Bring it Home

Charlotte Griffin, raised in Durham, NC, is a contemporary choreographer in Southern California and the founder of milkleaf, a dance company generating original works for live performance, experimental film, and multidisciplinary installation. Looking closely at the enduring and transitory nature of the human experience, Griffin celebrates collaboration across a broad aesthetic and technological field. She has choreographed for the Cambrians, the American Dance Festival, BJM Danse, ArcDanz, Springboard Danse Montreal, The Yard, and more. A dedicated educator, she devises nourishing artistic praxis in modern technique, composition, and screendance for the next generation of dancers at UC Irvine. Charlotte holds a BFA in Dance from The Juilliard School and MFA from UT Austin.

Hallie Hunt is a dancer, choreographer, educator, and movement researcher who has lived and worked on Maui for the past twelve years. She is the Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Adaptations Dance Theater, where she also serves as a resident choreographer and dance artist. Trained at Western Ballet, Ballet San Jose, Lines Ballet, and the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, Hallie has performed with Ballet San Jose, Lines Ballet, The Foundry, and Artship Dance Theater, among others. She has completed residencies across the U.S. and internationally, including at the Merwin Conservancy and the Maui Arts & Cultural Center, and has taught extensively throughout Maui, sharing her belief in the power of dance to transform lives.

Emily McKeon (choreographer for Pivot): Emily was born and raised in Maui, Hawaii and graduated from the University of California, Irvine, with her B.F.A in Dance Choreography and B.S. in Education Sciences. She has danced for Salt 2 performing works by Alice Klock, Elijah Labay, Garret Smith, and others. This past year, Emily was promoted to full company member with SALT, premiering in works by Rena Butler, Ching Ching Wong, and Brandon & Racheal Alley. Emily has been part of ADT's Bring it Home concert since its inception, appearing as a dancer and now, as Pivot's lead choreographer. 

For its fourth annual residency and dance concert, ADT brought home guest artists Kelsey Greenway, Nathaniel Hunt, Ashley Krost, Madi McGain, Ali McKeon, and Emily McKeon to join resident artists Alannah Andersen, Jessica Bartlett, Julia Cost, Amelia Couture, Cady Cox, Jen Cox, Lexi Hughes, Hallie Hunt, Katie Istvan, Yasmine Lindskog, and Randi Lonzaga (ADT Apprentice).

Bring it Home 2019 presented the world premieres of four commissioned works, including the choreography and a performance of guest company FLOCK (Florian Lochner + Alice Klock); as well as original works by Co-Artistic Directors Amelia Couture and Hallie Hunt. Original Composition by Toby Couture, for Amelia Couture's piece.

The 3rd Annual Bring it Home dance concert featured returning guest choreographers Ali McKeon and Nathaniel Hunt; as well as returning guest artist Katie Istvan from the 2016 cast. Ashley Krost and Emily McKeon flew in from their college dance programs in California to join Maui resident dancers Amelia Couture, Cady Cox, Jen Cox, Nicole Humphrey, Hallie Hunt, Nicole D. Yezzi and ADT apprentice Jessica Bartlett to complete the BiH 2018 cast.

PROGRAM

- Hawai‘i Premiere of "Playground", choreographed by Ali McKeon, in collaboration with the dancers.

- World Premiere of "the others", choreographed by Nathaniel Hunt

- World Premiere of "It Has No Permanent Shape", choreographed by Hallie Hunt, in collaboration with the dancers.

PROGRAM

- World Premier of "In Between Infinite", choreographed by Ali McKeon

- World Premier of "A Few Elements", choreographed by Hallie Hunt, Amelia Couture, with collaboration by Heather Booth

- World Premier of "p a t c h e d", choreographed by Nathaniel Hunt

PROGRAM

- World Premier of "A Riot of Bones", choreographed by Amelia Couture with original score by composer Toby Couture

- ADT Repertoire of "Adaptations", choreographed by Hallie Hunt and Amelia Couture

- "So Lo", choreographed and performed by Nathaniel Hunt