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Artists' LAB #6
THE UME GROUP'S PASSING Saturday, November 16th, 2024 7:30pm At Grace & St. Paul's Church
123 West 71st Street, New York ABOUT THE SHOW:
In the surrealist, avante-Garde spirit of Japanese Butoh Dance, two consummate physical theatre artists and founding members of The Ume Group, Jordan Rosin (USA) and Yokko (USA/Japan) present a moving collage of ritual movement, monologue, clowning, and found object puppetry exploring time, generation, mortality, and parenthood, all set to a soundtrack of experimental music and community interviews mixed through machine learning body interfaces by performance artist and composer Kite (Oglála Lakȟóta). Thematically, PASSING draws inspiration from the creators’ own histories of “passing:” Yokko’s experience of their mothers’ passing, the passing of know-how from Jordan to their new child. PASSING is a community-driven project created with and for parents, queer folx, people who have lost family and/or who are confronting the passage of time. The Ume Group’s PASSING is a recipient of the New England Foundation for the Arts National Theatre Project Artist Development Award. Co-created and performed by Jordan Rosin* & Yokko*
Co-Directors｜Jordan Rosin & Yokko Composer | Kite Lighting Design｜ Chase Kniffen *These Actors are appearing courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. |
Date & Time
Sat. November 16th, 2024 7:30pm VENUE Grace & St. Paul's Church (123 W71st, New York) RUN TIME TBD TICKET INFO THIS EVENT IS FINISHED |
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JORDAN ROSIN (they/them+) is a physical theatre artist & movement/intimacy director, specializing in Butoh. Co-founder/ co-artistic director of The Ume Group. Directing/Choreography: VOICES FROM THE STONE; LYSISTRATA PROJECT; DREAM DANCES(Off-Off Broadway) and BUTOH MEDEA (International Tour). Acting: Dell’Arte Players’ AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS (West Coast Tour). They have been on faculty at Virginia Tech and Dell’Arte Int’l. BFA Syracuse U; MFA in Physical Theatre, Dell’Arte International. www.jordanrosin.net
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YOKKO (she/he/they) is an actor, Butoh theatre artist from Japan. She has won “Best One-Woman Show,” “Best Choreography”, “Best Physical Theatre”, “Best Actress” for BUTOH MEDEA in festivals such as United Solo NYC at Theatre Row (2014 & 2015) & Hollywood Fringe (2018). BUTOH MEDEA appeared in the Edinburgh Fringe, winning a nomination for the “Asian Arts Awards.” It has toured the US and Europe (Poland, UK, Italy, Turkey, Germany and Czech Republic) since 2015. MFA Actors Studio Drama School. www.yokko-online.com
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CHASE KNIFFEN is a NYC-based director and designer. He was the Associate Artistic Director of Virginia Repertory Theatre for ten seasons, where he produced, directed, and designed numerous productions. Select Directing credits include The Sound of Music, The Color Purple, Dreamgirls, Other Desert Cities, Caroline, or Change, Violet, Next to Normal, Gypsy, Fun Home and South Pacific. He has won multiple Richmond Theatre Critics Circle Awards for his work on those productions. Chase has also designed sets, lighting, and projections for multiple plays, musicals and concerts. He received his BA in Theatre with a concentration on Scenic Design from Virginia Commonwealth University and his MFA in Directing from Pace University. www.chasekniffen.com.
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KITE (Dr. Suzanne Kite) (she/her) is an award winning Oglála Lakȟóta performance artist, visual artist, composer and academic, known for her sound and video performance with her machine learning hair-braid interface. Kite’s practice explores contemporary Lakota ontology through research-creation, computational media, and performance. Kite often works in collaboration with family and community members. Her interdisciplinary practice spans sound, video, performances, instrument building, wearable artwork, poetry, books, interactive installations, and more.
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