Contact Improvisation Jam

Hi Contact Improv (dance) folks! It is officially March! One more jamming opportunity for you in NYC. Date: Friday, March 9th, 2012 Time: 6:30pm to 9:30pm Fee: $5 If you are in the mood, please join us. Bring your friends, spread the words. Looking forward to having...

Fukushima: 10 months later

More than 80 people showed up at CRS Friday night for a standing-room-only multi-media presentation by Pace Univ. professor and anti-nuclear activist Chris Williams about the current situation in Fukushima, Japan. The event was co-organized by Shut Down Indian Point...

Wind Set-Up

CRS sponsored artist Lake Simons was awarded a $5,000 project grant from the Henson Foundation for staging of her new work Wind Set-Up. Lake is currently working on Broadway as part of the puppetry team for War Horse....

Ruesri Dat Ton

CRS Yoga Instructor Yuki Hasegawa is the only NYC instructor of the ancient yoga developed and practiced by the monks of the mountains of Thailand. 115 poses, originally designed by the monks to prepare them for the strenuous hermetic mountain lifestyle and recover...

500 Frogs for the Children of Japan

CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) invites you to join the 500 Frogs project by hand painting a resin frog for the children of Tohoku, Japan. Pick up your frog at CRS, decorate it at home (realistically or fantastically, whatever your heart desires) , and...

A Shoulder to Lean on

Has all that holiday shopping left you hurting? CRS Yoga Instructor Yuki Hasegawa Thomas might have just the remedy. Throughout January, her Thai Mountain Yoga (Ruesri Dat Ton) class will focus on self-massage and stretch for shoulder tightness. Since this is the...

The Irrepressible Anna May Wong

I’d like to thank everyone who came to CRS Friday night to see the screening of Yunah Hong’s wonderful documentary “Anna May Wong:  In Her Own Words.” Ms. Hong’s film is a powerful, professional and heartfelt look at a true icon of the...

CRS 2011 Holiday Celebration Tickets Now On Sale!

CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) invites you to its annual Holiday Party on Saturday, Dec 10. The celebration will consist of two parts: PART 1 from 5 – 7 pm — a series of short talks and dinner (tickets are $25 and include admission to the part 2...

Nadare Ame NY

This Friday night, November 11, 2011 at 8 pm, we’d like to invite you to a short and informal butoh dance performance at CRS. It is the culmination of the Fall 2011 Company SoGoNo Butoh Workshop student performance. The piece, choreographed by Company...

Sounds of Sokolow

CRS Ballet Instructor Saya Harada will perform with the world-renowned Sokolow Theater/Dance Ensemble Nov 10 – 13, 2011.   ODES performed with live music Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble in collaboration with fusionworks invites you to the second part of: SOUNDS...

This Is Belly Dance

This photo of very pregnant CRS belly dance instructor Lale Sayoko was taken by Hanta Arita/ at Antelope Canyon, AZ.  It captures the spirit and power of belly dance more than any image I have ever seen. I don’t think it needs explanation.          ...

Bedtime Yoga Routine

Did you know that doing a few minutes of yoga before bed can help you to prepare your mind and body to fall asleep more easily while toning your body at the same time? CRS Yoga Instructor Nami Okamoto has created a 10-minute bedtime yoga routine that has attracted...

Dancing with Non-Humans

Last month’s FILM+VIDEO SHOW & TELL featured video by choreographers/filmmakers JoAnna Mendl Shaw of The Equus Projects and Chisa Hidaka of Dolphin Dance Project. The video below documents a portion of the post-screening conversation. It was one of the most...

Celebrating is a way of resisting.

“To be positive is the most subversive. Celebrating is a way of resisting. We are still alive in all of this.” — Faustin Linyekula via Jennifer Edwards (sometimes CRS workshop instructor) and Christine Jowers of The Dance Enthusiast.

CRS Instructors on the Mainstage

CRS instructors Yumiko Niimi (Beginning Ballet Pointe) and Ritsuko Sato (Argentine Tango) will be busy this fall performing in The King and I and The Nutcracker, respectively. Yumiko won a role in the ensemble in the mainstage production of the Walnut Street Theatre...

Meet Fukushima Survivors and Activists from Japan

Friday, Sept 23, 2011 from 7 pm Free and open to the public CRS is honored to host a delegation of environmental and anti-nuclear activisits from Fukushima and Hokkaido, Japan. Come hear first hand accounts of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. A delegation of grassroots...

Little Birds Like Big Flowers

This week we launched a new meetup group for our FILM+VIDEO SHOW & TELL program in order to reach out to local filmmakers and film lovers. As with our MUSIC SHOW & TELL series, we envision that our film programs will showcase emerging and interesting artists...