mech[a]OUTPUT, Koosil-ja/danceKUMIKO by Nanako Nakajima
Koosil-ja/danceKUMIKO
February 4, 5 & 6 * 8:00 p.m.
Radical New York-based performance-technology artist Koosil-ja Hwang is always seeking new means of expression. At The Dance Center, the daring Bessie Award and Guggenheim Fellowship-winning choreographer-dancer will present Blocks of Continuality/Body, Image, and Algorithm, an electrifying new experimental new multi-media performance piece. In Blocks, Koosil-ja demonstrates her concept that body, space and objects have two natures – actual and virtual, as part of her continuous study of the “evolution of the body in the digital era and its realm of domain and identity.” In this new piece, Koosil-ja mixes elements of movement, music and a live 3-D performance environment with her own aesthetic context, creating an innovative blend of modern and traditional, digital and flesh. Collaborating artists include David Or, Robert Ramirez, Geoff Matters and Melissa Guerrero.
OTHER EVENTS
DanceMasters Class
tuesday, February 2 * 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Post-Performance Discussion
Thursday, February 4
movementPROCESS Workshop
Saturday, February 6 * 11:00 A.M.-1:00 p.m.
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The Dance Center’s presentation of Koosil-ja/danceKUMIKO is funded, in part, by the National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and additional funding from the Ford Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Community Connections Fund of the Met/Life Foundation. Additional funding is provided by the Performing Arts Fund, a program of Arts Midwest funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes a great nation deserves great art, with additional contributions from the Illinois Arts Council, General Mills Foundation, and Land O’Lakes Foundation.
