map of shadows

MAP OF SHADOWS

— dances of sickness and health

"MAP OF SHADOWS – dances of sickness and health" is an intergenerational performance project shaped from an inquiry to well being and liminal space. Based on a layered process of collaboration in multiple cities and immersive residencies researching issues of place (preceding and amidst the COVID-19 pandemic), the work develops a series of dances engaged with the thresholds of health, stability, and presence.

Key ingredients stem from research into global to local relationships and the often unseen ways in which displacement is intimately interwoven with disembodiment.

Somatic practices, such as Noguchi Taisou (developed by Michizo Noguchi) and Movement Ritual (developed by Anna Halprin), serve as conceptual and therapeutic methodology for delving into this work and notions of “dances of sickness and health”.

Throughout the process, site-specific performances and tableau photographs are being created in a series of outdoor urban spaces in tandem with workshops and interdisciplinary ensemble performances for theater.

08 . 2019 — FESTIVAL OF SHADOWS

at Japanese Cultural and Community Center

Aratani Theater, Los Angeles, US

works:

05 . 2019 — DIALOGUE OF SHADOWS

at Seoul Dance Center, SOUTH KOREA

11 . 2018 — THINGS EVAPORATE

at Furousen Studio & Hiroba, Beppu, JAPAN

ITERATIONS

Beppu / Seoul / Los Angeles / Manipur / San Francisco:

Isak Immanuel, Marina Fukushima + local ensemble & guest artists

Manipur (in connection to Bangalore)

with Surjit Nongmeikapam + local collaborators

Supported by Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts / SPAARKK

Los Angeles:

with Oguri, Sara Sithi-Amnuai + local ensemble performers:

Yuko Aoyama Gabe, Jeanne Egusa, Paula Guadron, Amy Honjiyo, Kian Jordan, Lynn Jordan, Nancy Uyemura, Sunil Vernekar, Silvana Ward + performance for video: Harry Surya Chenvana, Anthony Zavala + video documentation: Ken Honjo

Supported by Little Tokyo Service Center’s +LAB AIR in partnership with the Japanese Cultural and Community Center, Sustainable Little Tokyo, and funding through ArtPlace America.

Seoul:

with Bomme Kim, Wook Jin Bae, Li Jo, Ki Lee Bum, Eun Yong Lee, Eun Ah Lee, Kyong Sun Seo, Namsook Hyun

Supported by Seoul Dance Center’s AIR program.

Beppu:

with Tama Yumoto, Nobuaki Yamada, Yuka Himeno, Shin Nakamura

Supported by BEPPU PROJECT and Beppu Art Month

PHOTOS (from the top down, left to right)