Mari Osanai in Oblivion, Michael Sakamoto in Nikkei-Chan and Liz Roncka in Hut

Oblivion was born in 2018 in the atelier of theater company Watanabe Genshiro Shoten in Aomori, Japan with works of art by Shohei Yamashita. Where universe was also mother’s womb. “I wore a mask which made me nobody. I become free. A tightly closed mind is opened. From there something flows, warmly and coldly, into the body. The cells dissolve into flows, then vaporize and scatter.”

Nikkei-Chan is a semi-autobiographical, dance theater solo by Michael Sakamoto. Through butoh-based movement, video conversations with Japanese cultural expert Alex Kerr, and references to postwar cinema and music, Sakamoto navigates a transnational identity suspended between Japanese and American cultures. 

Liz Roncka will premiere her new solo, Hut, a structured improvisation which explores how we inhabit the layers that separate our inner self from the outer world from our physical shelters, to the protective layers of the body, to the protective layers of the psyche; how does movement through time and space alter these structures and how do these structures alter how we move through time and space.  This piece will feature a set created by Jennifer O'Donnell.  Jennifer is an organic gardener, designer, and death doula who creates vibrant urban landscapes and spaces that celebrate the natural environment and the processes within.