Calendar
2008
September 26-27
Anatta
New collaborative works by Michael Sakamoto, Waewdao Sirisook, Amy Knoles, and Bob Bellerue
Highways Performance Space
Santa Monica, CA
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October 3-4
Performance demonstration and paper presentation - "(Within and Without) the Body in Crisis: Parallels in Butoh, Zen, and Vodou"
Religion Matters Conference
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
October 10-12
Workshop and dance performance of Anatta
Conduit Dance, Inc.
Portland, OR
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October 24-26
Academic presentation - "Ladyboys and Good Sons: Contemporary Gender Identity in Lanna Trance Dance"
Cornell Southeast Asian Conference
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
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November 3-December 12
"Faun Pii: A Photo Essay on Northern Thai Trance Dance"
Glorya Kaufman Hall
120 Westwood Plaza, 2nd Floor Lobby Gallery
UCLA campus
Gallery hours: M-F, 8am-8pm; Sat-Sun, 10-6pm
November 4, 1pm
Academic presentation - "Ladyboys and Good Sons: Contemporary Gender Identity in Lanna Trance Dance"
UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Los Angeles, CA
Web link
November 18, 12pm
Academic presentation - "The Impermanent Body: Parallels in Butoh, Zen, and Vodou Practice"
Chew On This Lecture Series
UCLA World Arts and Cultures Department
Los Angeles, CA
2009
January (date TBA)
Zen & Butoh workshop
(co-taught with John Daishin Buksbazen)
UCLA World Arts and Cultures
Los Angeles, CA
February 27-28
(Work-in-progress TBA)
Glorya Kaufman Dance Theater
UCLA campus
Los Angeles, CA
March 5
Artist presentation
UC Riverside Dance Department
Riverside, CA
September (tentative; date TBD)
New site-specific work
18th Street Arts Center
Santa Monica, CA
October-November (dates TBD)
(Full-length world premiere)
UCLA World Arts and Cultures
Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED PAST PERFORMANCE VENUES
Institute for Studies in the Arts, Arizona State University
San Francisco International Butoh Festival
Florida Dance Festival (Miami)
UCLA Fowler Museum (Los Angeles)
Chiang Mai University Art Center (Thailand)
Rai Mae Fah Luang Foundation (Thailand)
Church Music Festival of Kristiansand (Norway)
Philadelphia Fringe Festival (curated)
Muestra Ex-Teresa Arte Alternativo (Mexico City, Mexico)
Theatre of Yugen/Noh Space (San Francisco)
Santa Fe International Film Festival
Audio Art Festival (Krakow, Poland)
Roulette/Location One (New York)
Track 16 (Santa Monica)
Highways Performance Space (Santa Monica)
Los Angeles Theatre Center
CAMAC (Marnay-sur-Seine, France)
SELECTED GUEST PERFORMANCES
"Woyzeck" - Robert Wilson
"Grand/Hope/Flower" - Rosanna Gamson
"Concrete Daisies" - Carol Kim
PAST GUEST LECTURER/ARTIST
California Institute of the Arts
UC Irvine
university of Redlands
Arizona State University
Santa Monica College
PAST CONFERENCES/LECTURES
Association of Theatre in Higher Education
Dance Under Construction (UC Berkeley)
Religion Matters: Material Effects of Religion on Bodies (Ohio State University)
Cornell Southeast Asian Graduate Conference (Cornell University)