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Workshop & Training Schedule 2022


Fall 22

Online
Filmmaking for Butoh Dance

with Jorge Luna

2 sessions 4 hours workshop! 
Mon. Oct. 24th & Thurs. Oct. 27th 
8:30-10:30pm EDT

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SOLD OUT!
RGS Training Course Fall 22

Butoh & Movement led by Yokko
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14 weeks 30 hours!  
Thursdays 8-10:30pm (NYC/EDT) 

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Sep. 15-Dec. 17 
(except for Oct. 27, Nov. 10 & 24) 
Performance Party Dec. 17 
(rehearsal Dec. 16) 
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SUMMER WEEKLY CLASS 
Butoh & Movement led by Yokko

ONLINE 6 sessions 
Wednesday 8-9:30pm (EDT) 


Phrase I: Fundamental Body 
 June 1, 8, 15  ​
Phrase II: Infinite Possibilities
 July 6, 13, 20
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Drop in $15-20 (Suggested) 


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Phrase I: Fundamental Body
Noguchi, Basic in Butoh, Available Body 
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Phrase II: Infinite Possibilities
magination, Embodiment
*Subject may change based on the participants

ONLINE
Clown & Butoh = Infinite Possibility Workshop 

led by Fabio Motta & Yokko

Sat. July 30, 2022
8-10:30pm (NYC)
(In Australia, Sun. July 31st at 10am) 

Scale Payment:

$20, $25, $30
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About:
This workshop explores the possibility of fusing clown and butoh. Can there be humour in butoh? Can a clown do butoh? What does that look like?
Instructor: 
Fabio Motta
is an actor, clown and teaching artist based in Melbourne, Australia.He has had the fortune of acting and devising theatre in Australia, Italy and the United States. Fabio is a certified teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework®. He trained at and graduated from many institutions across the globe, with masters in their field: Accademia Teatrale Veneta (Italy) in Commedia Dell’Arte; a graduate of HB Studio and the Hagen Teacher Lab under the mentorship of Carol Rosenfeld ; 16th Street Actors Studio; He has trained in acting with Larry Moss, Lyndsey Davies, Catherine Fitzmaurice and Austin Pendleton. Fabio studied Clown and Le Jeu with Philippe Gauliere; Clown and Bouffon pedagogy with Giovanni Fusetti. He apprenticed and taught under Zack Fines in Clowning and Games and trained in the advance teacher training in Clown with Christopher Bayes (Head of Physical Acting at the Yale School of Drama). Fabio has taught at NYU, HB studio, the Ume Group (Physical Theatre Ensemble New York). He had devised and performed in Commedia dell’arte shows for over 8 years with ‘Make a Scene’ and has been a Commedia Dell’arte consultant for various productions, conservatory programs and tertiary institutions. Fabio is a company member of the New York based physical theatre company ‘The Ume Group’ where he performed, devised, consulted in numerous shows in the style of Clowning and Commedia Dell’arte. In 2018, he directed 'Fish-kebab' a contemporary Commedia show as part of the UNESCO International Commedia day in Melbourne. 
He has also teachers at 16th Street Acting Studio, St. Martin’s Youth Theatre, The VCA and the National Theatre Drama School.


YOKKO (She/He/They)  is an Actor, Butoh Theatre Artist from Japan, specialized in Acting, Butoh Dance, Physical Theatre, Movement for Actors, solo performance, and Yoga. She is also a choreographer, director, writer, sound designer, film maker, clown, Theatre educator, certified therapeutic essential yoga & Yoga Nidra instructor and USUI Jikiden Reiki Master Teacher as well.  Her works have been presented across the USA and Europe, and received several awards including Best One Woman Show Best Choreography, & Best Physical Theatre at United Solo 2014-2015 (Butoh Medea). She has acted in, devised, and choreographed a variety of local and international shows and films. Her choreographed & directed work, SHINKA won Outstanding of premier Production of a play and Outstanding Choreography & Movement at New York Innovative Theatre Award 2019. Most recently, her Butoh work has been seen in several music videos, including I Don’t Know Where We Went Wrong (HOKO, 2020) and Ready To Let Go (Cage The Elephant, 2019). She has been regularly offering workshops (Butoh & Movement, Butoh & Physical Theatre, Transformation, Movement for Actors) nationally internationally: Atelier Teatro Fisico Performing Arts University in Turin (Italy), Edinburgh (UK), Warsaw (Poland), Izmir (Turkey), St. Lawrence University (NY), SUNY New Paltz (NY), Amherst College (MA), Actors Studio Drama School MFA, Stella Adler Academy of Acting (LA), The Actors Studio (NYC), Ecstatic Dance (NYC), and now Online. She is also producing artistic director of UNFIX NYC. She currently serves as an adjunct faculty in Movement for Actors at BFA Acting Studio program by the New Group at Long Island University in Brooklyn (LIU Brooklyn) and BA PA Performing Ensemble program at Pace University. ​

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TRAINING COURSE SPRING 2022
Butoh & Movement with Yokko

FILLED!!
Wait list is now opened! 
Ren Gyo Soh offers a 12 weeks training course with Yokko this spring 2022.  The artistic director, and award-winning artist Yokko has been offering her training courses, workshops, and classes in Butoh Dance, Movement, Acting and Physical Theatre both nationally & Internationally since 2014. She has been serving BA, BFA (Acting & Dance) & MFA (Acting) Programs in USA, and Performing Arts University in Italy, and has created the training courses for each programs ranging 30-100 hours, and also privately with actors, dancers, interdisciplinary artist, visual artist, musicians/performers including a grammy Award winner.

This course will be the condensed and also evolving version of what she has been offering in those programs, such as Butoh Dance, Pure Movement, Noguchi Movement, Acting, Laban Movement Analysis, Clown Games, Voice, Yoga, and Physical Theatre.
ABOUT INSTRUCTOR
YOKKO (She/He/They)  is an Actor, interdisciplinary Artist from Japan, specialized in Acting, Butoh Dance, Physical Theatre, Movement for Actors, solo performance, and Yoga. She is also a choreographer, director, writer, sound designer, film maker, clown, Theatre educator, certified therapeutic essential yoga & Yoga Nidra instructor and USUI Jikiden Reiki Master Teacher as well.  Her works have been presented across the USA and Europe, and received several awards including Best One Woman Show, Best Choreography, & Best Physical Theatre at United Solo 2014-2015 (Butoh Medea). She has acted in, devised, and choreographed a variety of local and international shows and films. Her choreographed & directed work, SHINKA won Outstanding of premier Production of a play and Outstanding Choreography & Movement at New York Innovative Theatre Award 2019. Most recently, her Butoh work has been seen in several music videos, including I Don’t Know Where We Went Wrong (HOKO, 2020) and Ready To Let Go (Cage The Elephant, 2019). She has been regularly offering workshops (Butoh & Movement, Butoh & Physical Theatre, Transformation, Movement for Actors) nationally internationally: Atelier Teatro Fisico Performing Arts University in Turin (Italy), Edinburgh (UK), Warsaw (Poland), Izmir (Turkey), St. Lawrence University (NY), SUNY New Paltz (NY), Amherst College (MA), Actors Studio Drama School MFA, Brooklyn College MFA,  Stella Adler Academy of Acting (LA), The Actors Studio (NYC), Ecstatic Dance (NYC), and now Online. She is also producing artistic director of UNFIX NYC. She currently serves as an adjunct faculty in Movement for Actors at Actors Studio MFA program, BA Acting, Directing at Pace Performing Arts international Ensumble program at Pace University, and BFA Acting Studio program at the New Group/ LIU Brooklyn. 
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Master Workshop! 

YURI & SEISAKU FALL INTENSIVE! 

2 days 5 house!
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Ren Gyo Soh is honored to present our beloved teachers, Yuri & Seisaku intensive workshop this Fall! 

Date & Time: 

December 10-11, 2021
8-10:30pm (NYC)


*December 11-12, 2021
10am-12:30pm (TOKYO)
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Participant Fee: Scale Payment
One day: $30, $35, $40
Two days: $50, $55, $60

Yuri has been interested in different body work and practiced such elements as Ballet, Yoga, Noguchi Gymnastics, Noguchi Seitai, Taichi, Karate, etc.. Those practices are helpful to prepare the body to be neutral and energetic. For the first part of this workshop, she will teach her personal physical practice inspired by those body work elements, including ideas of Butoh philosophy. 

The second part is taught by Seisaku. He learned Butoh under Tatsumi Hijikata and Yoko Ashikawa. He has developed his own Butoh method while keeping the most important original essence from those masters. He has many interesting methods for how to make the body empty. You will find the possibility that you can be anything you want if you can become empty. ​

 ONLINE
Clown & Butoh = Infinite Possibility Workshop

led by Fabio Motta & Yokko

Oct. 29, 2021
7-9:30pm (NYC)/10am-12:30pm (Melbourne, AU) 

Scale Payment:

$20, $25, $30
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Ren Gyo Soh's Summer Weekly Class:
Butoh & Movement led by Yokko


Aug. 2-30, 2021
Mondays  8-9:30pm (EDT)

Scale Payment
Drop - in $10-15
5 class $45
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May - June 
ANNUAL JOINT WORKSHOP WITH JORDAN ROSIN
RESONANT BODIES: ONLINE BUTOH PERFORMANCE INTENSIVE 
with Jordan Rosin & Yokko
Monday – Friday, May 31- June 4, 10am-3pm (PDT), 1pm – 6pm EDT
ONLINE via Zoom (4.5 hours each day, 22.5 hours total)
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FINAL PERFORMANCE: 
Saturday, June 5, 6pm – 7:30pm PDT/9-10:30pm  live via Zoom
In this 22.5 hour, week-long intensive participants will engage tools from Butoh Dance and European Physical Theatre traditions to cultivate deeper awareness, imagination, & expressive capacity, while creating an original performance, which will be showcased at an online public showing on June 5.
Mornings are dedicated to somatically-informed physical training and conditioning through disciplines such as noguchi gymnastics, mime, yoga, acrobatics, contact improvisation, Lecoq technique, Viewpoints, Laban, and Pure Movement. Afternoons are dedicated to learning Jordan & Yokko’s repertory choreography, and the creation of an original Butoh Dance composition under the guidance of Jordan Rosin & Yokko.
In order to fully participate in the online training program, you will need:
  • Reliable Internet Access.
  • A computer with webcam and microphone.
  • A well-lit & quiet space in which to work.
Other useful (but not required) tools include:
  • Yoga Mat.
  • Outdoor training space.
  • Wireless headset.
Note that participation in the Final Performance on June 6 is optional, but strongly recommended.
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Pre-requisite: Prior performance experience is recommended, but not required. 
EDI SCHOLARSHIPS: In an effort to begin to address the lack of diversity in professional performance training in the USA, Jordan Rosin – Yoga, Butoh, & Physical Theatre is offering two full-tuition “Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion (EDI) Scholarships” to artists of color and members of other underrepresented groups. To apply, click here: http://jordanrosin.com/edi-scholarships/


Cost:
Sliding Scale: $150 / $250 / $350 / $450
(Note: A limited quantity of registrations are available at each price. If you are able to afford a higher registration fee, please do so to support access for those who can’t.)
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Jordan Rosin (he/him) is a director/choreographer, actor/creator, and researcher/teacher, specializing in Butoh Dance and ensemble-devised physical theatre. Jordan was co-founder & Producing Artistic Director of the The Ume Group in New York City from 2011-2016; is a frequent collaborator with Ren Gyo Soh ; and is the creator of DREAM DANCES™ . Choreography credits include the internationally acclaimed Citizens of Nowhere, which won “Best Movement Composition” and “Most Relevant Discourse” at the 2019 Festival Internacional de Teatro Universitario at Teatro UNAM; Butoh Medea, which won “Best Physical Theatre” & “Best Choreography” at the 2015 United Solo Festival and has been performed in Turkey, Italy, Scotland, Poland, Germany and at colleges & universities across the US. Other projects include The Ume Group’s Butoh Electra; Facet; Isis Variations; Dream Dances; and Lysistrata Project. Jordan received his BFA in Acting & Directing from Syracuse University and MFA in Ensemble-Based Physical Theatre from Dell’Arte International . Jordan is a 2019 - 2021 Teaching Fellow in the Department of Theatre & Cinema at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA
YOKKO (She/He/They)  is an Actor, Butoh Theatre Artist from Japan, specialized in Acting, Butoh Dance, Physical Theatre, Movement for Actors, solo performance, and Yoga. She is also a choreographer  director, writer, sound designer, film maker, clown, Theatre educator, certified theraputic essential yoga and Yoga Nidra instructor and USUI Jikiden Reiki Master Teacher as well.  Her works have been presented across the USA and Europe, and received several awards (Awards list). She has acted in, devised, and choreographed a variety of local and international shows and films. Most recently, her Butoh work has been seen in several music videos, including I Don’t Know Where We Went Wrong (HOKO, 2020) and Ready To Let Go (Cage The Elephant, 2019). She  has been regularly offering workshops (Butoh & Movement, Butoh & Physical Theatre, Transformation, Movement for Actors) in several places include NYC, Atelier Teatro Fisico Performing Arts University in Turin (Italy), Edinburgh (UK), Warsaw (Poland), Izmir (Turkey), St. Lawrence University (NY), SUNY New Paltz (NY), Amherst College (MA), Actors Studio Drama School MFA, Stella Adler Academy of Acting, The Actors Studio (NYC), and at some events such as UNFIX NYC and Ecstatic Dance. She currently serves as an adjunct faculty in Movement for Actors at BFA Acting Studio program by the New Group at Long Island University in Brooklyn (LIU Brooklyn). 

SPRING WEEKLY ONLINE CLASS
 April- May
Butoh, Movement & Physical Theatre
Led by Yokko & Jordan Rosin


Mondays 8-9:30pm (EDT) *NYC time

April 5, 12, 19, 26, May 3, 10
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By Sliding Scale Payment 
Drop-In $10-15

Venmo: @yokkosien
Zelle & PayPal: Rengyosoh@gmail.com 
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Jordan Rosin (Left), Yokko (Right)
Phrase 1: April 5 & 11_Foundation: Body conditions 
Phrase 2: April 19 & 26_Embodyment & Transformation
Phrase 3: May 3 & 10_Application & Infinite Possibility 

Spring Training Course! 
FILLED
RGS Training Course Spring 2021
Butoh & Movement with Yokko

12 weeks 30 hours!

+ 
Video Projects!!
+
Live Performance!!!

Feb. 3-April 24
​Wednesdays 8-10/10:30pm (EST) 

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Tuition: 
Reguler: $300 -
Artist Discount $275 - 
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*returning students from previous Training Course 20% Off from the original fee.
This course is limited to 10 students.
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"My dance is the expansion of human concept- letting a human body metamorphosis into anything including an animal, a plant, even an object which does not have a life, and the fundamental ideology of my butoh is finding the possibility." -Tatsumi Hijikata

"Butoh is a dance of life" - Kazuo Ono

"You are enough" -Elizabeth Kemp
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"There is no light without darkness" -many teachers 

"Butoh is a sensation; not a presentation"-
 
"Butoh is breathing"  

"Pay attention to the cracks, because that's where the light gets in"
-Leonard Cohen

“If it is hidden, there is a flower. If it is not hidden there is no flower.” 
-Zeami (From Flowery spirits”) 
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Winter  Workshop! 
CLEANSING AND FINDING A  SEED OF OWN  FLOWER! 
​Dec. 22, 2021
7-9 pm (EST) 
FEE:
$15-20 

LETTING GO, AND PLANTING THE SEED OF A FLOWER! 
​Jan. 9-10, 2021
1-3:30pm (EST) 

FEE: 
A day: $20
Both dats: $40
FILLED! 
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Master Workshop!  
FILLED!
Waiting list is closed.
Yuri & Seisaku Fall Intensive
​10 hours Butoh Online Workshop! 
Ren Gyo Soh is honored to present our beloved teachers, Yuri & Seisaku intensive workshop this Fall! 
Date & Time: 
November 5-7, 2020 (EST/NYC) 
*November 6-8, 2020 (Japan) 
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TIME ZONE (EST) 
Thursday 5th 8-11pm (3h)
Friday 6th 8-11:30pm (3.5h)
Saturday 7th 8-11:30pm (3.5h)

TIME ZONE IN JAPAN
Friday 6th_ 10am-1pm (3h)
Saturday 7th_ 10am-1:30pm (3.5h)
Sunday 8th_10am-1:30pm (3.5h)

**Daylight saving time ends in Nov. 1st, 2020

TUITION : $150-  Artist discount $125-
*Space is limited 
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Yuri has been interested in different body work and practiced such elements as Ballet, Yoga, Noguchi Gymnastics, Noguchi Seitai, Taichi, Karate, etc.. Those practices are helpful to prepare the body to be neutral and energetic. For the first part of this workshop, she will teach her personal physical practice inspired by those body work elements, including ideas of Butoh philosophy. 

The second part is taught by Seisaku. He learned Butoh under Tatsumi Hijikata and Yoko Ashikawa. He has developed his own Butoh method while keeping the most important original essence from those masters. He has many interesting methods for how to make the body empty. You will find the possibility that you can be anything you want if you can become empty. 

Training Course Fall 2020
Sep. 30- Dec. 1 FILLED 
Ren Gyo Soh Training Course Fall 2020 (ONLINE) 


Tuesdays 8-10pm
Sep. 22 - Dec. 1st (Except Nov. 3rd) 
Performance Party Dec. 5
(total 20 hours in class training plus weekly assignment + performance) 

Fee: $250- (Artist discount $225) 
Participants' testimony: 
"I took Ren Gyo Soh’s Training Course Spring 2020 and was amazed by the amount that I learned.  From body awareness to a comprehensive examination of Butoh history, philosophy and techniques, Yokko opened up an avenue of physical expression that I would not have been able to achieve on my own.- Suzanne Willett
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About Instructor -Yokko
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Yokko is an Actor & Interdisciplnary Artist from Japan, specilized in Acting, Butoh Dance, Physical Theatre, Movement, solo performance, and Yoga. She is also a choerographer, director, writer, sound designer, film maker, clown, Theatre educator, certified theraputic essential yoga instructor and USUI Jikiden Reiki Master Teacher as well.  She has acted in, devised and choreographed a variety of local and international shows, having won several awards, including "Best One-Woman Show", "Best Choreography" "Best Physical Theatre" and "Best Actress" for Butoh Medea (United Solo NYC 2014 & 2015 at Theatre Row, TVolution 2018 Hollywood Fringe Awards). Butoh Medea was selected to perform in Warsaw, Poland. (United Solo Europe 2015, Teatre Syrena), toured Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015, nominated The Asian Arts Award. It has been touring Europe and Universities in the USA since 2016. (www.butohmedea.com) Other Theatre credits include: Lone Wolf Tribe's Body Concert (Labapalooza! 2018 at St. Ann's Warehouse), Hide Your Fires (Pan Asian Rep's NU Works, United Solo 2017: Theatre Row), BALDY (CRS NYC, United Solo 2013, Hollywood Fringe 2013, Fringe NYC 2012), Dance Credits Include: Shira Hime Ryu (NY Butoh Institute Festival 2018 at Theatre For The New City), Hijikata Tatsumis Last Words (Dance Medium, Noguchi Room, Hijikata Archive, Keio University, 2018), ManJuShaGe:A flower on earth, A flower (Dance Medium, Noguchi Room, Hijikata Archive, Keio University, 2017), FACET (Irondale Center, White Wave, Hollywood Fringe 2013). Her choreographed work, SHINKA has been developed and received several awards including  Outstanding Premiere production of a play and Outstanding Choreography from New York Innovative Theatre Foundation (IT Awards 2019). Yokko also acted in several local and international films, one of which is the Student Academy Winner film, Cloud-Kumo (2016). Recently she has been appearing several music videos as a Butoh dancer including Cage The Elephant (Grammy Winner - Best Rock Album 2017)- Ready To Let Go (2019), NOIA- AUSENCIAS (2019) directed by Amy Gardner, POW! - Dream Decay (2019), and Automatic - Too Much Money (2019)

She is the artistic director of an NYC based Butoh & Theatre group Ren Gyo Soh. (www.rengyosoh.com) B.A. in Theatre (UAlbany), M.F.A. in Acting (The Actors Studio) www.yokko-online.com
Awards: 
Butoh Medea
Winner of Best One-Woman Show (United Solo NYC 2014)
Winner of Best Choreography (United Solo NYC 2014)
Winner of Best Physical Theatre (United Solo NYC 2015)
Winner of Best Actress (TVolution 2018 Hollywood Fringe Award) 

Recipient of Special Award (Thespis Festival 2018, Kiel Germany)

Nominated for Asian Arts Award (Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015)
Nominated for Best International (Hollywood Fringe Festival 2018)
Nominated for Best Dance & Physical Theatre (Hollywood Fringe Festival 2018) 

SHINKA
Winner of Outstanding Premiere Production of a Play (New York Innovative Theatre Award 2019) 
Winner of Outstanding Choreography & Movement (New York Innovative Theatre Award 2019) 
Winner of Outstanding Production of a Dance & experimental production (Planet Connections Theatre Festivity 2018) 
Winner of Outstanding Choreography (Planet Connections Theatre Festivity 2018) 
Winner of Outstanding Ensemble (Planet Connections Theatre Festivity 2018) 

Nominated for Outstanding Actress featured role (The New York Innovative Theatre awards 2018-2019) 
Nominated for Outstanding Direction (NY IT Award 2018-2019) 

Hide Your Fires: Butoh Lady Macbeth 
Winner of Best Physical Theatre (United Solo NYC 2017)
Winner of Best Sound Design (United Solo NYC 2017) with Jorge Olivo
Winner of Best International (Hollywood Fringe Festival 2019)
Winner of ENCORE Producers Award (Hollywood Fringe Festival 2019) 

Nominated for Best O-face Award (Hollywood Fringe Festival 2019)

ANTIGONE
Nominee for Best Supporting Actress (Antigone, Planet Connection 2016), 

BALDY
Nominee for Best International Performance (Hollywood Fringe Festival 2013)

En
A recipient of 2019 Brooklyn Arts Fund a new project, En. 

“Do what you believe, 
Believe What you do; 
And, 
Surrender 
To Unknown path; 


No fear
Dark to the light,
We emerge from the darkness, 
And,
We will be guided 
To the light.


We surrender-
To the creation. “ 


-Yokko
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