A NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM PROGRAM

A Night at the Museum

IONA Contemporary Dance Theatre's
35th Anniversary Celebration

First Friday, November 7, 2025

FIRST FLOOR

Silver Carpet

6:00 - 7:00
Front Steps

Performed by Deviki Goodman-Robinson

Namaka

6:00 - 6:45
Art Garden

SHOW: Oh My Goddess!
Premiere: 2023

Performed by Elizabeth Maximin

TREE GODDESS

6:00 - 6:45
Art Garden

SHOW: Destiny
Premiere: 2002

Performed by Kimberly Loo

RAINBOW BUTTERFLY

6:00 - 6:45
Art Garden

Performed by Rose Wolfe

NAUGHTY ANGEL

6:00 - 6:45
Art Garden

SHOW: La Madonna
Premiere: 2004

Performed by Nathaniel Whittaker

GAIA REIMAGINED

6:00 - 6:45
Art Garden

World Premiere

Performed by Azure Ng

DOROTHY

6:00 - 7:00
Roaming: First and Second Floors

SHOW; DESTINY
Premiere: 2002

Performed by Lindsey Kapu and Brandon Caban

KAMASUTRA COUPLE

6:00 - 7:00
Roaming: First and Second Floors

SHOW: Kamasutra Supper Club
Premiere: 2002

Performed by Dennis B. Miller and Michelle Poppler

GABRIEL ANGEL

6:00 - 7:00
Roaming: First and Second Floors

SHOW: The Mythology of Angels
Premiere: 1992

Performed by Jody Morse

REDEFINING THE CROSS

6:00 - 7:00
Roaming: First and Second Floors

SHOW: DESTINY
Premiere: 2002

Performed by Sami L. A. Akuna and Sarah Hodges

AZEMMUR

6:50 - 7:00
Art Garden - Pool Show

Originally premiered in 1987, set on the first Iona Pear dancers in New York City.

Performed by Spencer Dehnavi, Katelyn Wyatt, and Camryn Villano

ROCK LOBSTER

7:05- 7:10
Art Garden - Pool Show

SHOW: Akasha
Premiere: 2010

Performed by Nathaniel Whittaker, Brandon Caban, Taimane Gardner, and Koko Charli with Elizabeth Maximin, Sarah Hodges, Lindsey Kapu, Spencer Garrod, Katelyn Wyatt, and Camryn Villano

DOG DANCE

7:10 - 7:13
Art Garden - Pool Show

SHOW: Dominion
Premiere: 2015

Performed by Rose Wolfe, Devaki Goodman-Robinson, Azure Ng, Madison Audette, Jody Morse, Viviana Mancuso

MONEY

7:15 - 7:25
Art Garden - Pool Show

World Premiere: 1991

Performed by Sami L. A. Akuna, Malia Gallegos, David DeBlieck, Caroline Sutton Clark, Maile Baran-Primacio, Dennis B. Miller, Jennifer Stierli, Joy Agner, Michelle Poppler

IONA MINGLERS

7:30 -9:00
EVERYWHERE!

The Company

SECOND FLOOR

MADONNA OF THE SACRED FRUIT

6:00 - 6:45
2nd Floor Lobby

SHOW: La Madonna
World Premiere: 2004

Performed by Maile Baran Primacio

KUAN YIN

6:00 - 6:45
2nd Floor Lobby

SHOW: La Madonna
World Premiere: 2004

Performed by Danielle Noriko Paschal

EARTH BODHISATTVA

6:00 - 6:45
2nd Floor Lobby

HOW: The Living Earth
World Premiere: 2009

Performed by Taimane Gardner

ANIMAL BODHISATTVA

6:00 - 6:45
2nd Floor Lobby

HOW: The Living Earth
World Premiere: 2009

Performed by Justin Young

MITTENS

6:00 - 6:20
2nd Floor Ewa Gallery

World Premiere

Performed by Sami L. A. Akuna, Malia Gallegos, Caroline Sutton Clark, David DeBlieck

PASSAGE INTO TOMORROW

6:00 - 6:25
2nd Floor Leahi Gallery

SHOW: Passage Into Tomorrow
World Premiere: 1992
Hiroshima Memorial Exhibit

Performed by Sarah Hodges

PERSEPHONE

2nd Floor Leahi Gallery

SHOW: La Madonna
World Premiere: 2004

Performed by Spencer Dehnavi

FERRIS WHEEL

Two Performances:
6:30 and 6:45
2nd Floor Ewa Gallery

SHOW: La Madonna
World Premiere: 2004

Performed by Andrea Torres

AMATERASU

6:45 - 6:50
2nd Floor Leahi Gallery

SHOW: Worshiping Sun
World Premiere: 1995

Performed by Jennifer Stierli

There's an Angel on my Doorstep

6:50 - 6:55
2nd Floor Ewa Gallery

SHOW: The Mythology of Angels
World Premiere: 1992

Performed by Caroline Sutton Clark
and David DeBlieck

GRAVITY

6:55 - 7:05
2nd Floor Lobby

SHOW: Worshiping Sun
World Premiere: 1995

Performed by Kimberly Loo

A Night at the museum

IONA Founder and Artistic Director
Cheryl Flaharty

DANCERS:
Elizabeth Maximin, Nathaniel Whittaker, Brandon Caban, Taimane Gardner, Sarah Hodges, Lindsey Kapu, Spencer Dehnavi, Katelyn Wyatt, Camryn Villano, Sami L. A. Akuna, Malia Gallegos, David DeBlieck, Caroline Sutton Clark, Maile Baran-Primacio, Dennis B. Miller, Justin Young, Danielle Paschal, Kimberly Loo, Jennifer Stierli, Joy Agner, Michelle Poppler, Jennifer Stierli, Andrea Torres, Rose Wolfe, Devaki Goodman-Robinson, Azure Ng, Koko Charli, Madison Audette, Jody Morse, Viviana Mancuso

COSTUME DESIGN
Cheryl Flaharty

COSTUME CONSTRUCTION
Dee Laris, Rose Wolfe, Carlynn Wolfe, Chris Valles, Cheri Vasek, and lost of wonderful menehune over the years!

STAFF and CREW:
Rich Richardson, John Remis, Denise Aiko-Chinen, Victora G Kaplan,
Rose Wolfe, Sarah Hodges, Michelle Poppler

MAHALO TO ALL OF OUR SPONSORS & FABULOUS VOLUNTEERS!
Atherton Family Foundation, City & County of Honolulu, Wallace, Elizabeth & Isabella Wong Family Foundation, Kosasa Foundation, G. N. Wilcox Trust, Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts through appropriations from the Legislature of the State of Hawai‘i and by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Nova Arts Foundation Board of Directors

Vice President, Michael North
Treasurer, Judy Bishop
Secretary, Rai Saint Chu
Peter Carlisle, Leela B. Goldstein, Kamala Nayeli
Ron A Porter, Lisa-Maria Priester, Cyma Wilson

HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE SHOW!