Bring It Home: Prism celebrates the creativity that emerges when diverse artistic voices come together. Like a prism refracting light into a spectrum of color, ADT brings together the unique voices of multiple dance artists, transforming distinct artistic visions into a shared experience for our Maui community.
August 28-22, 2026
7PM Friday & Saturday
2PM Sunday
at the Historic ‘Iao Theater
$35 General, $25 Student/Senior. Tickets on sale starting August 3 at mauionstage.com
For its 13th season, Adaptations Dance Theater invites audiences into an evening of contemporary dance that reflects the heart of ADT’s artistic mission: to create space for artists to explore, collaborate, and share meaningful work with our community. Prism highlights the many perspectives, experiences, and creative voices that come together to shape the vibrant landscape of contemporary dance on Maui.
Audiences will experience an evening of dynamic, athletic, and deeply expressive movement performed by an exceptional cast of local and guest dance artists. Through powerful physicality, emotional honesty, and moments of curiosity and connection, Prism celebrates the ability of dance to move us—both physically and emotionally.
The program features a captivating new work by acclaimed guest choreographer Bret Easterling, whose choreography is filled with wonder, curiosity, and imagination. Hallie Hunt’s Party Animals returns to the stage as a vibrant celebration of joy, playfulness, and human connection. The evening also premieres a new work by Emily McKeon created for the dance fellows of ADT’s Pivot program, an immersive training experience where collegiate dancers train alongside ADT and develop their artistry as emerging professionals.
As Maui’s professional contemporary dance company, Adaptations Dance Theater is committed to creating opportunities for artists, nurturing the next generation of dancers, and bringing transformative contemporary dance experiences to our island community. Join us for Bring it Home: Prism as we celebrate collaboration, creativity, and 13 seasons of dance on Maui.
ABOUT THE GUEST CHOREOGRAPHER
Brett Easterling, photo by Slade Segerson.
BRET EASTERLING is a queer multidisciplinary artist, director, and educator creating performance, film, and community-based projects that center movement as a tool for connection, inquiry, and collective experience. He received his BFA and the Hector Zaraspe Prize for Choreography from The Juilliard School, was a formative member of Gallim Dance and became a prominent performer and contributor to Ohad Naharin’s internationally renowned Batsheva Dance Company.
Described as a “tour-de-force” by LA Dance Chronicle, Easterling has created and presented work across live performance and interdisciplinary platforms at institutions including Jacob’s Pillow, Lincoln Center, Baryshnikov Arts Center, 92NY, Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity, REDCAT, Opera Philadelphia, LA Dance Project, AMOC* (American Modern Opera Company), Whim W’Him, Backhausdance, b12, Dance Camera West, Dance on Camera Festival, and Hauser & Wirth. His collaborative practice includes projects with the John Cage Trust, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Kesha, and Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, and he maintains an artistic partnership with Julia Eichten as EICHTERLING, spanning choreography, curation, film, and fashion.
As Founder and Artistic Director of the LGBTQ+ nonprofit BEMOVING, Easterling builds infrastructure supporting the creation, presentation, and sustainability of dance. He is on faculty at the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance, co-director of Ghost Light Residency, co-founder of PAY DANCERS, and an Ilan Lev Method practitioner, grounding his work in care for artists.