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17th Contemporary Dance Showcase: Japan + East Asia

Performing Arts
In Person
Japan Society
333 East 47th Street New York, NY 10017 New York, United States of America

Date: Jan. 6, 2017

Time: 7:30 p.m.


The 17th installment of this wintertime favorite event places a focus on duos! The evening features the following artists:

In JJbro's Jimmy & Jack, narration guides this kinetic story of two boys coming into their own.

[Korea, North American Premiere]

Un Yamada offers an original interpretation to Igor Stravinsky's famed composition Les Noces (The Wedding)

[Japan, North American Premiere]

 
B DANCE's muscular and fluid Hugin/Munin, choreographed by Po-Chen Tsai, draws inspiration from Norse mythology.

[Taiwan, U.S. Premiere]

In Theatre's Tschüss!! Bunny, choreographed by Yen-Chen Liu, offers a whimsical perspective on daily life.

[Taiwan, North American Premiere]

 

Movements by choreographer/dancer Akiko Kitamura morph under the audiovisual architecture of media alchemist Navid Navab(Canada).

[Japan, World American Premiere]

http://www.japansociety.org/event/17th-contemporary-dance-showcase-japan-east-asia


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