‘Tis the season for Merry Merry Ballet with ADT!

Led by Co-Artistic Director Hallie Hunt, this open training day is a festive offering in support of ADT’s ongoing End of Year Fundraising Campaign. All proceeds will go towards our $15,000 goal to fund 2025 programs and performances.

Mahalo for being a part of the ADT Giving ‘Ohana!

Join ADT for pizza on Tuesday, December 3 at Flatbread Company in Paia.

A portion of all pizza sales from 5-9pm gets donated to ADT, from both dine-in and take-out orders. Please take part as you are able in support of Maui's contemporary dance company.

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

The culmination of ADT’s performance programs, Bring it Home brings together a professional cast of resident and guest dance artists to share their craft with our island home and celebrate the artistry of Maui’s own.

August 16 - 18
7PM Friday & Saturday
2PM Sunday
at the Historic ‘Iao Theater

$35 General, $25 Student/Senior. Tickets are on sale now at MauiOnstage.com/bring-it-home.

MEET THE CHOREOGRAPHERS

Hallie Hunt (she/her) is a dancer, choreographer, educator and movement researcher, she has lived and worked on Maui for the past twelve years. She is a Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Adaptations Dance Theater where she also serves as a resident choreographer and a dance artist. Hallie received her early training with Western Ballet, Ballet San Jose and Lines Ballet school. She went on to study at the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance. 

Hallie has performed professionally with Ballet San Jose (San Jose, CA.) under Artistic Director Dennis Nahat and Alonzo King’s Lines Ballet (San Francisco, CA), CRAFT Dance Series and The Ali McKeon Dance Project (Palo Alto, CA)

She performed and toured with The Foundry (San Francisco, CA) under Artistic Directors Alex Ketley and Christian Burns. While dancing with The Foundry, Hallie completed art residencies at Ucross Art Residency in Wyoming, Santa Fe Art Residency in New Mexico and Headland Center for the Arts in Marin, California. Hallie had the pleasure to dance with Artship Dance Theater (Belgrade,Serbia) under Artistic Director Slobodan Dan Paich. While with Artship Hallie had the opportunity to teach and serve as a cultural liaison to high school art programs in Belgrade. Hallie had the honor to create a new dance work in residence at the Merwin Conservancy on Maui and she was the inaugural choreographer with ADT for the RARE residency at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center. 

Hallie has performed work by choreographers William Forsythe, Jiri Kylián, Dennis Nahat, Alonzo King, Alex Ketley, Christian Burns, Robert Moses, Gregory Dawson, Ali Mckeon, Nathaniel Hunt, Amelia Couture, Sarala Dandekar, Akari Ueoka, Florian Lochner and Alice Klock of Flockworks and Mark Kanemura. 

Hallie teaches at Alexander Academy of Performing Arts, Maui Academy of Performing Arts. She has enjoyed opportunities to teach at Momentum Dance Maui and Seabury Hall’s dance program. She believes in the power of dance to change lives and loves sharing movement and ideas with the youth on Maui and beyond. 

Katie Whiticar (she/her) is a dancer, teacher, and choreographer from Maui, Hawai’i. Katie has performed with companies: Rebecca Lemme|Acts of Matter, Keith Johnson/Dancers, Kathleen Helm & Dancers, and Rosy Simas Danse. She earned her B.A. in Dance from California State University Long Beach as a scholarship recipient and received additional training at San Francisco Conservatory of Dance and Movement Invention Project New York. Katie has been a part of ADT since 2016 and has had the pleasure of performing in pieces choreographed by Hallie Hunt, Nathaniel Hunt, FLOCK, Ali McKeon-Pineo and others. As a choreographer, Katie produced 0.0 Series, an immersive pop-up event series in Long Beach, CA, co-choreographed Henosis, a piece set on ADT for ArT=Mixx Maui, and created Echo, a short dance film for ADT’s first SEED residency. In addition, she mentors high-school students and creates choreography for college auditions and dance competitions. She loves diving into intricate and intense choreographic processes, creating new ideas, and sharing her passion for dance with the Maui community. 

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

The culmination of ADT’s performance programs, Bring it Home brings together a professional cast of resident and guest dance artists to share their craft with our island home and celebrate the artistry of Maui’s own.

August 16 - 18
7PM Friday & Saturday
2PM Sunday
at the Historic ‘Iao Theater

$35 General, $25 Student/Senior. Tickets are on sale now at MauiOnstage.com/bring-it-home.

MEET THE CHOREOGRAPHERS

Hallie Hunt (she/her) is a dancer, choreographer, educator and movement researcher, she has lived and worked on Maui for the past twelve years. She is a Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Adaptations Dance Theater where she also serves as a resident choreographer and a dance artist. Hallie received her early training with Western Ballet, Ballet San Jose and Lines Ballet school. She went on to study at the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance. 

Hallie has performed professionally with Ballet San Jose (San Jose, CA.) under Artistic Director Dennis Nahat and Alonzo King’s Lines Ballet (San Francisco, CA), CRAFT Dance Series and The Ali McKeon Dance Project (Palo Alto, CA)

She performed and toured with The Foundry (San Francisco, CA) under Artistic Directors Alex Ketley and Christian Burns. While dancing with The Foundry, Hallie completed art residencies at Ucross Art Residency in Wyoming, Santa Fe Art Residency in New Mexico and Headland Center for the Arts in Marin, California. Hallie had the pleasure to dance with Artship Dance Theater (Belgrade,Serbia) under Artistic Director Slobodan Dan Paich. While with Artship Hallie had the opportunity to teach and serve as a cultural liaison to high school art programs in Belgrade. Hallie had the honor to create a new dance work in residence at the Merwin Conservancy on Maui and she was the inaugural choreographer with ADT for the RARE residency at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center. 

Hallie has performed work by choreographers William Forsythe, Jiri Kylián, Dennis Nahat, Alonzo King, Alex Ketley, Christian Burns, Robert Moses, Gregory Dawson, Ali Mckeon, Nathaniel Hunt, Amelia Couture, Sarala Dandekar, Akari Ueoka, Florian Lochner and Alice Klock of Flockworks and Mark Kanemura. 

Hallie teaches at Alexander Academy of Performing Arts, Maui Academy of Performing Arts. She has enjoyed opportunities to teach at Momentum Dance Maui and Seabury Hall’s dance program. She believes in the power of dance to change lives and loves sharing movement and ideas with the youth on Maui and beyond. 

Katie Whiticar (she/her) is a dancer, teacher, and choreographer from Maui, Hawai’i. Katie has performed with companies: Rebecca Lemme|Acts of Matter, Keith Johnson/Dancers, Kathleen Helm & Dancers, and Rosy Simas Danse. She earned her B.A. in Dance from California State University Long Beach as a scholarship recipient and received additional training at San Francisco Conservatory of Dance and Movement Invention Project New York. Katie has been a part of ADT since 2016 and has had the pleasure of performing in pieces choreographed by Hallie Hunt, Nathaniel Hunt, FLOCK, Ali McKeon-Pineo and others. As a choreographer, Katie produced 0.0 Series, an immersive pop-up event series in Long Beach, CA, co-choreographed Henosis, a piece set on ADT for ArT=Mixx Maui, and created Echo, a short dance film for ADT’s first SEED residency. In addition, she mentors high-school students and creates choreography for college auditions and dance competitions. She loves diving into intricate and intense choreographic processes, creating new ideas, and sharing her passion for dance with the Maui community. 

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

The culmination of ADT’s performance programs, Bring it Home brings together a professional cast of resident and guest dance artists to share their craft with our island home and celebrate the artistry of Maui’s own.

August 16 - 18
7PM Friday & Saturday
2PM Sunday
at the Historic ‘Iao Theater

$35 General, $25 Student/Senior. Tickets are on sale now at MauiOnstage.com/bring-it-home.

MEET THE CHOREOGRAPHERS

Hallie Hunt (she/her) is a dancer, choreographer, educator and movement researcher, she has lived and worked on Maui for the past twelve years. She is a Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Adaptations Dance Theater where she also serves as a resident choreographer and a dance artist. Hallie received her early training with Western Ballet, Ballet San Jose and Lines Ballet school. She went on to study at the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance. 

Hallie has performed professionally with Ballet San Jose (San Jose, CA.) under Artistic Director Dennis Nahat and Alonzo King’s Lines Ballet (San Francisco, CA), CRAFT Dance Series and The Ali McKeon Dance Project (Palo Alto, CA)

She performed and toured with The Foundry (San Francisco, CA) under Artistic Directors Alex Ketley and Christian Burns. While dancing with The Foundry, Hallie completed art residencies at Ucross Art Residency in Wyoming, Santa Fe Art Residency in New Mexico and Headland Center for the Arts in Marin, California. Hallie had the pleasure to dance with Artship Dance Theater (Belgrade,Serbia) under Artistic Director Slobodan Dan Paich. While with Artship Hallie had the opportunity to teach and serve as a cultural liaison to high school art programs in Belgrade. Hallie had the honor to create a new dance work in residence at the Merwin Conservancy on Maui and she was the inaugural choreographer with ADT for the RARE residency at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center. 

Hallie has performed work by choreographers William Forsythe, Jiri Kylián, Dennis Nahat, Alonzo King, Alex Ketley, Christian Burns, Robert Moses, Gregory Dawson, Ali Mckeon, Nathaniel Hunt, Amelia Couture, Sarala Dandekar, Akari Ueoka, Florian Lochner and Alice Klock of Flockworks and Mark Kanemura. 

Hallie teaches at Alexander Academy of Performing Arts, Maui Academy of Performing Arts. She has enjoyed opportunities to teach at Momentum Dance Maui and Seabury Hall’s dance program. She believes in the power of dance to change lives and loves sharing movement and ideas with the youth on Maui and beyond. 

Katie Whiticar (she/her) is a dancer, teacher, and choreographer from Maui, Hawai’i. Katie has performed with companies: Rebecca Lemme|Acts of Matter, Keith Johnson/Dancers, Kathleen Helm & Dancers, and Rosy Simas Danse. She earned her B.A. in Dance from California State University Long Beach as a scholarship recipient and received additional training at San Francisco Conservatory of Dance and Movement Invention Project New York. Katie has been a part of ADT since 2016 and has had the pleasure of performing in pieces choreographed by Hallie Hunt, Nathaniel Hunt, FLOCK, Ali McKeon-Pineo and others. As a choreographer, Katie produced 0.0 Series, an immersive pop-up event series in Long Beach, CA, co-choreographed Henosis, a piece set on ADT for ArT=Mixx Maui, and created Echo, a short dance film for ADT’s first SEED residency. In addition, she mentors high-school students and creates choreography for college auditions and dance competitions. She loves diving into intricate and intense choreographic processes, creating new ideas, and sharing her passion for dance with the Maui community. 

Enjoy a delicious, dance-filled evening in support of Maui's contemporary dance company! You're invited to join the ADT Giving 'Ohana for an intimate fundraiser on Saturday, July 27. This special gathering will preview excerpts from our new works that will premiere next month at Bring it Home 2024. Heavy pupus will be provided. 

Saturday, July 27 at 5:30-6:30pm
Momentum Dance Maui (230 Hana Hwy, Unit 4, Kahului, HI, 96732)
Minimum Donation: $25

In honor of Pride month, we invite you to plié with Pride. This class is open to intermediate to advanced level dancers who want to celebrate the vibrant LGBTQIA2S+ community.

Friday June 21
5:30 - 7:00 pm
at Alexander Academy of Performing Arts

$20 cash or Venmo at the door. Please reach out if the cost prohibits you from participating.

Let’s dance together, expressing ourselves freely and embracing the power of unity and movement.

Join us for an in-studio sharing of the work-in-progress cultivated during ADT's 2024 SEED choreographic residency with Katie Whiticar.

Watch this spotlight video to hear from Katie and her approach to ADT's SEED choreographic residency, taking place May 3-9, 2024.

SEED: a Choreographic Residency and Performance Series supplies choreographers with the studio space and the cast of dancers necessary to jumpstart the creative process. Each piece will have the freedom and time to explore initial ideas and let them take root, flower, spring offshoots, and evolve without the pressure of having to produce a stage-ready performance at the residency’s conclusion.

Attention advanced Maui dancers and professionals! Join us for the PIVOT audition workshop this Friday, March 22, 9-10:30a at Alexander Academy studios; $20 drop-in cash or Venmo.

Class will be led by ADT Co-Artistic Directors Hallie Hunt and Ali McKeon Pineo, and is open to all advanced contemporary dancers (whether you plan to audition for PIVOT or not).

Those of you applying for PIVOT – ADT's summer training company for early career collegiate and professional dancers ages 18-25 – can attend this Friday's workshop instead of submitting a video with your application. Applications are due April 1.

Join ADT for a feel-good ballet class with some romantic vibes 🩷❤️🤍

$20 cash or Venmo at the door 

There will be chocolate 🍫, there will be lovey-dovey songs 💋, there will be heartbreak ache songs 😭, and as always, there will be plenty of Pliès.

Festive dress encouraged! 😘

Merry Merry Ballet Class with ADT led by co-artistic director Hallie Hunt

Let’s party and dance in that holiday spirit! 🎄⭐️

Festive dress encouraged 🎅🏽🧑🏾‍🎄🤶🏽🎅🏻🤶🏿

There will be decorations 🎉 there will be lights ✨ there will be cookies 🍪 there will be pirouettes to deck the hall’s bells🔔 bows 🎀 gifts 🎁 trees 🎄!

Please come out on Friday, December 22, from 5:30-7:15 pm and get your Pliè on!

Sliding scale donation starting at $10. Cash and Venmo accepted @ADT-Maui

Int/Adv ballet class modifications always welcome 💚

All proceeds will go towards our End-of-Year Fundraising Campaign and help launch us into 2024 with confidence and joy! Mahalo for being a part of the ADT community! ❤️

Eat Well and Support ADT!

Flatbread Benefit Bake
Tuesday, November 28 - GivingTuesday

Launching ADT’s End-of-Year fundraising campaign with a benefit night at Flatbread in Pa‘ia!

A portion of all pizza sales from 5-9pm gets donates to ADT, from both dine in and take out. Please plan to take part in support of Maui's contemporary dance company!

On Nov 5, 2023, this intergenerational talk-story between Hui Mo‘olelo participant Lopaka White and water-woman Aunty Sally Ann Delos Reyes will be interpreted as a work of public art, to be performed on the Great Lawn of the University of Hawaiʻi-Maui College Campus: Excerpt HERE (4 m 12 s) | Full Recording HERE (1 h 45 m 29 s)

Bringing the audio recording to life, which includes stories of the "deep, deep blue," using a rope to navigate to the surface after a deep sea dive, fishing with Aunty Sally Ann's father in Lahaina, crossing the ʻAuʻau channel and more, Maui's Adaptations Dance Theater (ADT) and Hāna-grown musician Stephen Henderson will collaboratively perform live work inspired and composed by the talk-story.

Following workshops with the Kahului community, ADT and Henderson will present this one-time-only work for a live audience as an expression of public art connecting people, place and story through a participatory process. The FREE event is scheduled for 2 PM - BYO lawn chair or blankets!

Contemporary dance and live music performance: Maui's Adaptations Dance Theater (ADT) and Hāna-grown musician Stephen Henderson will collaboratively perform live work inspired and composed by a talk-story with water-woman Aunty Sally Ann Delos Reyes of Lahaina. Raised in Pu'ukoli'i, Aunty Sally Ann was interviewed by fellow Hawaiian Canoe Club paddler Lopaka White through the Hui Moolelo program of Maui Public Art Corps, County of Maui and Maui Historical Society. Artists from all over the world submitted proposals to interpret these stories as a work of public art, and a community panel selected this unique team of artists to bring Aunty Sally Ann's words to life. 

Resource Fair for Maui Wildfire Victims: In light of the recent challenges posed by wildfires on the island of Maui, this event will host a dedicated resource fair to provide support and guidance for those affected. A collection of organizations and experts will be on hand to offer information and assistance, ensuring that the community can come together in times of need.

Announcing ADT’s October Contemporary Masterclass Series with Madi McGain!

Every Friday in October from 9-10:30a at Alexander Academy of Performing Arts. For intermediate-advanced dancers.

$25/class
$80 for all 4 classes*

Class description:
Madi's contemporary class strives to create a space for joy and risk taking. It plays with finding momentum in movement, moving through the floor, and the interplay between tension and softness. The class opens with an improvisational warm-up, moving through planes, offering space for students to tap into their own artistic voice. Madison hones in on the felt experience and finds ways to follow our own sensation in the moment, as well as push outside of perceived limits. The class culminates in a longer piece of choreography, where dancers are encouraged to apply their own artistic voice to the material.

*must be paid upfront at the first class on Oct 6, nonrefundable.

Announcing ADT’s October Contemporary Masterclass Series with Madi McGain!

Every Friday in October from 9-10:30a at Alexander Academy of Performing Arts. For intermediate-advanced dancers.

$25/class
$80 for all 4 classes*

Class description:
Madi's contemporary class strives to create a space for joy and risk taking. It plays with finding momentum in movement, moving through the floor, and the interplay between tension and softness. The class opens with an improvisational warm-up, moving through planes, offering space for students to tap into their own artistic voice. Madison hones in on the felt experience and finds ways to follow our own sensation in the moment, as well as push outside of perceived limits. The class culminates in a longer piece of choreography, where dancers are encouraged to apply their own artistic voice to the material.

*must be paid upfront at the first class on Oct 6, nonrefundable.

Announcing ADT’s October Contemporary Masterclass Series with Madi McGain!

Every Friday in October from 9-10:30a at Alexander Academy of Performing Arts. For intermediate-advanced dancers.

$25/class
$80 for all 4 classes*

Class description:
Madi's contemporary class strives to create a space for joy and risk taking. It plays with finding momentum in movement, moving through the floor, and the interplay between tension and softness. The class opens with an improvisational warm-up, moving through planes, offering space for students to tap into their own artistic voice. Madison hones in on the felt experience and finds ways to follow our own sensation in the moment, as well as push outside of perceived limits. The class culminates in a longer piece of choreography, where dancers are encouraged to apply their own artistic voice to the material.

*must be paid upfront at the first class on Oct 6, nonrefundable.

Announcing ADT’s October Contemporary Masterclass Series with Madi McGain!

Every Friday in October from 9-10:30a at Alexander Academy of Performing Arts. For intermediate-advanced dancers.

$25/class
$80 for all 4 classes*

Class description:
Madi's contemporary class strives to create a space for joy and risk taking. It plays with finding momentum in movement, moving through the floor, and the interplay between tension and softness. The class opens with an improvisational warm-up, moving through planes, offering space for students to tap into their own artistic voice. Madison hones in on the felt experience and finds ways to follow our own sensation in the moment, as well as push outside of perceived limits. The class culminates in a longer piece of choreography, where dancers are encouraged to apply their own artistic voice to the material.

*must be paid upfront at the first class on Oct 6, nonrefundable.

We would be enchanted to dance with you ✨

Come shake it off with us in a Taylor-Swift themed open ballet class on September 29 from 9-10:30a at AAPA. $15 Drop-in cash or Venmo @ADT-Maui

It’s a love story, baby just say yes 😉

Guided Dance Improvisation with Yasmine Lindskog

Sharing a safe space for the collective to breathe, feel, move, dance, and connect together. Moving and recycling energy through the body as we deepen our interconnectivity to the self, the community, and the environment. A 60-minute guided dance improvisation class to take you on a restorative journey of breath, movement, presence, and community.

Free to the Maui community at Maui Aerial Arts (at Haiku Marketplace)

Join us for a casual viewing of the Bring it Home choreographic process! ADT's BiH rehearsal will be open to the public on Saturday, July 29 from 1- 1:30p.

Location: Alexander Academy of Performing Arts

870 Hali'imaile Rd, Makawao Hawaii 96768

We can accommodate up to 20 people in the space. Register Here to Save Your Spot.

If we reach capacity, we will start a wait list and will send a reminder email the Friday before to confirm attendance.

Haiku hotspot Booch + Social will graciously host ADT on Saturday, July 1 for a Bring it Home Fundraiser where attendees will get first dibs on learning about this year's Bring it Home program and process. 

Booch & Barbacoa Special for Bring it Home! 25% of proceeds from all kombucha and Barbacoa bowl sales that night will be donated to ADT.

Grab a locally-sourced, delicious dinner, listen to live music, and show your support for Maui's contemporary dance company! 

Celebrate love and community by joining us for Plié with PRIDE!

ADT will open its training day on the last Friday of Pride Month for those who want to plié, tendu, chassé, and pirouette together in joy and solidarity with our beloved LGBTQIA+ family.

Class will be led at an intermediate level, and dancers are welcome to modify movement as needed.
Sliding scale $5-20; cash or Venmo @ADT-Maui

SEED is the first choreographic residency in Adaptations Dance Theater's Bring it Home season. Attendees to ADT's SEED Open Rehearsal on Tuesday, May 9 will get to witness Bring it Home choreography in its barest bones before it becomes a fully-fleshed staged production at the Bring it Home dance concerts in mid-August. 

Join us for a casual viewing of the artists at work anytime between 12:45 - 1:45pm (when rehearsal ends) at the main studio of Alexander Academy of Performing Arts.

We can accommodate up to 20 people in the space at a time. If we reach capacity, we will ask folks to rotate through so everyone gets a chance to watch the process.

RSVP here to let us know you plan to stop by!

Drop in ballet class with ADT led by @alimckeonpineo
Friday May 5th 9-10:30am at AAPA
$15 cash or Venmo @ADT-Maui
Come plié with us!

In the spirit of making contemporary dance performances accessible for families and people with sensory sensitivities, Adaptations Dance Theater will share a short collection of original dance works in a casual, outdoor setting at the beautiful Imua Discovery Garden. 

Flamingos, Starlings, & ‘O'opu consists of three, short dance vignettes that explore the beauty and diversity of the natural world through movement and storytelling. Audience members will enjoy captivating contemporary dance performance and interactive talk-backs, providing attendees the opportunity to connect with the dancers, learn about the inspiration behind the dance pieces, and practice short movement phrases like the ones they see on stage.

The casual nature of this performance allows attendees to engage at a level that suits them; unlike a traditional theater show, no additional lighting will be used, and the music for each piece will be played at a softer level. Seating is general admission on the lawn facing the stage area and attendees are encouraged to bring blankets or chairs to enjoy the show from the distance they desire.

Flamingos, Starlings, & ‘O'opu will run approximately 45 minutes in total, with a short verbal introduction before each piece to provide context for what the audience is about to see; short descriptions about each piece can be read on the performance website, along with images of the seating and stage areas.

Ticket prices range on a sliding scale from $5 - $25 per family; attendees are encouraged to select the ticket type that best matches their ability to pay, even if it does not match the number of people in their party. Those who would like to add a donation to support the nonprofit dance company's work may do so at checkout. Online advanced sales will end at 1:00 pm on February 25; tickets can be purchased on the day of the event by cash upon arrival.

Full show details, including the Flamingos, Starlings & O'opu soundtrack and links to dancer bios can be found at our.show/sensory-friendly-adt.

Join Us!

a holiday ballet class led by Co-Artistic Director Hallie Hunt

Thursday, December 22, from 5:00 - 6:45pm
at Alexander Academy of Performing Arts (870 Hali'imaile Road)

Sliding scale donations $5-25 will count toward our End-of-Year Fundraiser!