Adaptations Dance Theater's annual summer residency and dance concert series

Bring it Home 2025

August 15 - 17
7PM Friday & Saturday
2PM Sunday
at the Historic ‘Iao Theater

MEET THE 2025 CHOREOGRAPHERS

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. 

 

Adaptations Dance Theater is currently seeking corporate sponsors for our 2025 Bring it Home concert! We still need to raise $9,000 to bring this beloved production to life. Your sponsorship directly supports artist stipends—helping us bring back artists from the mainland and sustain our talented resident dancers here on Maui. These funds ensure that our artists can continue creating bold, meaningful work for the Maui community.

If you or your business is interested in supporting this year's concert, please contact Executive Director Ali McKeon at ali@adaptationsdancetheater.com.


 

ABOUT BRING IT HOME

Bring it Home was developed in 2016 to bring back Maui-raised dance artists pursuing professional careers elsewhere to return to Maui and share their craft with the community that raised them.

Bring it Home celebrates the artistry of Maui’s own while also maintaining a two-way bridge between Maui and the rest of the dance world, providing opportunity for mutual enrichment between the company’s resident and guest artists as they collectively create original choreographic works to premiere at the Bring it Home dance concerts each summer.

Through Bring it Home, ADT delivers on its mission to build and sustain a home for contemporary dance on Maui, where professional dancers trained locally and abroad can cultivate and share their artistry with the Maui community.

 

EXPLORE PAST BRING IT HOME PRODUCTIONS

Bring it Home 2024

Bring it Home 2024

August 16-18

Featuring original works by Katie Whiticar and Hallie Hunt, with dancers: Joey Anderson, Gabriella Craft, Claire Louise Goldes, Hallie Hunt, Karli Jo List, Madison McGain, Emily McKeon, Katie Whiticar.


Bring it Home 2023

August 11-13

Featuring ADT’s first evening-length work, Full Out (with feeling) and the inaugural Pivot performance.

We are grateful for the support of the County of Maui, Office of Economic Development and
the Atherton Family Foundation for their support of Bring it Home 2023.


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Bring it Home 2019

August 2-4

Featuring 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.

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.


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Bring it Home 2018

July 6 & 7

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.

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.


BRING IT HOME 2017

June 23 & 24

The 2nd Annual Bring it Home dance concert featured guest artists from the mainland: Ali McKeon and Nathaniel Hunt. The concert included a cast of Maui resident dancers  Angelynn Bair, Amelia Couture, Jen Cox, Nicole Humphrey, Hallie Hunt, Ashley Krost, Emily McKeon, and Nicole D. Yezzi.

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


BRING IT HOME 2016

June 5 & 6

The 1st Annual Bring it Home dance concert featured guest artists from the mainland: Ali McKeon, Katie Istvan, and Nathaniel Hunt. The concert included a cast of Maui resident dancers Hanna Claerbout, Amelia Couture, Jen Cox, Hallie Hunt, Emily McKeon, Will Spindler, and Nicole D. Yezzi.

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


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