Company Members
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Miles Butler (Principal Performer) is an Actor, Physical Theatre Artist from D.C. He has been working with Ren Gyo Soh since 2017. NYC Credits: Peter and the Starcatcher (EPIC), Caveman Play (Third Space), Shinka (RenGyoSoh), Loudmouth (Rebel Playhouse), Naked Hamlet (Torn Out Theater)Anthropomorphic (Puppetry Arts), Ariel in The Tempest (Stag and Lion), Alexander Who's Not Going To Move (Two Beans, National Tour), enter a garden (Motor Company), in the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey (Beck Lyrics) DC: Studio Theatre, Kennedy Center, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Wolf Trap, Ford's Theater, Folger Theater and various. Former company member of Synetic Theater and the Flea Theatre. He is a teaching artist with EPIC Players, a neuro-inclusive theatre company. BFA in Theatre (Brooklyn College) www.milesbutler.com
SHINKA at D.C. Fringe (2017) SHINKA at Planet Connections Theatre Festivity (2018) En (2019) Oblivion (2020) En: 2021 |
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Annie McCoy (Principal Performer / Apprentice) is an actress who started with a focus in Musical Theatre. She moved from Orlando to New York to study at Circle in the Square. Developing a passion for physical theatre she continued to study and work with Danyon Davis. She began working with Yokko in 2015 through the Ume group and then through Ren Gyo Soh. Some past productions include Splitfoot (Piper Theatre) and By Wing, Fin, Hoof or Foot (The Ume Group). As well as Ren Gyo Soh’s Butoh centric Shinka (winner of the IT awards) and En. Her belief is that Butoh is a craft which allows for the opportunity to take accountability and notice of all things past, present and future in our universe. With this awareness it is her goal to use the body to produce art that is truthful, transcendent and engaging.
SHINKA at Planet Connections Theatre Festivity (2018) En (2019) Oblivion (2020) En:2021 |
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Zak Ma (Performer / Apprentice) is a New York based Vietnamese American actor from Southern California. While pursuing his MFA at The Actors Studio Drama School, Zak explored transformational roles such as Prior in Angels in America, Alan in Equus, and Steve in Hope and Gravity. He is also a passionate devised theatre artist, having collaborated in original experimental works such as The Park, Forces, and SHINKA, where he first dove into butoh with Ren Gyo Soh. Zak believes in the healing power of art and aims to explore the human psyche and spirituality in his artistic endeavors. zak-ma.com
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Saki Kawamura is a director, actor and dancer, originally from Nara, Japan. Her passion to theatre has lead her to move to NYC in 2019. She currently pursues her MFA in Directing at the Actors Studio Drama School. BA in Sociology and Media Studies from International Christian University in Tokyo.
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Company Intern (2022-)
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Megan Cattau is an aerialist. She found her primary movement form, the dance trapeze, training under Susan Murphy, who remains a deep inspiration. Since then, she has performed, choreographed, directed, and taught extensively in the US and abroad, working principally under the project Flight Collaborative. Her performance and teaching homes have included Canopy Studio in Athens, GA (where she was the business manager and then assistant director); Circus Warehouse in NYC; and Frequent Flyers in Boulder, CO. She also founded the aerial dance program at Durham School for Ballet and the Performing Arts in Durham, NC and has performed as a core member of Constellation Moving. Her choreography is featured in the book Aerial Dance (Bernasconi and Smith, 2008). She is interested in how movement and visual art can be used to communicate in a way that is kinesthetic, cerebral, immersive, honest, and emotionally evocative. Megan is also a disturbance ecologist, working in Indonesia as well as the Western U.S., and her mind is always on the trees.
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Associate Company Members
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Jorge Luna (Associate Company Member/ Performer/Filmmaker) At the age of seven he was inspired by a virtuoso circus performance by a troupe called Círcolo. Jorge Luna started off as a dj and loved being smuggled into nightclubs at a young age to spin. FILM: planet b234, The Week Of (Netflix), All The Beautiful Things, (Sundance), The Last Frankenstein, Catching Fireflies, All Is Not Lost, Angelo, Bx3M. TV: Lisey's Story, Elementary, The Blacklist, Power, Law & Order: SVU, The Code, One Life to Live, Basile. THEATRE: Hamlet; Caborca, Deathwatch; The New Ohio Theatre, The Dream Dances; The Ume Group, EN, SHINKA, Yuragi; Ren Gyo Soh, Starry Messenger; Theatre For The New City, Cymbeline; Chashama, Iphigenia at Aulis; Tiyatro Global, The Promise; CBA, FLORIDITA, My Love; INTAR, Barceloneta, de noche; IATI, The Tempest, Julius Caesar; BC. TRAINING: Shakespeare; RADA. MFA Acting; Brooklyn College. @jorgelunadj
Jorge Lune Official Website SHINKA 2017 D.C. Capital Fringe En:2021 |
