Tag: japan society

  • The First, Second, and Third Premiere of HANJO at Japan Society

    The First, Second, and Third Premiere of HANJO at Japan Society

    It’s difficult to write about the show you love.

  • GIRL X at the Japan Society

    GIRL X at the Japan Society

    If you have never been to the Japan Society, tucked away on East 47th Street between 2nd and 1st, make it a point to go there this year. Better yet, go there this week. I promise you will be amazed that such magnificent beauty was hiding in plain sight. I paid the Japan Society my…

  • Thoughts on Robots and Humans

    It’s hard to know what to talk about first after seeing a play with robot actors. Last Friday, I saw the Robot Theater Project at Japan Society, a program of two plays, Sayonara and I, Worker. The Project is a collaboration between Seinendan Theater Company and Osaka University, exploring, well, the implications of non-living “actors”…

  • The New Aesthetics of Dance & Technology in Taiwan

    This year’s Japan Society’s Dance Showcase (January 11 & 12) features a diverse and compelling line-up including Taipei-based choreographer Chieh-hua Hsieh and his company Anarchy Dance Theatre. Offering some context for the work, Culture and Performance scholar Chang I-Wen submitted this essay on the new aesthetics of dance and technology in Taiwan.

  • Maura plays catch up: Bowl, Soul, Glow, and Grump

    So, Andy got to his catch up sooner than I did – is there anyone out there who hasn’t felt a little in-over-their-head this spring? – but, my final grades are in, Hunter shows, my own part of La Mama Moves shows, other people’s shows and tours are over so, it’s time to 1 –…

  • Under the Radar 2012: An Interview With chelfitsch’s Toshiki Okada

    One of the foremost artists of his generation speaks about the triptych “Hot Pepper, Air Conditioner, and the Farewell Speech,” this January at the Japan Society as part of UTR

  • Under the Radar 2012: Hideki Noda on “The Bee”

    The legendary Japanese director discusses gender, revenge, and Lecoq with UTR’s Mark Russell

  • Jeremy Wade "there is no end to more" at Japan Society

    Japan Society Artistic Director Yoko Shioya saw Butoh in Jeremy Wade’s Bessie award-winning duet Glory and, though this was not in his movement background, sent him to Tokyo for research and then brought his work there is no end to more (sight unseen) for its world premiere last month.  Last night, it returned to the…

  • there is no end to more

    Just saw inkboat and cokaseki’s AME TO AME (Candy and Rain) at Japan Society. (See earlier preview post). It was a delightful work of “Butoh 2.0” – a playful, surreal, physically rigorous meditation on relationships. It used some of the movement vocabulary associated with Butoh but had a distinctly contemporary feel – from the soundtrack to…

  • Ame to Ame at Japan Society

    Culturebot hearts Japan Society! I’ve heard great things about this performance – and this video looks really cool. Check it out! inkBoat/cokaseki Ame to Ame (Candy and Rain) New York Premiere Cutting edge… chic and beautiful and surprising for the audience. —Radio Berlin Brandenburg [lova-Koga and Kaseki are the] Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire of…

  • art-tastic evening

    Last night we paid a studio visit to R. Justin Stewart to check out his current work, which was really fun.  It is interesting work,  loosely based on emergence theory, more focused on the mathematics of structure.  The sculptures are playful and thoughtful at the same time and we’re interested to see where he takes…

  • Cbot Recommends HIROAKI UMEDA at Japan Society

    “The work of the Japanese soloist is part hip-hop, part Butoh, which means that his expert, staccato undulations build very slowly. The integration of multimedia—flashes of light, cracklings of electronic noise, blackouts, silence, all precisely timed—is highly sophisticated. In one dance, Umeda inhabits a computerized environment, its bright-lined geometry reminiscent of “Tron.” His very movements…