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6/23/2022

Forest Hills Undokai

A field day (Undokai), organized by Forest Hills based play group, Queens Jipang(児パング).

6/23/2022

血流ゼロトレ

A photo shoot for a collaborative book “血流ゼロトレ”, by Tomomi Ishimura and Akiyoshi Horie.

6/22/2022

OKI: Music of the Ainu


Friday, May 6 at 7:30 pm—followed by a MetLife Meet-the-Artists Reception SOLD OUT

Japan Society performances
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Oki Kano, known professionally as OKI, is a leading musician of Ainu music—the music of Japan’s northernmost indigenous people. Born to a Japanese mother and an Ainu father, OKI has recovered and recreated traditional music on the tonkori, a stringed instrument of the Ainu people of Karafuto (a region also known as Sakhalin). The rich, reverberating twang of the tonkoristrings, which are traditionally made from deer tendons, allowed Ainu shamans to communicate with spirits that control the wind, rain and other natural phenomena called kamuy. In this program, OKI performs solo pieces as well as contemporary works with his band members from their new album, Tonkori in the Moonlight, released in January 2022. OKI is also featured in the film Ainu Mosir (2020).

11/5/2021

SHEEP #1

SHEEP#1

A performance by Sachiyo Takahashi (Nekaa Lab)
Inspired by the writings of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, author of 
The Little Prince
Japan Society Performing Arts

PROGRAM A, with Emile Blondel on piano:
Thursday, November 4 at 7:30 pm—followed by a MetLife Meet-the-Artists Reception
Sunday, November 7 at 2:30 pm
PROGRAM B, with Kato Hideki on bass guitar:
Friday, November 5 at 7:30 pm
Saturday, November 6 at 7:30 pm

8/1/2021

Laurel in fish pose, 2021

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7/14/2021

Ivo, in Summer 2021

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8/24/2020

Visiting Ken Hiratsuka in Andes, NY

A  weekend visit to Ken-san, a sculptor in Andes, NY. 

7/9/2020

A Summer in Copake, NY

We have been spending a few weeks during summer in upstate New York with the same family friends for the past 4 years. As a mother, it is far from a relaxing vacation. There are always dramas, chaos and hungry kids, but we learn a lot from our conflicts. Nothing can beat the fresh air and the gorgeous land  with fun folks. 

1/9/2020

The Unknown Dancer in the Neighborhood

The Unknown Dancer in the Neighborhood
Written and directed by Suguru Yamamoto
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Japan Society Performing the Arts

​One-man dance theater piece, performed by Wataru Kitao
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10/24/2019

Kwaidan reading

JAPAN SOCIETY PERFORMANCE
Kwaidan (Call of Salvation Heard from the Depths of Fear)

With Shiro Sano and Kyoji Yamamoto
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