photo by Cindy Ellen Russell/Star-Bulletin
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IONA
Contemporary Dance Theatre
presents
an original dance theatre event
featuring live music by
The Quadraphonix
two weekends in May:
May 9, 10 and 11, and
May 16, 17 and 18
8:00 pm each evening
tickets on sale beginning
at 9:00 am, March 26
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Tickets: $45, $40, $35
Available at the
Hawaii Theatre Box Office
Call 528-0506
or visit hawaiitheatre.com
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The Cupola
at the Honolulu Design Center
1250 Kapiolani Blvd
Honolulu, HI 96814
corner of Piikoi, Kapiolani and Pensacola
parking available in the building
click here for map and directions
photo by Cindy Ellen Russell/Star-Bulletin
In 2005, Paint by Number was a raging popular and critical success when it debuted in Honolulu -- every show sold out, front page news. Everyone has been asking to see it again, and people who didn't catch it the first time want to see what they missed. What was all that buzz about?
So, Honolulu -- here it is.
In a re-cast version with exciting original touches, IONA dancers will become human paintbrushes and pallets, beginning in the fertile void of a blank masterpiece-to-be. As the musical dynamics pick up, the white floor canvas is no longer pristine; the stage comes alive with a new dimension of movement and color, drawn forward by the Quadraphonix' live music.
Originally part of IONA's popular Salon Series, Paint by Number lifts dance out of the traditional theatre and into unique locations. For two weekends in May, we'll take over Honolulu's hottest new venue for small performances -- the Cupola Events Theater at the new Honolulu Design Center. Flanked by leading-edge design exhibits, the Amuse Wine Bar and by Stage, one of our most creative new restaurants -- this setting is perfect for IONA's edgy, astonishing work.
A night on the town to remember, IONA style.
Paint By Number tells a story of humanity, humor, peace, passion, and life. It is a doorway into a unique experience that will leave each audience member with an urge take a dip in the powerful paint elixir.
photo by Carl Hefner
Ten gallons of Crayola tempera paint, ten dancers, and rolls of plastic sheeting all coalesce to an upbeat live score performed live by the Quadraphonix -- Honolulu's favorite jazz-fusion band.
The result: sixty minutes of inventive dance, color, and fun!
Artistic Director Cheryl Flaharty selected Paint by Number as the featured performance in IONA's Annual Spring Season, and to expose IONA's work internationally. This production refines the choreography and performance to a competitive international level, presents a free show to 150 children from local orphanages, and prepares IONA to be showcased at Fringe Festivals in Scotland and Australia. The performance will be recorded with multiple cameras, aimed at a DVD release.
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One viewer describes part of the performance this way: "A pair of dancers carefully paints symbols on each other; another playfully smears colors from top to toe. One couple uses only red, and they dip their hair into the paint; another couple moves the color around, lacing paint onto the floor in long, flowing curves. One dancer moves quickly through the others, swirling and picking up a little of every color; another dancer carefully paints her toenails alone. The audience sees the birth of language, of conflict; the need to share, to be different, to explore, to combine, to maintain purity, to find meaning. To celebrate, to laugh. To love. In the simplicity of this dance. |
The Honolulu Star-Bulletin reported: "In Iona's newest production -- through the use of paint, a bare room and accompanying music by the Quadraphonix neo-jazz band -- the troupe will explore themes of war, passion, humanity and materialism. 'There is beauty and sensuousness and there's also humor,' said Flaharty. This is the first rehearsal in the plaza space with all 12 dancers and the band. The entire space is empty except for the people in it. The dancers and a simple backdrop of six pieces of fabric will serve as the canvas for Paint by Number.'" |
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Honolulu Public Radio reported: "Picture a dozen dancers in white body paint -- dabbing, flinging and pouring colors...live. You can feel the wet brush on skin." ...Noe Tanegawa, Hawai'i Public Radio |
Supported by the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts,
through appropriations from the Legislature of the State of Hawaii
or grants from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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tickets on sale beginning
at 9:00 am, March 26
performances May 9, 10 and 11, and
May 16, 17 and 18
8:00 pm each evening
*
Tickets: $45, $40, $35
Available at the
Hawaii Theatre Box Office
Call 528-0506
or visit hawaiitheatre.com
The Cupola
at the Honolulu Design Center
1250 Kapiolani Blvd
Honolulu, HI 96814
corner of Piikoi, Kapiolani and Pensacola
parking available in the building
click here for map and directions