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

at the DTW Studio, 3rd Floor

Performers: Ayumi Miki, Aoi Nishimura, Yoko Taketani, Yuka Ogata

Music arranged by Jyun Matsuzaki (Joyful Sonic Wash)

Costume: Apt B

 

 
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
 
For more info: PMT Seasonal Showcase Company       
 Photo by Ayumi Sakamoto
   
 
 
 

 

Photo by Teppei Takazawa

June 23rd, Friday

at Chashama

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
547 West 21st St, 11th Avenue
New York NY 10011

performance begin at 9pm

In this era of inconvenient truths we find ourselves torn
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.

http://www.emergencyarts.com/july7/
 

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
9PM:Yinninsm Project (Ayumi Sakamoto - slide show, Soichiro Migita - sound design, Mayuna Shimizu - choreography & performance)

 

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

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.