Still from “Shadows of Hiroshima” by Yuko Takebe
Please join us for a screening of dance films
Friday, January 29, 2016
The entire program will screen at 5:00 pm and again at 6:30 pm
1 East 53rd Street, Ground Floor Theater
$3 donation
Reservations: janetaisawa@gmail.com – Seating is limited.
Films by Yuko Takebe, Fred Hatt, Lili White, Milan Misko, Michele Cappello, Aya Shibahara, and Julie Ludwick
Still from “#55 – CITADEL” by Lili White
Lili White’s video layers images inspired by I Ching hexagram #55, the elements of thunder over lightning/fire, portraying expanded intelligence and energetic movement.
Still from untitled 8mm film by Michele Cappello
Michele Cappello creates hand-processed analog films. Featured dancers: Celeste Hastings and Djuna Passman.
Still from “Emergence” by Fred Hatt with Corinna Brown and Craig Colorusso
A primal drama of woman and man plays out beneath the surface at a loft party, in a butoh improvisation created by Corinna Brown and Craig Colorusso, in which Fred Hatt’s camera and light dance along with the performers.
Still from “Out From Under” conceived by Julie Ludwick
An excerpt from Julie Ludwick’s evening-length multi media aerial dance production “Passages”, exploring our relationship with death, featuring dancer Janet Aisawa.
Still from “Seeds” by Aya Shibahara
In “Seeds” choreographer Aya Shibahara’s sensual, liquid movement thrives in an environment of altered views and perspectives.
Still from “Transportation” by Milan Misko
A man is swept away on an unpredictable journey through New York City and encounters himself in a battle for control.
Still from “Oonossa” by Fred Hatt and Kelly Buwalda
A dance in dunes, among the beach heather, in wind and mist. Time moves forward and back, a dry branch partners the grounded movement.
Still from “Shadows of Hiroshima” by Yuko Takebe
Our featured presentation, “Shadows of Hiroshima”, by Yuko Takebe, conceived by Janet Aisawa, is a four-part piece about the wandering soul of a woman killed in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, filmed on location in Hiroshima, Japan.
