Happy Holidays!
2019 was amazing year for me. Started out very busy with my third solo concert series, RESONANCE III.
I am so grateful for LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, Steven Hitt and Japan Foundation for supporting
my idea of bringing American and Japanese modern dance pioneers together,
and possible to invite my childhood dance teacher Nanako Yamada and Yasuko Kataoka( the scholar )
from Japan was my dream come true.
Researching and finding out what those pioneers did and learning Dalcroze's 20 gestures were wonderful
experience and working with Japanese American Pianist Nora Izumi Bartosik gave such a beautiful merging
experience for my performances. We travelled San Fransisco and Vancouver, Canada together and
we had a great responses!!!
We had a great artists for our second festival this year.
I sent earlier about our accomplishment and please look for our announcement for the third one.
Coming soon!!!
Stephen and I guested at their Joyce Theater season, danced company's artistic director Colin Connor's work
"The Weather in the Room", we had a great time dancing together. It's been a long time!!!
And we will join them for their Jacob's Pillow Festival Season in July 2020!
Then Summer, I went to Berlin, Germany to join DANCE ON PROJECT.
Danced Merce Cunningham's work " STORY" ( originally 1963 and this time is called "BERLIN STORY").
I had a great time learning Merce's technique and work. I studied at his studio a little when I was young and
now I see so much similarity and difference in his technique. Interesting to experience how he took Graham
technique and Ballet technique to make his own. It was a greatest experience!!! I will be joining them Fall 2020!
So Stay Tuned!!!
HARTT DANCE
I had a pleasure setting Martha's "Chronicle" on the Hartt School Dance Division. I was amazed how these
young dancers danced so beautifully and strongly! They danced Bournonville's Napoli on point! and barefoot
Chronicle too! wow... some audience comments described so beautifully so please check here!
I think I did a lot...
and 2020!
Beside my regular teaching at the Hartt School and Graham School, I will be working on:
April 16 & 17: NuVu Festival #3 @ LPAC
April 24-26: Hartt Dance Spring
May/June: Filming for "Woman in a Cabinet" directed by Craig Webster
June: filming Martha Graham Dance Technique Level 2 -DVD
August: Invited to teach at the Perpetuum Mobile
(Dance Festival in Brussels)
Fall: Dance On Project
And more...I am excited about something but not concrete yet so I will let you all know!!!
I should not push too much but I am so excited about all of them!!!
2020 is a Golden Rat year. I am not sure what it is but I think it is a great year for all of us!!!
