"Butoh Awakens My Soul; Butoh Guides Me To What I Am." -Yokko
Yoshiko Usami Sienkiewicz (AKA Yokko) is an Actor, Butoh & Theatre artist and Movement & Yoga Instructor from Nagoya, Japan. Yokko 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 North America since 2016. (www.butohmedea.com) Their work is deeply rooted in Japanese culture, and Yokko collaborates with local artists to blend different disciplines to create new work, then bring the work to the world. *United Solo Europe: Fiona Shaw, LynnMarie Rink have performed there in 2014
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, Hollywood Fringe Festival 2019), BALDY (CRS NYC, United Solo 2013, Hollywood Fringe 2013, Fringe NYC 2012), Dance Credits Include: ShiraHimeRyu (NY Butoh Institute Festival 2018 at Theatre For The New City), Hijikata Tatsumi’s Last Words (Dance Medium, Noguchi Room, Hijikata Archive, Keio University, 2018), ManJuShaGe:A flower on the earth, A flower in the Sky (Dance Medium, Noguchi Room, Hijikata Archive, Keio University, 2017), FACET (Irondale Center, White Wave, Hollywood Fringe 2013). Yokko also acted in several local and international films, one of which is the Student Academy Winner film, Cloud-Kumo (2016). Recently, Yokko has been appearing several music videos as a Butoh dancer including Cage The Elephant's Ready To Let Go (2019), HOKO's I don't Know Where We Went Wrong (2020), NOIA's AUSENCIAS (2019) directed by Amy Gardner. Yokko's Official Website: www.yokko-online.com
DIRECTING & CHOREOGRAPHY (Yoshiko Usami):
Their choreographed & Directed work, SHINKA has been developed and received several awards such as Outstanding Production, Outstanding Choreography, and Outstanding Ensemble (Planet Connections 2018), and the show was also received Outstanding Premier Production of a play, and she received outstanding choreography & Movement at New York Innovative Theatre Award season 2018-2019. She served as a guest choreographer at LIU Brooklyn BFA Dance program Fall 2019.
WORKSHOPS & TEACHING (Yoshiko Usami Sienkiewicz)
They has offered workshops (Butoh & Movement, Transformation, and Movement for Actors) in Europe, North America and Japan such as Edinburgh (UK), Warsaw (Poland), Izmir (Turkey), Tokyo (Japan), Atelier Teatro Fisico in Turin (Italy), and Universities & institutions in USA include The Actors Studio (NYC), and Stella Adler academy of Acting (LA). Yokko has served/serving several acting programs at Universities and Institutions as a movement instructor. Actors Studio Drama School (MFA), Brooklyn College (MFA in Acting), International Performance Ensemble (IPE) at Sand College of Performing Arts at Pace University (BA Acting & Directing), Lee Strasburg Theatre & Film Institute/NYU (BFA Acting), The New Group/LIU (BFA Acting).
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, Hollywood Fringe Festival 2019), BALDY (CRS NYC, United Solo 2013, Hollywood Fringe 2013, Fringe NYC 2012), Dance Credits Include: ShiraHimeRyu (NY Butoh Institute Festival 2018 at Theatre For The New City), Hijikata Tatsumi’s Last Words (Dance Medium, Noguchi Room, Hijikata Archive, Keio University, 2018), ManJuShaGe:A flower on the earth, A flower in the Sky (Dance Medium, Noguchi Room, Hijikata Archive, Keio University, 2017), FACET (Irondale Center, White Wave, Hollywood Fringe 2013). Yokko also acted in several local and international films, one of which is the Student Academy Winner film, Cloud-Kumo (2016). Recently, Yokko has been appearing several music videos as a Butoh dancer including Cage The Elephant's Ready To Let Go (2019), HOKO's I don't Know Where We Went Wrong (2020), NOIA's AUSENCIAS (2019) directed by Amy Gardner. Yokko's Official Website: www.yokko-online.com
DIRECTING & CHOREOGRAPHY (Yoshiko Usami):
Their choreographed & Directed work, SHINKA has been developed and received several awards such as Outstanding Production, Outstanding Choreography, and Outstanding Ensemble (Planet Connections 2018), and the show was also received Outstanding Premier Production of a play, and she received outstanding choreography & Movement at New York Innovative Theatre Award season 2018-2019. She served as a guest choreographer at LIU Brooklyn BFA Dance program Fall 2019.
WORKSHOPS & TEACHING (Yoshiko Usami Sienkiewicz)
They has offered workshops (Butoh & Movement, Transformation, and Movement for Actors) in Europe, North America and Japan such as Edinburgh (UK), Warsaw (Poland), Izmir (Turkey), Tokyo (Japan), Atelier Teatro Fisico in Turin (Italy), and Universities & institutions in USA include The Actors Studio (NYC), and Stella Adler academy of Acting (LA). Yokko has served/serving several acting programs at Universities and Institutions as a movement instructor. Actors Studio Drama School (MFA), Brooklyn College (MFA in Acting), International Performance Ensemble (IPE) at Sand College of Performing Arts at Pace University (BA Acting & Directing), Lee Strasburg Theatre & Film Institute/NYU (BFA Acting), The New Group/LIU (BFA Acting).
associate Artistic Director
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Saki Kawamura is a NYC-based theatre director and interdisciplinary artist. The wide range of her work seen in theater, film, and visual art included: IKIGAI: a purpose of living (Hollywood Fringe 2021, Encore Award), The Giving Tree, Grown-ups (Unfix NYC 2021), Precognito (Vireo Production) and IKIGAI (RenGyoSoh Artists' Lab). Her regional theatre credits as Assistant/Associate director include Mystic Pizza (Ogunquit Playhouse), A Jolly Holiday: Celebrating Disney’s Broadway Hits, Clue, Murder on the Orient Express (Paper Mill Playhouse), Joy: The New Musical (George Street Playhouse). Her works reflect an international viewpoint, which incorporates eastern culture and values. She aims to create theatrical experiences which will build bridges across cultures. MFA Directing at the Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University. www.sakikawamura.com
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