Friday, May 2, 2014, 7:00 PM
J- Collabo
300 7th street, Brooklyn, NY, 11215
We are going to screen the short dance performance documentary(2 7 minutes; co-production with Arte/France), “Kool : Dancing in my mind” By Robert Wilson and Richard Rutkowski. The film is about Suzushi Hanayagi, a traditional Japanese dancer, who over the years has become very influential as a dancer and choreographer.
Suzushi Hanayagi in the film has also collaborated with avant garde director Robert Wilson (“Einstein on the Beach”, “The Life and Death of Marina Abramovic’”), who refers to her as “My Teacher”.
A new generation of a dancer, choregrapher from Japan, Sengiku Bando has performed at theater festivals such as Avignon, and the Sciviu Festival in Romania, and is well knownfo r her piece, “Above the Hollyhock”, inspired by the Japanese epic novel,“Tale of Genji”.
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