2006
Collaborators:
Joyful Sonic Wash
Jun Matsuzaki/junk improviser
Megumi Matsuzaki/sitar player
Don Amit Ram/tabla player
Yinninsm Project
Ayumi Sakamoto/Photographer
Soichiro Migita/Sound Designer

Photo by Teppei Takazawa
January 8th @
Zeblon
10PM
The eboNYasia project return to
Zebulon.
258 wythe ave-corner metropolitan
ave.
L train to Bedford..
www.zebuloncafeconcert.com
Performers: Ayumi Miki & Yuka Ogata
Photo by Aimee Koch

Movement Research presents
Open Performance/Saturday afternoon
March 18th.
3:30PM
Performers: Ayumi Miki, Aoi Nishimura, Yoko Taketani, Yuka Ogata
Music arranged by Jyun Matsuzaki (Joyful Sonic Wash)
Costume: Apt B
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PMT Spring Showcase 2006
Presented by the PMT Seasonal Showcase
Company, a non-profit organization.
Times:
-Friday, April 28th, 2006-
doors open at 7:30pm; show starts at 8pm
-Saturday, April 29th, 2006-
doors open at 7:30pm; show starts at 8pm
Location:
Martin Luther King Jr.
Auditorium
122 Amsterdam Avenue (b/w 65th
and 66th Street)
Regular Ticket Price:
$12 in advance, $16 at the door
Student Discount Ticket
Price: $8 in advance, $12 at the door for
students with a valid high school or college picture
ID!*
Blue
Muse Dance will present New Work:
Performers: Ayumi Miki, Aoi Nishimura, Yoko Taketani,
Yuka Ogata
Music
arranged by Jyun Matsuzaki
Costume by Apt.B
Featured
Choreographers and Performers:
![]() Leonides Arpon Adams Company Dance Blue Muse Dance Ginger Cox Dance Anonymous Naganuma Dance David Kieffer Dance Theatre Pavan Thimmaiah - PMT Dance Company
Photo
by Ayumi Sakamoto
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Photo by Teppei Takazawa
June 23rd,
Friday
Yinninsm Project
First collaborating piece with Ayumi Sakamoto (Photographer) and Soichiro Migita (Sound Designer)
Dance, Music, Film and more...
Photo by Ayumi Sakamoto/Yinninsm
Project
July 7th, Friday
Holasek Weir Project In this era of
inconvenient truths we find ourselves torn
547 West
21st St, 11th Avenue
New York NY
10011
performance begin at 9pm
in a battle of the Land vs. the Sea. This Friday you are
invited to participate in an art and performance benefit
event that explores the state of our nation in this era on
the brink.
Blue Muse Dance Performers:
Aoi
Nishimura, Ayumi Miki, Mayuna Shimizu
August 6th, Sunday
Open road park, East Village
on east 12St, between 1st and Ave A
installation, video projection, dance performance, live painting, free market and more..
Our collaborater-Joyful Sonic Wash is organizing peace event of 61th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing. we just want to do something for now, regrettable, war is still going on. we do this event for hoping world peace.
more details : http://www.joyfulsonicwash.com/joyfulsonicwash/breath/breath.htm
3PM: Blue Muse Dance Performers: Ayumi Miki, Yuka Ogata, Mayuna Shimizu, collaborating with live music
Yayauhki Tezcatl
(native Mexican traditional music)
band website
Faith (Felice Rosser - bass/vocals, Naotaka Hakamada - guitar, Toro - drums)
band website
Toshio Kajiwara (guitar) + Barry Weisblat (original prepared guitar)+ Kenta
Nagai (shamisen)
Honeychild Coleman (vocal) + Matteo Dainese (guitar, vocal)
website
Dana Maisel
(poetry/gong)
DJ Olive (laptop) + Ikue Mori (laptop)
website
Okkyung Lee (cello) + Ches Smith (perc)
website
Joyful sonic
wash (Jun Matsuzaki - cyber guitar/sax, Don Amit Ram - tabla, megumi
matsuzaki - sitar/effects)
website
Yuji Kurosu (bass)
WvS (laptop/bass)
website
Shoogie Dong (flute)
website
Kogumo (perc)
website
Dance Performance
by Kei Ukai
Junji Nagata (Peace)
Kazumi Hakamada (Eco Soap)
Photo by Aimee Koch

September
Thursday September 7,
2006
5:00pm - 10:30pm
Opening Party
Ayumi Sakamoto's new work "Ocean" &
special dance performance by: Mayuna Shimizu
Music designed by Soichiro Migita
This show is proud to contain nudity @ Body Archive Gallery
We have TIGER BEER cash bar & snacks
*****your donations help support the arts!!
All new works & video presentation
* Special Guest Performance dancing under the stars Artists:
Ayumi Sakamoto
http://www.ayumisakamoto.com/
Elle
http://www.elizabethsison.com/
Peggy
http://www.wretch.cc/album/album.php?id=pinkcat1216&book=3
Dulcie Dee
http://www.deedulcie.com/
Carolyn Weltman
http://www.artforengineers.com/
Guest Dancer:
Mayuna Shimizu
http://bluemusedance.org/
The Body Archive Gallery
# 9 Ninth Avenue
f - 2
Between little west 12 & 13 streets
Meat Packing District
NYC
( across the street from the Gansevoort Hotel )
Performance in Tokyo, Japan
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Friday, September 29 International Exchange Conference, International Dance Dialogue & Performance Presented by Pease Forest Venue: International House of Japan (Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo) Sponsor: U.S. Embassy Invitation to U.S. Embassy, Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Sponsors. Cooperated by International House of Japan, Chacott,Co.,Ltd., Contemporary Dance Association of Japan, Fleishman-Hillard Japan Inc, CROSSCO Co., Ltd., SENJU Phamaceutical Co.,Ltd, Kano Co., Ltd., punto Kids, Intercom an evening of solo performances by American and Japanese dancers followed by a panel discussion convened by Asian Cultural Council Fellow and Japanese dance scholar Daisuke Muto solo performances by Battery Dancers (Lydia Tetra, Stevan Novakovich, Sean Scantlebury, Bafana Solomon Matea), New York City-based Japanese dancer/choreographer, Mayuna Shimizu and a Tokyo-based dancer/choreographer, Megumi Kitamura. Panel Discussion convened by Daisuke Muto, including Jonathan Hollander, Artistic Director, Battery Dance Company, Adele LeRoi Nickel, Battery Dancer and dance critic, The Village Voice; Mayuna Shimizu, Japanese-born dancer choreographer working in New York.
Saturday, September 30 Dance Workshops at Chacott Co., Ltd, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo taught by Battery Dance Company members. Panel Discussion:convened by New York City-based Japanese dancer/choreographer, Mayuna Shimizu |

Saturday, December 30
at Joe's Pub
425 LAFAYETTE STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10003
6 train/Astor Place station at
Lafayette Street and 4th Avenue.
N/R/W train. Stop at the 8th Street/NYU stop at Broadway and walk one
block over to Lafayette Street.
$12.00
Tickets available at The Public Theater box office or By
phone at 212-967-7555
Global pre New Year celebration with Akim Funk Buddha's Urban tea ceremony BELLY DANCE BEAT BOX BODY POP. Join this innovative celebration of live music, dance and vocal effects. Collaborating in this creative conspiracy will be Sarah Locke/ Dance Alchemy theatre, Kid Lucky/Beatboxer entertainment, Hypno/ Boogie Nation, Pete list, Mayuna Shimizu / Blue Muse dance and more. This night will truly redefine what celebration means as we reclaim our urban, ancient and futuristic mediums of expression. For more info: www.joespub.com
Photo by Teppei Takazawa
BLUE MUSE DANCE EXTEND DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS FOR THEIR TIME, SUPPORT AND CREATIVITY: Jonathan Hollander, Peace Forest: Ms. Michiko Abe, Ms. Sakie Nagamine and wonderful staff, U.S. embassy,Tokyo Metropolitan Government,International House of Japan, Chacott,Co.,Ltd., Contemporary Dance Association of Japan, Fleishman-Hillard Jpan Inc, other sponsors in Japan, Jun Matsuzaki, Megumi Matsuzaki, Michiko Hisamoto, Shinya Nakamura, Zach Morris, Tom Pearson, the staff of Movement Research, Ayumi Sakamoto, Ed Fabry, Soichiro Migita, Davi Russo, Pavan Thimmaiah, lovely dancers and friends who always support her.