Monkey Waterfall, a dance theatre company, 

was founded by Yukie Shiroma, Ben Moffat, and Michael Harada to explore the intersection of dance and theatre. The Honolulu-based Company uses Asian and Western dance, theatre, storytelling, masks, and puppets to create performances. The Company performs and conducts residencies locally, nationally, and internationally. After completing a world tour in 1998-99, the Company formed a non-profit, tax-exempt corporation. At the same time, Monkey Waterfall decided to shift its primary focus away from overseas touring, choosing instead to devote its energies towards teaching and performing at home. Collaborative efforts are a trademark of Monkey Waterfall's productions, which draw in a wide variety of performers and artists to form an expanded creative community. Dedicated to its belief in the power of art to examine and embody topics in a non-linear, often humorous fashion topics of concern to our contemporary existence.

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