December 10th at 7:30 PM
evan ray suzuki:
~d r e a m c o r e~
A butoh-ish dance work exploring how new media — the influence of the social internet, digital culture, and memes — affects ways of being in the world, from making a quick video of a dance to having a cry. The piece takes a particular interest in ideas of nostalgia and dreamscape as represented and proliferated through internet subcultures, portrayed in the abstract through found gesture and hazy score. (Photo credit: Andrew Grenier)
This will be performed as part of a double bill with Sitting In The Bullshit by Hannah Marie Kallenbach and Alexander Paris
About the artists
EVAN RAY SUZUKI
evan ray suzuki is a choreographer and multidisciplinary performance artist of Japanese descent based in Brooklyn. evan creates butoh-ish contemporary dance through a rigorous excavation of randomness through structure, drawing from digital media sources like YouTube and TikTok to explore themes like the sociocultural influence of new media and the evolution of memes. evan's individual work and collaborations have been shown at La MaMa, Triskelion Arts, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, The Tank, Abrons Arts Center, and others. BA, Sarah Lawrence College www.evanraysuzuki.com @evanxray
Yitzhak Franco
Yitzhak Franco (performer) is a NYC-native arts professional, dancer, and creator, invested in utilizing the arts to reimagine new ways of communicating. Yitzhak studied dance at Sarah Lawrence College and LaGuardia High School.
Madelyn Sher
Madelyn Sher (performer) is a multidisciplinary artist, educator, producer, and New York Citynative. Madelyn has danced for REDi Dance Company, Sarah Zucchero, Jamel Gaines Creative Outlet, Amirov Dance Theater, Vangeline Theater, Svea Schneider, Rina Espiritu, Ni’Ja Whitson, Herbert H. Dance Company, and others. She is thrilled to join evan ray suzuki in her debut performance at JACK.