Deeper Lecture: Makoto Hirano

Makoto Hirano will discuss the intersecting points of gun and gun ownership, his experiences in the Marine Corps, and the process of creating The Great American Gunshow, a new work about gun culture using real-world stories gathered through interviews.

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ABOUT MAKOTO HIRANO

MAKOTO HIRANO is a Philadelphia-based choreographer and theatre artist. His award-winning, original performance projects have been presented nationally in numerous venues and festivals including Off-Broadway at the National Asian American Theatre Festival (NYC), DanceTruck (Atlanta, GA), Ringling Museum (Sarasota, FL), Yale University (CT), and FringeArts (Philadelphia, PA). As a freelance collaborating performer, Hirano has originated over 20 roles, with highlights that include projects with Bill Irwin, Pig Iron Theatre Company, Nichole Canuso Dance Company, and Thaddeus Phillips/Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental. Hirano is a founding member and current advisor to the arts collective PAPA (Philly Asian Performing Artists); co-founder of installation art duo Gatto+Hirano; co-founder of Team Sunshine Performance Corporation, where he is a creator, producer, performer, administrator, and choreographer (2018 Barrymore-Award nomination for Outstanding Choreography for ¡BIENVENIDOS BLANCOS! OR WELCOME WHITE PEOPLE!). From 2007-2014 Hirano was a Facilitator with Philly/Baltimore/South Carolina-based professional development program Artists U. A former U.S. Marine, Hirano earned his BFA in dance at Temple University. For more about Team Sunshine, visit teamsunshineperformance.com

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Audience members must adhere to Gibney Center’s COVID-19 policies.
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The Deeper Lecture Series is a talk + Q&A program on Zoom designed to acquaint Gibney’s community of artists and audiences with the most provocative, influential and inspiring minds at work in the arts, humanities and activism.

Image Description: Makoto Hirano, a person of Asian descent in purple shirt; arms bent at elbows with hands open and palms facing slightly toward each other/up; a mic hangs upside down and Makoto’s mouth is open as if speaking or making sounds

Photo by Bill Hebert.