University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa · Kennedy Theatre

EPIC

30 September–4 October 2026

Performer · Dance Theatre

Performed in EPIC, a dance-theatre collaboration between artists in Hawaiʻi and Taiwan, presented at Kennedy Theatre, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, 30 September–4 October 2026.

View official programme PDF · 2 pages

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The EPIC ensemble moving across the stage under bright overhead lights, photographed in black and white

Dancers gathered in an ensemble formation during EPIC

Two EPIC dancers performing a partner lift

An EPIC ensemble scene with a performer seen from behind in the foreground

Production

Earle Ernst Lab Theatre, Kennedy Theatre · Honolulu, Hawaiʻi

Performer: Zhenhao Wen
Director: Pei-Ling Kao
Choreography: Pei-Ling Kao and Sunny Nai-Hsuan Yang (Les Petites Choses Production, Taiwan)
Presented by: Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Production dates: 30 September–4 October 2026

Official production announcement

Official EPIC promotional artwork combining dancers in colorful costumes against a dark stage — Official promotional artwork. UH Mānoa Department of Theatre and Dance / Kennedy Theatre, 2026.

University coverage

UH News · 30 September 2026

UH News featured EPIC in its Image of the Week series, with a production photograph shared by Kennedy Theatre operations coordinator Christine Lamborn Fernandez.

The university feature highlights the production’s focus on inclusion across dance styles and bodies, and the collaboration between Pei-Ling Kao and Taiwanese choreographer Sunny Nai-Hsuan Yang.

Read the official UH News feature: Image of the Week — EPIC dance →

Two EPIC dancers reaching outward together on a dark stage — *EPIC* production photograph published by UH News; shared by Christine Lamborn Fernandez. Read “Image of the Week: EPIC dance”.

The production also appeared in the university’s weekly arts and culture listings.

What’s up this week @Mānoa · 28 September 2026

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