POP Performance: Vangeline and Yuka C. Honda

Vangeline and Yuka C. Honda:
Elsewhere

May 24 – 26 at 8:00 pm
the theater at gibney 280 broadway

Tickets $15 in advance , $20 at the door
**Advance ticket sales close at 12pm on the day of the performance.

Renowned Japanese composer and musician Yuka C. Honda (Japan) and butoh dancer Vangeline (France), perform the World Premiere of Elsewhere.

Elsewhere celebrates the life of female Japanese pioneer Omoto Tannaker (1842-1916) and explores the themes of immigration and cultural hybridity from a female perspective, articulated through butoh language and improvised music.

Women are often the unsung heroes of history; behind all significant cultural movements and changes in history, the lives of countless women can be found, as well as countless voices that have been silenced. As we challenge our collective memory by telling the stories of women pioneers, we carve out a much-needed space to redefine the importance of women’s participation in society.

Japanese Musician Yuka C. Honda (who is best known for her work with Cibo Matto, Sean Lennon and Yoko Ono) will perform improvised live music each night, and critically acclaimed butoh dancer Vangeline will perform a choreographed dance improvisation based on each evening’s music.

“Hypnotizing and sensationally terrifying” -The International Times

This work began as an artistic commission awarded by Surface Area Dance Theatre with support from The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation and the Heritage Lottery Fund UK. This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council as well as the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

POP: Performance Opportunity Project provides the dance community with space, support, and subsidized space for showings and performances.