Workshops and Luncheon with Guest Artist Toni M. Kemehana Pasion

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Time and Location

Mon. February 6, 6:00pm PST

Commissary Dance Studio A

Tue. February 7, 6:00pm PST

Commissary Dance Studio A

Wed. February 8, 6:00pm PST

Commissary Dance Studio A

Thu. February 9, 11:00am PST

Viking Union Multicultural Center

Thu. February 9, 6:00pm PST

Commissary Dance Studio A

Fri. February 10, 6:00pm PST

Commissary Dance Studio A

Accessibility

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Disability Accommodations

Requests with 24 hours or more notice before the event are appreciated. Western is an Equal Opportunity Institution.

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Off-Campus location: Contact the venue
On-Campus ticketed events: Contact the Box Office
On-Campus events open to all at no cost:
- Art & Art History 360-650-3660
- Design 360-650-7778
- Music 360-650-3130
- Theatre/Dance 360-650-3876
- Other: CFPA Publicity 360-650-2829, cfpa.publicity@wwu.edu

Hawaiian Hula, Filipino Martial Arts, and Community Engagement through Storytelling Workshop

February 6 through February 10 from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Commissary Dance Studios
Open to WWU students, faculty, and staff
No experience necessary
All folx welcome and celebrated in a safe space

Luncheon with Toni M. Kemehana Pasion

Thursday, February 9 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Multicultural Center

About Toni M. Kemehana Pasion

Toni M. Kemehana Pasion is a multi-disciplinary artist, educator, and holistic health practitioner. Toni is an alakaʻi (hula leader) of Hālau Hula O Ka Mahina Poepoe, Philippine folk dancer with Kayamanan Ng Lahi, and practitioner of Filipino martial arts. Toni’s community work and research centers on the voices of practitioners, Filipino/a/x experiences, Pacific Islander experiences, and communal and holistic health in diasporic contexts. Toni’s dance career and journey as a lifelong student has led her to performing, teaching, and researching internationally in Germany; the Philippines; Guåhan (Guam); U.K.; Beijing, China; Mexico; Aotearoa (New Zealand), Samoa; and Hawaiʻi, as well as in various U.S. states.

Toni holds a Masters of Arts degree in Dance with an emphasis in Culture and Performance Studies from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, degrees in Asian American Studies and Gender & Sexuality Studies from the University of California, Riverside, and a degree in Liberal Arts from Santa Monica College.