Friday, September 20, 6:00pm and 8:00pm
Saturday, September 21, 6:00pm and 8:00pm

PA'I Arts and Cultural Center in Kaka'ako
1034 Kawaiaha'o Street

Free parking on the street or at Whole Foods Market; paid parking at Kamake'e Vista on the corner of Kawaiaha'o and Kamake'e.

Please join us for an intimate performance featuring two World Premiere works by IONA Artistic Director Cheryl Flaharty on a cast of twelve dancers.

Breed explores birth, immigration, and race using large, 2-foot colored balloons that represent “air-filled” heads, wombs of pregnant mothers, and molecules of DNA. Twisting beauty with jealousy and playfulness with greed, Flaharty uses the unassuming balloon to project a wide range of emotions addressing, through the power of dance, our current social and political climate, and the challenges we face as a human race.

Resonance features musician, Bryan Jordan, who creates healing music using crystal singing bowls, and other instruments. Resonance is presented as a “call to peace” using the peace bell as its central motif; incorporated into the work are 12 Japanese furin (wind bells) which are played by the dancers.