Performing Arts
Spring 2008 - New York Woman
The New York-based Japanese women artists featured this season shatter images of the quiet, subservient Japanese woman. With bold ferocity and poetic imagination, they have sculpted individual artistic visions that weave into the diverse cultural landscape of the extraordinary city we call New York.
February
Akiko Yano: Voice & Piano
© Tetsuro Sato.
Acclaimed pianist, composer and singer Akiko Yano explores the musicality of the Japanese language in concert with her trio, which includes Cliff Almond (percussion) and Anthony Jackson (guitar).
March
Tzadik Music Label Series III: Ikue Mori
Ikue Mori. © Minoru Hatanaka.
Curated by John Zorn, the third in our experimental music series features the adventurous creativity of drummer/laptop musician Ikue Mori.
April
Play Reading Series
Photo by Takayoshi Nakanishi.
Frozen Beach, a black comedy from Tokyo’s Keralino Sandorovich, is translated and staged by New York-based writer/director Aya Ogawa, founder of knife inc.
May
Yoshiko Chuma: Poom2
© The School of Hard Knocks.
Chuma's latest work, Poom2, is a collage of dance, live music, projections and commentary about the little-known region of Manipur.