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Rachel Cohen

Rachel Cohen has been choreographing and performing in NewYork City since 1997, and created Racoco Productions in 2003. She graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Performance as Communication, a self-designed major; she studied dance and choreography with Claire Mallardi. Ms. Cohen currently studies action theater with Ruth...Continued

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Elke Luyten

Elke Luyten, originally from Belgium, lives and works in New York City. In 2010, Luyten re-performed several of Abramović’s pieces at the exhibition “Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present” at the MoMA. She is currently performing in Robert Wilson’s “The Life and Death of Marina Abramović”, which has toured...Continued

5. Jul

Kota Yamazaki

Kota Yamazaki was first introduced to butoh in 1977 through the teaching of Akira Kasai and began ballet training under the late Hirofumi Inoue in 1981. He was an artistic director of Tokyo-based rosy co. from 1995 until its close in 2001. Following an invitation in 2001 from Germaine...Continued

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Mina Nishimura

Mina Nishimura, from Tokyo, was introduced to butoh and impro- visational dance through Kota Yamazaki’s teaching.While perform- ing nationally and internationally with many inspirational chore- ographers, her own works have been presented by DTW,The Kitchen, Danspace Project, Movement Research, Roulette among other venues. Nishimura was the danceWeb scholar at...Continued

5. Jul

Sophia Treanor

Sophia Treanor is a Brooklyn based performance artist, actor, dancer, and director. Sophia studied acting at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and when introduced to movement training was immediately shocked by the enormous expressive potential of the body.This began a more spiritual relationship to dance and music, and...Continued

5. Jul

Kika Espejo

Kika Espejo is New York based artist born in Zaragoza (Spain) in 1982. Espe- jo’s holds a Master in Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts. Her work has been exhibited at art spaces such as Centro de Historia (Zaragoza, Spain), DMY Festival (Berlin,Germany),Anthology FilmArchives (NewYork,USA),and Dimensions Variable...Continued

4. Jul

Anabella Lenzu

Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama is thought provoking and historically conscious dance-theater company, breaking down the wall separating artist from audience. Originally from Argentina,Anabella Lenzu is a dancer, choreographer and teach- er with 24 years experience working in Argentina, Chile, Italy and the USA.As Artistic Director of Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama Currently, Lenzu conducts...Continued

4. Jul

Jeremy Goren

Jeremy Goren, Stephanie Eiss, Jenna Kirk, and Tommy Schell have been working together since the beginning of 2013.They have performed Wistaria at several locations in New York, in collaboration with a changing cadre of artists

4. Jul

Julia Crockett

Julia Crockett and Colin Self have been creative partners since the summer of 2012.Their work together explores imitation, icons, emotional gesture, and the cultivation of identity (personal, cultural, and gender). Packed with emotional variance, humor, extremity, and pop-culture nods, their collaborations guide both the performers and viewers through diverse,...Continued

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