Pasion Performance Group

⚡️UPCOMING WORKSHOP:
KNOW YOUR WAʻA: HAWAIIAN VALUES, PRACTICE, AND KINSHIP & HOW THEY INTERSECT
With Kumu Nicole Kanahele Stutz of Pilina ʻŌiwi
 
Pilina ʻŌiwi offers indigenous education with the goal of strengthening native identities through the shared Pacific Islander values of community, cultural practices, and environmental kinship. Our organization focuses on native Hawaiian lifeways and traditions to help learners build a foundation of knowledge to understand and navigate the intersection of ancestral values and western values. We support students to counter identity deficits with a strong sense of self, and hopefully provide more opportunity for personal and academic growth.
 
About:
Nicole Kanahele Stutz is passionate about pilina (connection) and ʻōiwi (natives) and indigenous knowledge. Nicole is kanaka maoli, native Hawaiian, a hula practitioner, and a cultural practitioner who was born and raised in Koʻolaupoko, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi and now makes her home in Yucaipa. She attended the prestigious Kamehameha Schools, later earned a masterʻs degree in Teaching English as a Second Language, and spent her professional career teaching in the university system. Nicole serves as a cultural advisor for school districts and organizations including Crafton Hills University AANHPI and Island Grad. She is currently the director of Pilina ʻŌiwi, an organization that seeks to strengthen native identities through connection with community, environment, and practice.
 
Location: Arts 300
Date: Wednesday November 8, 2023
Time: 2:00 - 3:20 PM

Open to the public.

Hosted by DNCE 75A: Narratives Through Hula
RSVP: [email protected]

⚡️UPCOMING WORKSHOP:
LUA: HAWAIIAN MARTIAL ARTS
With Kumu Lua Michelle Mānu
 
About:
Michelle Mānu is internationally known for her accomplishments as a 10th Degree Black Belt, Alihikaua (General), and Kumu Lua (teacher) of the evolved indigenous Hawai’ian cultural practice and warrior art of Lua (Kaihewalu and Mānu lineages). Kumu Mānu is currently the only high-ranking female teacher of this art and currently the only public representative of a Hawai’ian woman warrior in over 200 years. She is presently the only woman to be given the designation of “Knight Commander” of the Royal Order of Kamehameha I (O’ahu Chapter), for her continued work in protecting, promoting, and perpetuating the Hawai’ian culture through the Lua.

She uses the Hula dance to teach Lua as she believes it is essential for timing, balance, placement, and micro-body movements during close-quarters combat. Kumu Mānu teaches this at UCLA, Honolulu Community College, and in her system - Nā Koa (The Warriors) and Pā Lua O Mānu. Kumu Mānu has been featured in magazines such as: Black Belt Magazine; Hawaiian Airlines Hana Hou!; Martial Arts Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow; Martial Arts Xperience; Inside Kung Fu; Sports Illustrated; and many more.

Kumu Mānu has been a legal professional for 27 years. She has earned a Juris Doctorate (JD), business credentials from George Washington University, senior executive leadership credentials from Harvard Business School, a master’s degree in Metaphysical Science (MMsc), and is a candidate for a PhD in Philosophy (2023) with an emphasis in personal transformation. Kumu Mānu also accepts offers to work regularly in the industry in shows, films, podcasts, and live television. She will make her directorial debut in 2024. Kumu Mānu has released the book, The Weaponry of the Solomon Kaihewalu Lineage, and plans to release The Woman Metaphysician-Warrior (2023) and The Butterfly Effect (2024). She is the founder of the first organization of its kind, the Women’s Martial Arts Hall of Fame.

Location: Arts 300
Date: Wed. Nov. 16, 2023
Time: 2:00 - 3:20 PM

Open to the public.
Hosted by DNCE 75A: Narratives Through Hula
RSVP: [email protected]

⚡️UPCOMING WORKSHOP:
FILIPINO MARTIAL ARTS - FILIPINO CULTURE'S MOST UNSUNG EXPORT?
With G**o Conrad Cayman ()

From movies and tv shows to government agencies and militaries to multitudes of practitioners around the world, the Filipino Martial Arts, most often known as Eskrima, Arnis, or Kali has made an impact that has not yet been fully appreciated. This presentation will include an introduction to some of the basic movements of FMA, as well as exploring a Filipino-American's journey and to find his identity and reconnect to his heritage, sparked by the Filipino Martial Arts.

About:
G**o Conrad Cayman has dedicated 33 years to training in the martial arts. The bulk of that time has been spent with various styles of Filipino Martial Arts, and has also studied Silat, Capoeira, Jeet Kune Do, Muay Thai, Boxing, and Tang Soo Do. He was a staff instructor at the renowned Inosanto Academy, where he taught one of the Filipino Martial Arts classes for 11 years. G**o Conrad has also taught several different classes for UCLA Recreation, been a guest professor for the UCLA World Arts & Cultures / Dance Department, and has taught workshops in Canada, Belgium, and Germany. Always trying to improve, he attends seminars, takes online lessons, and has traveled to the Philippines and Brazil to study in addition to his regular local training. Outside of martial arts, G**o Conrad is a working Traditional Jazz musician and bandleader, playing guitar, upright bass, ukulele, and banjo ().

Location: UCR Arts 300
Date: Monday, November 6, 2023
Time: 3:30-4:50PM

Open to the public.

Hosted by DNCE 75A: Narratives Through Filipinx Dance
More info: [email protected]

🌊 Meet our Beginner Ballet Instructor, Cheryl Wei!

DM to register or text 424-333-5387

Seasonal Special: $99 for 1-month unlimited classes + t-shirt
Drop-in Class: $20
8 Class Pass: $144

⚡️ How do you integrate a restorative practice in your life? Start by focusing on one day at a time.

⚡️ Introducing new bi-weekly classes, centering on building your practice.

Seasonal special until Dec.: $99 for unlimited classes and our PPG shirt

DM or text 424-333-5387 to register. Must RSVP for entry

Classes in session today 👏🏽👏🏽

Filipino/x Dance 6-7 PM
Hula & Story 7:10 - 8:10 PM
Life Arts Center - 3485 University Avenue Riverside, CA

Youth & Adults welcome.

Must DM here for entry.

Announcing our new program for youth and adults: Dancing Story! 🌊

First classes start next week on 9/19. Reserve your spot now by DM or email [email protected].

⚡️ Location:
Life Arts Center
3485 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92501

⚡️ Schedule & First Day of Classes:
Filipino/x Dance for Youth (8-17):
Tuesdays 5:00 - 5:55 PM
First day: 9/19

Hula & Story for Youth:
Thursdays 5:00 - 5:55 PM
First day: 9/21

Hula & Story for Adults (18+):
Thursdays 6:00 - 7:00 PM
First day: 9/21

Filipino/x Dance for Adults:
Thursdays 7:10-8:10 PM
First day: 9/21

⚡️Pricing:

Full 12-week program with 1 class/week:
$216

Full 12-week program with 2 classes/week:
$324

Monthly installment option available.

NEW OPTION: 8 Class Pass: $144

Single class: $22

We are looking forward to dancing with you!

📸 Photos by JASRU of WWU Dancers in “Propelled by Our Pillars” choreographed by Toni Pasion

Weʻre excited to announce our new program for youth and adults: Dancing Story! 🌊

First classes start on the week of 9/19. Reserve your spot now by DM or email [email protected].

⚡️ Location:
Life Arts Center
3485 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92501

⚡️First day of classes:
Filipino/x Dance for Youth (8-17):
Tuesdays 5:00 - 5:55 PM
First day: 9/19

Hula & Story for Youth:
Thursdays 5:00 - 5:55 PM
First day: 9/21

Hula & Story for Adults (18+):
Thursdays 7:00 - 8:00 PM
First day: 9/21

Filipino/x Dance for Adults:
Thursdays 8:10-9:10 PM
First day: 9/21

⚡️Pricing:
Full program for 1 class/week:
$216

Full program for 2 classes/week:
$324

Monthly installment option available

Single class: $22

We are looking forward to dancing with you!

Save the date and join us for a gathering to kōkua, support, Maui! 🌿

Saturday 9/9 from 3-4:30PM at

Opening workshop on creating a ti leaf lei in community & intention. Featuring performances from the Salt Community Hula class, Salt Community Dance Company, , and .

100% of proceeds go towards Maui relief. Donation-based entry. 🌿

Theme colors are red and pink in solidarity with Lahaina and Maui island.

See you there! 🌿

I am so excited to share that .group will be performing with at the Festival of Philippine Arts and Culture : Para Sa Lahat on Saturday, September 2 at .la  Show starts at 6 PM

The event is FREE and OPEN to THE PUBLIC. Follow  for updates and info ✨💥🔥

Sign up NOW to receive the early registration rate of $105 💥

10% of all t-shirt purchases will go towards emergency aid for Maui, Hawai’i.
Register: bit.ly/legacy10ticket

Participant price at the door: $125
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Legacy 10: Honoring the Grandmasters of Filipino Martial Arts & Legacy of Healers

When: Sat. 9/2
Location: Hotel Saddleback in Norwalk, LA County, CA
Time: 9AM - 5PM

An annual one-day seminar of workshops facilitated by renown grandmasters of Filipino Martial Arts and healers based in the continental West.

**Discounted hotel rates available for early registrants.

FPAC 2023 Preview Night by ✨
Great to share the stage with some of LA’s incredible artists and practitioners at . Maraming salamat for inviting us to dance & perform with you!
Save the date for 9/2 at .la for the big show! See you there 🔥

📷 : Kassi King

In support of those impacted by the recent Maui wildfires, 10% of all Legacy 10 t-shirt purchases will go towards emergency aid for Maui.

Legacy 10 Official T-Shirt — Pasion Performance Group In support of those impacted by the recent Maui wildfires, 10% of all Legacy 10 t-shirt purchases will go towards aid for Maui. Pre-order your shirt NOW to save $10 on the actual day. Last day for pre-order pricing is Monday 8/14/2023. You will receive your shirt upon entry at the event.

We are proud to co-sponsor Legacy 10: Honoring the Grandmasters of Filipino Martial Arts & Legacy of Healers on Sat. 9/2 in Norwalk!

An annual one-day seminar of workshops facilitated by renown grandmasters of Filipino Martial Arts and healers based in the continental West.

Save your spot and register now for the early-registration and t-shirt fee. Discounted hotel rates available for early registrants.

Vendor and sponsorship opportunities available.

Registration and info available in link in bio.

bit.ly/legacy10ticket

🔥 Yesterday was our inaugural site-specific performance, Lagip! Many thanks are called to all who made this happen-

My partner Mike for being an incredibly supportive partner.

Our guest artists:
, , .cinthi,

Branding and marketing consultant:


engineer:
Chanty

Videographers and Photographer:
Homer, Flynt, Jeremy

Volunteers:
Anthony, Christopher, Alexis,

PPG Inaugural Season Dancers:
, , , , ,

Vendors:
, Gunita House Press

To all the artists- I appreciate the depths of transitions, arrivals, and departures; of lights and shadows; of joys and sorrows; of traditions into today; the spectrum of sensibilities that makes humanity the colorful grandeur of what it is and composed of, and I’m so grateful to have the opportunity to witness and play a part in this shared experience of living a full life. Thank you, Salamat, Mahalo, Agyamanak.

To the people for showing up! Thank you for supporting this work. For literally walking and dancing with us. Thanks to you, we reached capacity at the Art Depot venue. Thank you for showing up in Fontana, where there is so much potential and room to grow and bloom. You are a part of what makes the vision come to life, and a driving force in propelling us to the next stage. Thank you.

✨ Sign up for our newsletter on our website for the latest updates and upcoming events for the rest of the year!

Many blessings. ⚡️

🔥 Today at the Fontana Art Depot:
Lagip: Remembrance

Experience LAGIP : Remembrance, an immersive, site-specific dance production pays homage to our ancestral origins, the movements of migration, and the emergences that have shaped our local terrain. “Lagip'' is a word in Ilokano, a Filipino dialect, that means “Remembrance”. Join us as we remember and delve into the depths of our collective heritage, embracing the beauty of our roots and celebrating the transformative power of our shared histories.

4:15 Pre-show Movement for Everybody Workshop. Move through the Art Depot with us.
5PM Performance

With special guests .cinthi Karine Cuevas

This is a site-specific performance, so Audiences— prepare to travel with us throughout the space.

Publications by , essential products by , collections by .pasion8 will be available for purchase.

See you there!

🔥Today at the Fontana Art Depot:
Lagip: Remembrance

Experience LAGIP : Remembrance, an immersive, site-specific dance production pays homage to our ancestral origins, the movements of migration, and the emergences that have shaped our local terrain. “Lagip'' is a word in Ilokano, a Filipino dialect, that means “Remembrance”. Join us as we remember and delve into the depths of our collective heritage, embracing the beauty of our roots and celebrating the transformative power of our shared histories.

4:15 Pre-show Movement for Everybody Workshop. Move through the Art Depot with us.
5PM Performance

With special guests .cinthi Karine Cuevas

This is a site-specific performance, so Audiences— prepare to travel with us throughout the space.

Publications by , essential products by , collections by .pasion8 will be available for purchase.

See you there!

🔥 Tomorrow at the Fontana Art Depot—
Lagip: Remembrance

Experience LAGIP : Remembrance, an immersive, site-specific dance production pays homage to our ancestral origins, the movements of migration, and the emergences that have shaped our local terrain. “Lagip'' is a word in Ilokano, a Filipino dialect, that means “Remembrance”. Join us as we remember and delve into the depths of our collective heritage, embracing the beauty of our roots and celebrating the transformative power of our shared histories.

4:15 Pre-show Movement for Everybody Workshop
5PM Performance

With special guests .cinthi Karine Cuevas

This is a site-specific performance, so Audiences— prepare to travel with us throughout the space.

Publications by and essential products by will be available for purchase.

Due to the intimate setting, we have just a few spots left. Pre-purchase your tickets today before sales close.

🔥 Introducing 2 of our guest artists for this Sunday’s performance of Lagip:

.cinthi and Karine Cuevas are presenting works that invite the audiences to join in and integrate into the performance.

“I am not only leaving, I am also arriving. // No solo me estoy yendo, también estoy llegando” by Cinthia Duran Larrea explores memory and the threads that bind people together through gesture, story, and movement.

“Herencia” by Karine Cuevas
explores the remembrance of family and friends through rituals of borrowed garments and movement. What does it mean to carry your ancestors on your back in the threads of your clothing, and embedded within you? Herencia honors the accumulation of love, memories, and longing seated in one’s heart, placed there by loved ones.

Location:
Art Depot 16822 Spring St. Fontana, CA 92335

Date:
Sunday, June 25, 2023

Time:
4:15 Pre-show Workshop: Movement for Everybody
5:00 Performance start

Ticketing:
General $15
Students $11
Available in link in bio

Proceeds go towards PPG operations (rehearsal & rental spaces).

Photos: Aronne Chan

Lagip in Ilocano translates to “remembrance.” ⚡️

We are creating in the Art Gallery Depot in Fontana, which historically had been a train depot— a place of transit— and is now a communal space housing visual artworks of local artists. This upcoming iteration of “Lagip” intends to gather and co-create through collective remembrance, real-time process, and performance.

Much of the choreography that PPG will present came from both a translation and remembrance of language and memory space; and through remembrance, hearing the voices of our loved ones.

Through dance, we emerge, converse, remember, and share our stories, connections, and ways of introduction.

Come through! There is limited capacity, so purchase your tickets asap. Link in bio.

Location:
Art Depot 16822 Spring St. Fontana, CA 92335

Date:
Sunday, June 25, 2023

Time:
4:15 Pre-show Workshop: Movement for Everybody
5:00 Performance start

Ticketing:
General $15
Students $11

“There is no greater power on this earth than story.”
“Stories are memory aids, instruction manuals and moral compasses.”

Join us for Lagip, an evening of live storytelling, dance, and music. Tickets are available in the link in bio. There is limited capacity, so get your tickets soon!

Location:
Art Depot 16822 Spring St. Fontana, CA 92335

Date:
Sunday, June 25, 2023

Time:
4:15 Pre-show Workshop: Movement for Everybody
5:00 Performance start

Ticketing:
General $15
Students $11
Available in link in bio

Proceeds go towards PPG operations (rehearsal rental spaces; online presence).

Join us for our inaugural dance performance🌪️

LAGIP is a site-specific dance performance at Fontana’s Art Depot to honor our roots, migrations, and emergences upon our local terrain.

The dances and songs of LAGIP aim to conjure communal activation of the mind-body-spirit, as we also remember the history of Fontana’s Art Depot as its original freight train depot of 1915, and its nature of communal arrival and departure.

Featuring dancers of PPG, & special guests (Long Beach, CA), (Fontana & San Bernardino, CA), (Bellingham, WA; Pasig, Philippines), Cinthia Duran Larrea (Ecuador; Riverside, CA), Karine Cuevas (Mexico; Riverside, CA), Mansi Patel (San Francisco; Riverside, CA).

Date:
Sunday June 25, 2023

Time:
4:15PM Movement for Everybody Workshop
5:00PM Performance Start

For more information, DM here or email [email protected]

Congratulations to the cast and crew of ’s Spring Forward production, Ritwal!

“...an immersive dance gathering of remembrance. [Ritwal] is an invitation to share presence and mindfulness in breathing into the fibers of the body as we move through the body as home, and honor the stories, practices, and ecosystems that make us who we are.”

Photos: Aronne Chan

& Join us for our inaugural dance performance! 🌪️
LAGIP is a site-specific dance performance at Fontana’s Art Depot to honor our roots, migrations, and emergences upon our local terrain.

Originally built as a freight train depot in 1915, the Art Depot resides alongside the Pacific Electric Trail in the Helen Putman Historical Plaza.

Featuring dancers of PPG, (Long Beach, CA), (Fontana & San Bernardino, CA), (Bellingham, WA; Pasig, Philippines).

Date:
Sunday June 25, 2023

Time:
5:30PM

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How innovation has come into play in the journey to PPG expression is in being in the space of potential.

There is a place for everyone and everything.

When it comes to critical conversations on mental health and the migration and diaspora upbringing, creating safe ways to encourage expression and connection is part response to working through historical and micro suppressions, and part activation of re-membering ourselves and our collectivity as whole, full, and autonomous.

Dance is an activator to make stagnation move. 🌪️

With all this, we ask-
What are your stories of emergence?
Of introduction?
Of intention?

for our inaugural production on Sunday June 25 afternoon:
LAGIP: REMEMBRANCE
A site-specific immersive dance performance of activation and remembrance. Lagip is an invitation to partake in gathering at one of Fontana’s eldest community spaces to share in the layers of our collective stories.

Stay tuned for more! 🌪️

This May has been so expansive in remembrance and commemoration of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander heritages and peoples.

This hyphenated space has been so lively, while also reflective of what it is to grow up in a diasporic setting. There are so many situations that bring people to where they are now. So many ancestors who speak among another through us as their descendants.

To all the stories being shared, dreamt, cared for, remembered, and becoming—
Honoring your processes and expressions.
What a gift it is to know you from within, and the journey we go through together to convey your sensibilities and visions in this light.

What does it look like to dance the voice of your ancestors?