Bring it Home

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.

Ali McKeon is the co-artistic director for Adaptations Dance Theater. Born and raised on Maui, she received her Bachelor and Master’s degree from Stanford University and UC Irvine before dancing and choreographing professionally for Menlowe Ballet and other independent artists in the Bay Area. Inspired by Summer Lee Rhatigan, Alex Ketley, and Robert Moses, she treasures an intense, fast-paced choreographic process as an opportunity for deep self-reflection and growth. As a choreographer, her goal is to amplify each dancer’s unique voice to help them unlock their self-worth.

Madison McGain (she/her) is a freelance artist interested in using dance as a catalyst for inquiry, growth and joy. She was born and raised on Maui and has danced professionally both in NYC and San Francisco. During her time in the Bay Area, she danced for Fullstop Dance, Nicole Von Arx, Kristin Damrow, Randee Pauvfe, David Herrara, and Dragons Dance. In New York, she has danced for Mizanty Moves Dance, Spaces of Fontana, and Kayley McCrudden, among others. Most recently, she has joined The Creature, under the direction of Christina Noel Reaves, for their 2024 season. Madison’s own work has been presented at the Small Plates Dance Festival (2019), the New Work Series (2019), ArtsonSite (2021),  Santa Cruz Museum of Art History (2022), and the Post Futures Performance Festival (2020). Madison is incredibly grateful to be home with Adaptations Dance Theater again amongst her dance idols!

Joey Anderson (he/they) is an independent dance artist and educator based in New York City as of 2024. 

Since their time in New York, Joey has performed in works by Selah Dance Collective, dance.WILD, and Claire Goldes. Joey has also presented and performed their own work created in collaboration with Myles Woolstenhulme through Verbal Animal’s festival, “Queer Noise.” In addition to performance, Joey has facilitated workshops through Six Degrees Dance as well as independently run ones. 

Before Joey’s time in New York, they were based in their hometown in Salt Lake City, where they collaborated with FLEET Co-Op, directed by Shelby Taylor. Joey co-created their immersive show, “Monomyth,” in November 2023 and presented their own solo show, “Where Love Lived First,” in May 2023. Before their time with FLEET, Joey apprenticed with SALT Contemporary Dance for their ‘21-‘22 season directed by Joni McDonald.

Karli Jo List was born and raised in Los Angeles, California where she participated in figure skating, springboard diving, soccer, track and field, musical theatre, visual arts, and music. She began dancing at 14, falling in love with dance’s perfect blend of arts and athletics.

Karli Jo completed her BFA in Dance with a minor in Anthropology from Chapman University in 2020. During college she worked with choreographers such as Jenny Backhaus, Ido Tadmoor, Dwight Rhoden, Anthony Thomas, and Jacques Heim. After college, she continued training in Greene technique with her teacher Sean Green.

She currently teaches and choreographs at Momentum Dance Maui. Growing up around personal training and bodywork, Karli Jo is especially passionate about both teaching and learning movement fundamentals and corrective exercise. She loves to collaborate with her students through choreography; encouraging them to develop their critical thinking and problem-solving skills to create works unique to them.

Karli Jo is a multi-faceted artist; she is a passionate singer/songwriter, tie-dye enthusiast, and movement maker. Her primary focus is in the healing arts as a massage therapist and reiki practitioner, and is the proud owner of her private practice Integrate Bodyworks LLC. Karli Jobelieves in using the power of imagination to facilitate the opening of bodies, hearts, and minds to their highest potential.

Emily McKeon was born and raised in Maui, Hawaii and graduated from the University of California, Irvine with her BFA in Dance and BS in Education Sciences. She received additional training from Boston Ballet, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, and ChuThis. After graduating, she danced for SALT 2 performing works by Alice Klock, Elijah Labay, Garret Smith, and others. She has also worked professionally with Adaptations Dance Theater, and serves as their Operations Associate. Emily currently resides in Salt Lake City, UT and dances with SALT Contemporary Dance.

Claire Louise Goldes is a Brooklyn-based artist whose work encompasses performance, choreography, movement direction, and Pilates instruction. She is currently performing with Trainor Dance, CROSS THE LINE Dance Company, Hadar Landan Dance, and more. She’s danced in films for Chelsea Thedinga and Soap Impressions, and music videos for Ok Cowgirl and Sam the Woo. Claire has shared her choreographic work at PAGEANT through CreateART, Spark Theatre Festival, and Bridge for Dance’s Uptown Rising in NYC, as well as Scopix Dance in LA. She was a member of the inaugural GibneyPRO cohort, under the direction of Alexandra Wells and Gilbert T Small II. She also assisted Alexandra Wells in her IMAGE TECH for dancers classes at SpringboardX skills + process. Claire holds BFAs in Dance Performance and Choreography and a BA in Psychological Science from the University of California, Irvine. She is so excited to be back in Maui, joining ADT for Bring it Home after falling in love with the community through PIVOT last year.

We are thrilled to welcome back Gabriella Craft as an apprentice for another exciting year! Gabriella will be performing in Katie Whiticar's new work, developed during the SEED residency, and will be participating in the PIVOT program for her second year.

Returning from the LINES Ballet summer intensive, Gabriella continues to share her expertise and passion for dance as a teacher at the Alexander Academy of Performing Arts. We are incredibly proud of the hard work and dedication she has shown to both her training and our company. Welcome back, Gabriella!