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"Intense and weirdly angry and dryly hilarious"

-ODC Dance Stories

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"Serious Urgency"

-Jen Norris Dance Reviews

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Choreographed and Performed by Kensaku Shinohara

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//////2024 Production//////October 4-5, 2024//////

Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian, Lisbon (Portugal)

curated by Emmanuelle de Montgazon

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Guest Performer: Sofia Kafol

Lighting Design: Claire Chrzan

Choreographic Assistance: Mélanie Ferreira

Producer: Francisca Aires (CAM)

 

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//////2023 Production//////August 10-11, 2023//////

ODC, San Francisco (USA)

curated by Maurya Kerr & Leyya Mona Tawil

presented by ODC Theater

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Guest Performer: Jamielyn Duggan

Lighting Design + Stage Managing: Claire Chrzan

Sound Design + Costume Design: Kensaku Shinohara

Advisor: Dimitri Chamblas, Allison Yasukawa, Rachel Scandling, Emily Mast

Writing Support: MaryKate Glenn

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Supported by Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant

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Special thanks to Pomona College Dance Department, CalArts School of Dance, Maiko Okajima, Giada Jiang, Yukiko Nimura, Zhihan Yang, Claudia Eve Beauchesne

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//////2022 Production//////September 3, 2022//////

François Ghebaly, Los Angeles (USA)

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Choreographic Assistant: sam wentz

Sound Design: Zaq Kenefick

Lighting Design: Claire Chrzan

Documentation: Martina Mattar

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//////2022 Production//////July 29-30, 2022//////

JACK, NYC (USA)

curated by Stacey Grossfield

presented by JACK

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Choreographic Assistant: sam wentz

Sound Design: Dylan Marx

Lighting Design: Claire Chrzan

Costume: Misuzu Hara

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//////2017-2018 Development//////

Collaborators:

Larissa Asebedo (performer)

Magda Kaczmarska (sound support)

Cara Angela Liguori (advisor)

Claudia Eve Beauchesne (performer)

Carl Limbacher (bassist)

Max Maples (drummer)

Leah Morrison (performer)

Dorian Wallace (composer)

Akiha Yamakami (sculptor)

Mei Yamanaka (performer)

Asimina Chremos (grant writing)

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Supported by

92Y Harkness Dance Center AIR 2017-2018

Queens Council on the Arts New Work Grant 2018

Exploring the Metropolis AIR 2018

Marble House Project AIR 2017

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Exploring the Metropolis is grateful to the Mertz Gilmore Foundation and the Greater Jamaica Development Corporation for their support of the EtM Choreographer + Composer Residencies in Partnership with the Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning. This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

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This work is made possible (in part) by the Queens Council on the Arts with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

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This work is made possible (in part) by Harkness Dance Center's Artist in Residence Program at 92Y.