, and transformation that also explore immersive perception and physical listening through the senses and body. Featuring internationally renowned choreographers from the Korea National University of the Arts working on the production include Samjin Kim and Jae Hyuk Jung. Additional original creative contributions by U.H.M. Dance and Music faculty and local Hawai‘i artists include choreography by Sai Bhatawadekar, Kaʻohinani Yojo Daniels, Betsy Fisher, Kara Jhalak Miller, Amy Schiffner, and Jonathan Clarke Sypert, music by Keith Cross, Takuma Itoh, and John Signor, and, movement-based media art by Larry Asakawa. These visionary artists are dedicated to creating fine contemporary productions with a wide range of dance genres that everyone can enjoy. Form within a Form is an exceptional opportunity for audiences in Honolulu to have access to these luminous dances and unique choreographic creations. This production is a recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts “Grants for Arts Projects.”
Pre-Show Chats that feature representatives from the production will begin at 6:45pm on SAT 11/12 and SAT 11/19.
*CONTENT WARNING: Flashing Lights*
RESOURCES
Free Dance Workshops with Visiting Guest Choreographers from the Korea National University of the Arts
NEA Grant Announcement
Renowned Korean choreographers train UH Mānoa dancers for mainstage
Korean Choreographers Teach University of Hawaii Students for Upcoming Show
Press Release
Publicity Photos
Broadway World: UH Mānoa’s Department of Theatre + Dance’s Concert
UH Mānoa dance concert to feature Indigenous Korean contemporary works
VIDEO – Works in Progress Studio Showing – Dancers Prepare for the Kennedy Theatre Dance Concert
VIDEO – Behind the Scenes Clip and Interview with the Kennedy Theatre Costume Shop Designers as they make costumes for Jae Hyuk Jung and Samjin Kim’s Dances
VIDEO – Behind the Scenes Rehearsals – The Making of Form within a Form: Echoes and Reverberations
VIDEO – Samjin Kim Artist Residency Dance Rehearsals – 출정/Chuljeong: The Battle Against Invisible Fear
VIDEO – Jae Hyuk Jung Artist Residency Dance Rehearsals – Hangout
Ka Leo – “Form within a Form” at Kennedy Theatre
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
National Endowment for the Arts
Edward A. “Skeep” Langhans Foundation
UH Manoa Student Equity, Excellence, and Diversity Office
East West Center Arts Program
Korea National University of the Arts
University of Hawai’i Music Program
Leeward Community College
Dept. of Theatre + Dance
1770 East-West Rd Honolulu HI 96822
Main Office: (808) 956-7677
Box Office: (808) 956-7655
