KINETIC MIRRORS PORTRAITS AND BEYOND Vol. 3 | April 25, 2024

Theaterlab Presents:

KINETIC MIRRORS PORTRAITS AND BEYOND Vol. 3

Musicians: Jason Kao Hwang and Christopher McIntyre
Choreographer/Dancers: Miriam Parker, Kathryn Ray, Yang Sun, Wendy Perron, Rosa Wolff, and Jeremy Nelson
Visual Artists: Tim Clifford, Kelly Bugden & Van Wifvat, and Elizabeth Kresch
Special Guest: Nicky Paraiso

YOSHIKO CHUMA, Artistic Statement:
Movement of performers onstage or in any given space, informal or formal, is interconnected with aural and visual aspects of the space and events, which have happened at that location. There is no division of time and space. We add music, film, dance, theater and combine elements to create something new, but the space echoes its own history. I am interested in collaborations between artistic expressions beyond borders; beyond countries. I believe creating a project with artists from different cultures allows me to examine the differences between us, and I realize that we also have much in common. I seek the place where a crossover can happen, where we can share. For 40 years, I have worked with young artists all over the world; and formed relationships across huge gaps of time, space and age, including Japan, Albania, New York, Romania, Macedonia, Afghan, Venezuela and Amman in Jordan.

Performance Dates/Times:
Thursday, April 25th, @7PM
Performance in The Theater

Tickets:

$20 (plus a fee of $2)

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YOSHIKO CHUMA (conceptual artist, choreographer/artistic director of The School of Hard Knocks) has been a firebrand in the post-modern dance scene of New York City since the 1980s, has been consistently producing thought-provoking work that is neither dance nor theater nor film nor any other predetermined category. She is an artist on her own journey. A path that has taken her to over 40 “out of the way” countries and collected over 2000 artists, thinkers and collaborators of every genre since establishing her company The School of Hard Knocks in New York City in 1980. We refute the idea of an immigration travel ban – America is a nation of immigrants. We want the participants and our audience to see the other parts of the world in a new light. This is about sharing experiences – sharing experiences of other lives and other worlds. And through our sharing, explore what can and can’t be felt through our varied cultural and historical differences.

*Acknowledgement: Yoshiko’s experience in Palestine with dancer and activist Noora Baker (one of the leading dancers and directors of the El-Funoun Palestinian Popular Dance Troupe company in Ramallah, Palestine) has been a substantial inspiration for this project.

Photo Credit : Julie Lemberger

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