2025 Highlight -- What we did...SP
His one year sabbatical was a great rejuvenated one. His research went well and he also worked with the Hamburg Ballet's National Youth Ballet company several times. He taught in Amsterdam in Summer too!
SP worked with National Youth Ballet many times through out his sabbatical year. He assisted John Neumeier in re-envision "Shall We Dance" which SP was one of the original dancers in with the Hamburg Ballet. John was the former artistic director of the Hamburg Ballet over 50 years.
Photo from "Shall We Dance" ©︎Kiran West
SP also set José Limón work "THE UNSUNG" on them, and beside their many performances, they danced "THE UNSUNG" at the 50th Nijinsky Gala!
In April, SP choreographed "A CONVERSATION WITH KEYBOARD” for Diana Byer and Dancers.
And SP worked with the Fulbright Program this year as a reviewer. The Fulbright was started in 1946, is an important program supporting students, scholars, scientists, professionals, teachers, scientists, and artists.
AND Miki with Dance On Ensemble
My dancing (yes I am still dancing a little) with Dance On Ensemble, SP could join me to San Sebastián and Paris.
 @San Sebastián MELLOWING (ch. Christos Papadopoulos), took us to Innsbruck(Austria), Tenerife(Spain),Stuttgart(Germany) Kalamata(Greece) and Abu Dhabi.
STORY by Merce Cunningham and Martha's DEEP SONG I love working with artists in this project!
Lucinda Childs
Talking about working with Dance On Ensemble's beautiful artists, this year I have a great pleasure and honor working with one and only Lucinda Childs!
This is definitely THE highlight for me. We had 2 residencies, Lyon Opera Theater and Choreographic Center N in Le Havre(both France), and premiered in Berlin, Germany in July.
STEIN *
Please visit this site, you can watch the trailer!!!
Lucinda is also on stage with me!!!
Used Gertrude Stein's play, PHOTOGRAPH, beautiful image (set, video&music by Hans Peter Kuhn) projected entire mid screen, I am in front and Lucinda is behind the screen.
The concert includes her early works - a part of the program series of "ENCOUNTERS".
 
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We performed STEIN at Radialsystem, Berlin (Germany) and Bratislava (Slovakia). I am excited that we are going to Angers(France) in March.
I went to Ljubliana, Slovenia (beautiful and fairytale like town) with Making Dances Everyghing/Nothing. I danced Martha's Deep Song(1937) with installation above me by Tim Etchells, English choreographer/director and Ljubljana Story by Merce Cunningham.
Tim used words from Lorca's Deep Song. "Everything in the world is broken. Nothing but silence remains". Those words are projected in different configurations above me. Each messages make sense. and it is so presently NOW.
I also took a very short trip to Japan this Summer, to visit my friend Kaori (Deputy Director of Development at La MaMa) her home town,Wakayama Prefecture. She took Tomoko & I around. We visited beautiful world heritage Niutsuhime Shrine, my friend Teragaki Ume Plum Farm I wanted to visit for many years!!! and Tomoko's friend Horikawa-ya to learn his soy sauce making.
Now SP is back to The Hartt School Dance, had a HARTT DANCES - fall concert and it was a great concert!!!
Martha's Diversion of Angels was on and it was a part of Graham's 100th anniversary (GRAHAM100 Partner Event)
I taught Graham school's Winter Intensive (technique and repertory), workshop at Princeton University, Sub few classes at Ailey School and taught workshop at Taylor Dance West.
*STEIN is supported by Hauptstadtkulturfonds. With the kind support of Ballet de l’Opéra de Lyon. With the support of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels.
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