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Embodiment + Presence (E+P)
August 10, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
EMBODIMENT + PRESENCE
This class will hone attention deep into the body’s interior and we will learn to work with the states that emerge.
We will explore what it means to be moved when we let go of our individual will to manifest outer shapes and tune into our dances using tools of sensorial awareness.
It will explore what it means to be moved through deep listening and to be guided by sound and specific imagery. We will surrender ourselves to the richness of our present moments.
My training is rooted in Butoh dance, physical theater, improvisation and music.
In addition to dancers and performers, creative and curious people from all walks of life are welcome including those with no dance experience.
HARUKO CROW NISHIMURA
HARUKO CROW NISHIMURA is a dancer, vocalist and artistic director of Degenerate Art Ensemble (DAE). Her unique style of movement is informed by her somatic practices of embodiment and imagery rooted in physical theater and Butoh dance. In her work, she combines projected imagery with movement and live sound to create new mythologies, revealing other dimensions, challenging reality in a multi-dimensional storytelling experience. Her work has been featured in over 10 countries presenting large scale experimental dance and theater projects, site-transforming spectacles and ongoing public experimentation. Some highlights of her work include the development of her newest work Anima Mundi at Baryshnikov Arts Residency 2023, a commission by director Robert Wilson to interpret his work Einstein on the Beach On the Beach 2013, a site specific mutli-disciplinary project for the 50th anniversary of the Seattle Worlds Fair at Seattle Center in collaboration with Olson Kundig Architects in 2012, dancing as soloist with the Kronos Quartet in 2015 as part of the 95 rituals – legendary dancer Anna Halprin’s 95th birthday anniversary project at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in 2015. She was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2012 and a Dale Chihuly/Artist Trust Arts Innovators Award 2020. In addition to her work with DAE, Nishimura is constantly collaborating with both local, national and international artists to push the boundaries of her medium such as dancing in the street, creating rituals for strangers in public spaces and hosting artist salons cultivating community spaces for artists to share their work. Another recent work Skeleton Flower tells the story of her own struggle with identity depression, childhood trauma and finding her voice. It was shown as a work in progress at the Spotlight USA Festival in Plovdiv, Bulgaria 2018, the International Festival of Contemporary Dance in Mexico City 2021, Seattle’s On The Boards and the Hans Christian Andersen Festival in Denmark in 2022 and will be shown in San Francisco at ODC Theater in 2024. Her most recent collaboration Boy/mother faceless bloom with sculptor and installation artist Senga Nengudi, musician Eddy Kwon and composer Joshua Kohl premiered at Colorado College, was shown in Cincinnati at ThisTimeTomorrow Festival and will be presented by New York Live Arts in the Fall of 2023.
Photo by Maria Baranova