THE PRIMADONNA
Artistic Director
Cheryl Flaharty
Dancer
Rose Wolfe
with Mama’s Boys - four innocent volunteers from the community including
Wicam Smith, Kyle Black, Adam Lemki, Cody Wayda, Scott Thierbach, and Rey Lopez
Lighting Design
Donald Ranney Jr.
Production Manager
Brian Gustaveson
Costume Designer
Cheryl Flaharty
Costume Construction Manager
Dee Laris
INSPIRATION
Drinking from you is like eating my favorite dessert. Once I start, it is hard to stop.
Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o’clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap.
ABOUT THE SHOW
"Because IONA dancers train physically and spiritually, they execute moves intended to move you inside and out. To be in their eye beams is to give in to this extraordinary sensibility." Honolulu Star Bulletin
La Madonna is a live gallery installation performance celebrating the power of the Divine Feminine. Originally premiered in 2004, La Madonna was the first show in IONA’s interactive Salon Series. The high spirited production presents 13 living altars depicting ancient and contemporary goddesses brought to life through IONA’s unique dance style.
IONA’s E Season features excerpts from the 2012 re-staging of the work in which Artistic Director Cheryl Flaharty turned the former Waikiki Banana Republic space into a multicultural cathedral where SHE is boss. Each installation was adorned with candles, flowers, and words of feminine inspiration to match the theme. The dances were performed simultaneously to one soundtrack, and the audience moved throughout the gallery to watch them transform over the 75 minute show.
Please sit back, and zone in to the mesmerizing dancers all performing structured improvisation–each performance was unique and in synch with the audience, the stars, and the universe!
The E Season is supported by the Hawai`i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, through appropriations from the Legislature of the State of Hawai`i or grants from the National Endowment for the Arts.
PLEASE LET US KNOW HOW YOU LIKED THE SHOW!
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