"The New Horizon" Exhibition Events: May 15th, 7pm Jazz dance performance by Yumiko Suzuki & friends,

 

I saw the Jazz dance performance by Yumiko Suzuki & friends at the Ceres gallery. Yumiko was introduced by my longtime friend Miriam. Miriam has been taking classes with a famed NY Jazz dancer, Sue Samuels for years, and Yumiko was the member of Sue's company - Jazz Roots Dance Company. Miriam saw Yumiko's dance performance there and thought she would be perfectly fit for "The New Horizon" exhibition's event.

Miriam was right. Yumiko Suzuki and her friends, Kyoko & Marina danced their hearts out in honor of people who suffered as well as survived the Tsunami. I definitely felt emotional connection from their performance. Thank you!

Masayo Nishimura "The New Horizon" Opening Reception at Ceres gallery, May 1st 2014

Masayo Nishimura: The New Horizon - Scenes in northern Japan nearly two years after the disaster

"into the crystal" Butoh dance performance by Mario Endo at Ceres gallery

I saw Butoh dance performance by Mario Endo  "into the crystal"  at Ceres gallery opening. What a beautiful & inspirational dancer she was!!  She literally transformed herself into an insect or a bird about to regenerate from the ground, like a Cicada or a small wounded bird crawl out of the earth after many years in the darkness. Her performance reminded me how seasonal cycles remain strong and unchanged even after the devastating loss like Japan's Tohoku tsunami & earthquake.

I felt her 20 minutes performance like a life long drama. Tibetan music played for her dance was excellent too. Thank you!