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SUMMARY:gamin: Nong (concert at Roulette)
DESCRIPTION:CRS invites you to join us in Brooklyn on Dec 4\, 2022 for our first collaboration with Roulette\, a concert in celebration of CRS Crossing Boundaries curator GAMIN’s recent album “Nong” presented at Roulette with support from CRS and performed by CRS Crossing Boundaries curator gamin with members of the INTERWOVEN ensemble\, and composer and electronic sound artist Yoon-Ji Lee. \nNong is an ancient Korean term meaning “to play” — here\, the joy of discovering new ways of playing when different cultures intersect. gamin\, a Korean-born NYC-based multi-instrumentalist specializing in traditional Korean wind\, along with her collaborators\, places instruments and concepts from traditional Korean music alongside a variety of American musical elements. \nOn the program\, Theodore Wiprud’s Mudang for Piri (a double-reed bamboo oboe) incorporates shamanic energy that ranges from meditation to ecstasy. Korean composer Yoon-Ji Lee dedicates her composition to ‘comfort women’ (local women enslaved throughout Japan-occupied East Asia\, 1932-1945) in her work for taepyungso (a double-reed shawn) and strings. Works by William David Cooper weave Western string instruments with Korean winds\, incorporating folk tunes and different tuning systems. Korean composer Ki-Young Kim reflects Korean traditional philosophical ideas in his new piece\, and gamin’s composition broadens the range of the new musical realm with her traditional improvisatory ideas of Korean folk music. \nWith Nong\, gamin and her collaborators—the string quartet Interwoven and electronic sound artist Yoon-Ji Lee—hope to diversify American audiences’ aesthetic understanding of East Asia\, which is all too often painted in broad strokes. They also intend to inspire new generations of American composers and musicians to embrace the inherent multiculturalism of American music\, inform their crafts with rich traditions from around the world\, and approach music-making with the distinct goal of bridging cultural divides. \ngamin is a Korean born NYC based multi-instrumentalist specialized for traditional Korean wind. She tours the world performing both traditional Korean music and cross-disciplinary collaborations. She is a scholar and designated Yisuja\, official holder of Korea’s Important Intangible Cultural Asset No. 46. \nFrom 2000 to 2010\, gamin was the principal player at the National Gugak Orchestra.  gamin has received several cultural exchange program grants\, including Artist-in-Residence at the Asian Cultural Council\, and has collaborated in cross-cultural improvisation with world-acclaimed musicians\, presenting premieres at Roulette Theater\, New School\, and Metropolitan Museum. gamin was featured artist at the Silkroad concert\, Seoul\, 2018\, performing on-stage with the founder\, Yo-Yo Ma. \nSince 2018\, gamin curated performances at the Center for Remembering and Sharing. For 2020\, gamin was selected as artist-in-residency at the HERE Arts Center\, NYC\, and her album ‘Nong’ was released by Innova Records. gamin’s Carnegie Hall solo début\, accompanied by Nangye Gugak Orchestra\, scheduled for March 2020\, was postponed by Covid 19. For 2021-2022\, gamin was awarded the prestigious two year Fellowship by Jerome Hill Foundation. \ngaminmusic.com/
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LOCATION:Roulette\, 509 Atlantic Ave\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11217\, United States
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SUMMARY:Crossing Boundaries Vol. 16: FOCUSING ON HER
DESCRIPTION:CRS and Tenri Cultural Institute of NY present Crossing Boundaries Concert Series Vol. 16:  FOCUSING ON HER. The program features three AAPI female musicians — Amirtha Kidambi (Indian-American\, voice/saxophone)\, Yoko Reikano Kimura (Japan\, shamisen)\, and gamin (Korea\, saenghwang) — improvising and performing music by female composers: Amirtha Kidambi (Indian-American)\, Yoko Sato (Japan)\, and Yoon-Ji Lee (Korea)\, with visual projection designed by Bang Geul Han (Korea). Each of the compositions is a prayer or elegy for those who endure or have endured trauma. \nCurated by multi-Instrumentalist gamin\, this fifth season of Crossing Boundaries consists of three concerts exploring the theme of WOMEN IN MUSIC performed by female and female-identifying musicians. Following the performance there will be a conversation with the audience about the concert and the theme of gender liberation in the music industry. \nTickets are available on eventbrite.com for $10 – $50 or for cash at the door. \nProof of vaccination is NOT required but we encourage (but don’t require) you to wear masks\, and if you are feeling sick\, please play it safe and stay home.  \nAll proceeds will go to the Sendai Chamber Ensemble (SCE)\, a volunteer group of seven musicians from Sendai and Fukushima that provides concerts to uplift the spirits of the survivors in the region\, including performances at more than 300 kindergartens\, nursery schools\, elementary and junior high schools.  \n \nTHE PROGRAM \n“Untitled after Kim Myung Soon”composed by Yoon Ji Lee 이윤지 in 2019performed by gamin 가민 / saenghwang solovisual art by Bang Geul Han 한방글 \n“The Road”composed by Yoko Sato 佐藤容子 in 2007performed by Yoko Reikano Kimura 木村伶香能 / shamisen solo \n“Swim Fast (2021) for Ellen O”composed by Amirtha Kidambi in 2021performed by Amirtha Kidambi / vocal & saxophone \nImprovisationperformed by gamin\, Yoko Reikano Kimura\, and Amirtha Kidambi \nABOUT CROSSING BOUNDARIES CONCERT SERIES \nCROSSING BOUNDARIES is a concert series devoted to dissolving boundaries between performers and audiences\, the traditional and contemporary\, classical and experimental\, and the culturally specific and the global. Series curators are given the opportunity to create unique performance events in collaboration with musical\, visual\, and/or movement artists of their choosing. \nCrossing Boundaries is made possible in part with public funds from Creative Engagement\, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and administered by LMCC. LMCC empowers artists by providing them with networks\, resources\, and support\, to create vibrant\, sustainable communities in Manhattan and beyond.  \n   \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nAMIRTHA KIDAMBI is invested in the creation and performance of subversive music\, from free improvisation and avant-jazz\, to experimental bands and new music. She is an educator\, activist and organizer\, informed by anti-racism\, decolonization and anti-capitalism. As a bandleader\, she is the creative force behind Elder Ones and Lines of Light vocal ensemble and has received critical praise from the New York Times\, Pitchfork\, Downbeat and WIRE magazine. Kidambi is a key collaborator in Mary Halvorson’s latest sextet Code Girl\, the duo Angels & Demons with Darius Jones\, a new project with Luke Stewart and in various collaborations with William Parker. She also had the honor of working with the late composers Muhal Richard Abrams and Robert Ashley. Amirtha is the co-founder of South Asian Artists in Diaspora collective and co-organizer of Musicians Against Police Brutality with Matana Roberts. http://www.amirthakidambi.com/audiovisual \nAmirtha Kidambi\, Elder Ones “Eat the Rich” from Amirtha Kidambi on Vimeo. \nBANG GEUL HAN is an interdisciplinary artist working across video\, performance\, text\, and code. Born and raised in Seoul\, Korea and based in the US since 2003\, her work has been shown in venues including The Bronx Museum of the Arts\, Queens Museum\, DOOSAN Gallery New York\, NURTUREart\, A.I.R. Gallery\, Cuchifritos Gallery in New York City\, Galerie Les Territories and Projét Pangée in Montreal\, and Centro Internazionale per l’Arte Contemporanea in Rome. Her work has been reviewed in The New Yorker\, The New York Times\, Brooklyn Rail\, and Art Papers. She lives in Brooklyn\, NY. http://whatbunny.org/web/ \nGAMIN is a Korean-born NYC-based multi-instrumentalist specializing in traditional Korean wind instruments. She tours the world performing both traditional Korean music and cross-disciplinary collaborations. She is a scholar and designated Yisuja\, official holder of Korea’s Important Intangible Cultural Asset No. 46. From 2000 to 2010\, gamin was the principal player at the National Gugak Orchestra.  gamin has received several cultural exchange program grants\, including Artist-in-Residence at the Asian Cultural Council\, and has collaborated in cross-cultural improvisation with world-acclaimed musicians\, presenting premieres at Roulette Theater\, New School\, and Metropolitan Museum. gamin was featured artist at the Silkroad concert\, Seoul\, 2018\, performing on-stage with the founder\, Yo-Yo Ma. For 2020\, gamin was selected as artist-in-residency at the HERE Arts Center\, NYC\, and her album “Nong” was released by Innova Records. gamin’s Carnegie Hall solo début\, accompanied by Nangye Gugak Orchestra\, scheduled for March 2020\, was postponed by Covid 19. http://gaminmusic.com \n<a href=”https://yoon-jilee.bandcamp.com/album/padong”>Padong by Yoon-Ji Lee</a> \nBased in Tokyo\, composer YOKO SATO’s creative activities are focused on exploring intercultural musical elements and aesthetics while expanding the repertoire of contemporary music for traditional Japanese instruments. She has collaborated with many of Japan’s most prominent hōgaku (Japanese traditional music) musicians and ensembles and maintains an active career with a steady stream of commissions and performances from an extensive network of colleagues located throughout the globe. A prolific composer of music for the theater\, she has composed several operettas commissioned by regional governments to promote musical activities for local Japanese communities. She received her Ph.D. in Music with an emphasis in composition from the University of Hawai‘i\, Manoa in 2014\, where she was the recipient of the East-West Center Graduate Degree Fellowship. She is currently working for the Lifelong Learning Division of Fujisawa City Hall to promote educational and cultural activities in the community. https://yokosatomusic.com \nYOKO REIKANO KIMURA is one of the most captivating artistic voices of Japanese koto and shamisen consistently praised by critics for her musical elegance and versatile repertoire. Based in New York and Japan\, Kimura has concertized around the world including prestigious venues such as the Warsaw Autumn Festival\, Israel Festival\, The University of Cambridge\, John F. Kennedy Center\, Carnegie Hall\, Lincoln Center\, Metropolitan Museum\, Kabuki-za and various World Heritage Sites. Kimura has also performed Daron Hagen’s Koto Concerto: Genji with the Wintergreen Music Festival Orchestra conducted by Mei-Ann Chen and worked with renowned artists and organizations such as Heiner Goebbels\, Wiener Solisten Trio\, American Symphony Orchestra\, and Basil Twist. Her awards include the First prize at the prestigious 10th Kenjun Memorial National Koto Competition\, the Kyoto Aoyama Barocksaal Award\, and a scholarship from the Agency of Cultural Affairs of Japan. Kimura is a founder of Duo YUMENO\, with cellist Hikaru Tamaki. http://yokoreikanokimura.com \n \nYOON-JI LEE is a Korean composer based in Boston and New York. She has been creating music based on non-linear structure with a powerful focus on quickly juxtaposing disparate elements through the rapid transformation in both acoustic and electroacoustic mediums. Her works have been engaged with visual arts\, dance\, literature and intercultural influences. Lee’s chamber and electronic music have been performed in Korea and around the U.S.\, by ensembles including JACK Quartet\, MIVOS Quartet\, Argento Ensemble\, International Contemporary Ensemble\, Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin\, Talea Ensemble\, ensemble mise-en\, and many others. Lee received Mass Cultural Council’s Artist Fellowship\, the Jane Geuting Camp Fellowship from Virginia Center for the Creative Arts\, the Patsy Lu Award from International Alliance of Women in Music\, and the Henry M. MacCracken Fellowship from NYU. Lee has participated in artist residencies at National Sawdust\, Atlantic Center for the Arts\, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts\, and Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts. Lee earned her PhD at NYU and did her Masters/GD at New England Conservatory. Lee is Currently Assistant Professor at Berklee College of Music. http://www.yoonjilee.org \nABOUT THE PRESENTERS \nCRS (CENTER FOR REMEMBERING & SHARING) is a spiritual healing and art center founded in 2004 by the writer/lecturer/spiritual counselor Yasuko Kasaki and artist Christopher Pelham. Our mission is guided by A Course in Miracles (ACIM). ACIM says that recognizing that you and your brother are actually one is the only way to experience peace. The mission of CRS is to promote the awareness that limitless creativity lives within each of us. We train minds to recognize the light in themselves and others and provide them opportunities to share their inner vision through the healing and creative arts. Since its founding CRS has provided numerous residencies and performance and exhibition opportunities to artists from all over the world. Currently\, CRS is a lead sponsor of M³ (Mutual Mentorship for Musicians)\, a platform created to empower\, elevate\, normalize and give visibility to women\, non-binary musicians and those of other historically underrepresented gender identities in intersection with race\, sexuality\, or ability across generations in the US and worldwide\, through a radical model of mentorship and musical collaborative commissions. https://crsny.org \nTENRI CULTURAL INSTITUTE is a non-profit organization with a mission to promote the study of Japanese language and the appreciation of international art forms. The Institute hosts a variety of traditional and contemporary cultural programs in our modern\, spacious educational facility\, performing arts and exhibition space. Conveniently located in the heart of Greenwich Village\, the center of New York City’s educational and artistic communities\, Tenri Cultural Institute is a beautiful cultural oasis amidst the hustle and bustle that is New York City. Tenri Cultural Institute has a 30-year history in the celebration of Japanese and Western culture. By providing our audience with a traditional and unique point of view to the understanding of culture and the arts\, we fulfill our mission: To foster cultural understanding\, harmony and community.https://tenri.org \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\n\nTRANSLATE with  x\n\n\n  English \n\n\n\n\n\n\nArabic\nHebrew\nPolish\n\n\nBulgarian\nHindi\nPortuguese\n\n\nCatalan\nHmong Daw\nRomanian\n\n\nChinese Simplified\nHungarian\nRussian\n\n\nChinese Traditional\nIndonesian\nSlovak\n\n\nCzech\nItalian\nSlovenian\n\n\nDanish\nJapanese\nSpanish\n\n\nDutch\nKlingon\nSwedish\n\n\nEnglish\nKorean\nThai\n\n\nEstonian\nLatvian\nTurkish\n\n\nFinnish\nLithuanian\nUkrainian\n\n\nFrench\nMalay\nUrdu\n\n\nGerman\nMaltese\nVietnamese\n\n\nGreek\nNorwegian\nWelsh\n\n\nHaitian Creole\nPersian\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n\n      \n \n\nTRANSLATE with \n\n COPY THE URL BELOW \n   \n   Back\n   \n\n\nEMBED THE SNIPPET BELOW IN YOUR SITE  \n\n” title=” \n \n" title="
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SUMMARY:Rumi’s Wedding Night: Evening Sema Gathering\, Zikr and Performance with Sufi Master Farima Berenji
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our next Sufi dance / music event\, a Sacred Dance\, Music and Healing Journey with visiting Sufi Master of Yarsan Order and Scholar\, Farima Berenji\, PhD at Last Frontier NYC in Greenpoint\, Brooklyn in celebration of Rumi’s Wedding Night! \nTickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/462455676377 \nSchedule: \n– 12/17/2022 from 6 – 8 pm\nRumi’s Wedding Night:\nEvening Sema Gathering\, Zikr and Performance $25 ($20 for those who attend workshop)\n$30 at the door \n– 12/18/2022 from 2 – 4pm\nWorkshop\n$50 \nJoin us on a path of healing and self-growth through the power of Sufism\, Sacred Circles\, music\, and Sacred Dance. In that journey\, the promptings of the Inner Divine are found\, and love\, kindness\, and compassion flow naturally into our daily life. \nWe will create a sacred\, supportive space where we can all release whatever energy no longer serves us\, relax and open our heart\, body\, and mind. We will discover the power and mystery of ancient Persian and Sufi dance and rituals – a gateway for self-growth and spiritual transformation–through prayers\, whirling\, music\, and love. Be moved by beautiful Sufi rituals\, sacred music\, songs\, chanting\, poetry\, and dance in prayers and Love! \nIn this workshop and gathering\, we will combine the sacred phrases\, chants\, music\, and movements from ancient Persian spiritual traditions of Khorasan and Yarsan to help touch the spiritual essence within us and to help us recognize it in others. These fundamental elements compose the ancient\, contemporary\, and devotional roots of sacred dance. \nIn this workshop/gathering we will experience:\n– Presence and surrender to Love.\n– Practice devotional embodiment and ancient Persian healing dance rituals.\n– The power of healing and love through poetry\, zikr\, and Sufi whirling (Iranian\, Central Asian\, and Turkish Rituals and Zikr)\n– The power of the sharing circle and acts of kindness and love toward self and others.\n– Dance and Music as prayer and spiritual transformation.\nThe workshop and gathering will also include:\n– Breathing meditations.\n– Basic whirling techniques for beginners (Iranian\, Turkish and Central Asian Sema and Semah)\n– Gwati and Iranian Zikr Rituals (Sufi Prayers and Ancient Medicine Healing Circles)\n– Sema Gathering\, Performances\, and Sohbet (Sufi Whirling Gathering and Spiritual Talk/Lectures)\, Q&A\, and Sharing Circles. \nParticipants are encouraged to bring a poem or story to share. Musicians feel free to bring your instruments to inspire and bring love into our circle! \nThis event is done with support from NOoSPHERE Arts and Center for Remembering and Sharing. \nFarima Berenji is an Iranian-American scholar and dance ethnologist\, an award winning internationally acclaimed dance artist\, a choreographer\, instructor\, and an archaeologist specializing in ancient\, sacred\, classical\, and folkloric dances of Persia\, Ionia\, and the Silk Road. She is a third generation artist—her devotion to the world of arts inspired by both her mother and grandmother as performing artists\, poets\, and musicians of Azerbaijani heritage. Farima has spent her lifetime studying Persian/Iranian and Central Asian dance\, culture\, and history. Recognized as one of the few world scholarly experts of ancient and mystical dance ethnology\, she travels worldwide to record\, research\, lecture\, perform\, educate\, and to inspire dynamic creativity and rejuvenation through dance and movement. \nAs a Sufi from the bloodline of St. Fateme and a Magi (Shaman) from the bloodline of Iranian Zoroastrian Magi\, Farima is strongly connected to spirituality and healing. She is one of the very few Iranian women granted by the Magi and Gwati tribes of Iran to perform ancient healing and sacred rituals. Her Shamanic healing therapies are now in use in hospitals in Iran and the US. Farima infuses spirituality into her dance and teachings to exceptionally impassion\, empower\, and inspire students to deeply understand the meaning of culture and dance and to explore dance as a powerful means to express emotion\, facilitate spiritual healing\, and bridge cultures. Using her own findings and techniques she makes the connection between soul and movement to create an artist not just a dancer. United in all her accomplishments is her contribution in advocating art\, culture\, and dance to help bridge cultural gaps and create respect among all people. She seeks to lead people to the historic beauty and richness of Persia and the Silk Road culture and to aid them find inner bliss through dance\, music\, and spirituality. \nhttp://farimadance.com
URL:https://crsny.org/event/rumis-wedding-night-2022/
LOCATION:Last Frontier NYC\, 520 Kingsland Ave\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11222\, United States
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SUMMARY:Dance of the Soul Workshop with Sufi Master Farima Berenji
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our next Sufi dance / music event\, a Sacred Dance\, Music and Healing Journey with visiting Sufi Master of Yarsan Order and Scholar\, Farima Berenji\, PhD at Last Frontier NYC in Greenpoint\, Brooklyn in celebration of Rumi’s Wedding Night! \nTickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/462455676377 \nSchedule: \n– 12/17/2022 from 6 – 8 pm\nRumi’s Wedding Night:\nEvening Sema Gathering\, Zikr and Performance $25 ($20 for those who attend workshop)\n$30 at the door \n– 12/18/2022 from 2 – 4pm\nWorkshop\n$50 \nJoin us on a path of healing and self-growth through the power of Sufism\, Sacred Circles\, music\, and Sacred Dance. In that journey\, the promptings of the Inner Divine are found\, and love\, kindness\, and compassion flow naturally into our daily life. \nWe will create a sacred\, supportive space where we can all release whatever energy no longer serves us\, relax and open our heart\, body\, and mind. We will discover the power and mystery of ancient Persian and Sufi dance and rituals – a gateway for self-growth and spiritual transformation–through prayers\, whirling\, music\, and love. Be moved by beautiful Sufi rituals\, sacred music\, songs\, chanting\, poetry\, and dance in prayers and Love! \nIn this workshop and gathering\, we will combine the sacred phrases\, chants\, music\, and movements from ancient Persian spiritual traditions of Khorasan and Yarsan to help touch the spiritual essence within us and to help us recognize it in others. These fundamental elements compose the ancient\, contemporary\, and devotional roots of sacred dance. \nIn this workshop/gathering we will experience:\n– Presence and surrender to Love.\n– Practice devotional embodiment and ancient Persian healing dance rituals.\n– The power of healing and love through poetry\, zikr\, and Sufi whirling (Iranian\, Central Asian\, and Turkish Rituals and Zikr)\n– The power of the sharing circle and acts of kindness and love toward self and others.\n– Dance and Music as prayer and spiritual transformation.\nThe workshop and gathering will also include:\n– Breathing meditations.\n– Basic whirling techniques for beginners (Iranian\, Turkish and Central Asian Sema and Semah)\n– Gwati and Iranian Zikr Rituals (Sufi Prayers and Ancient Medicine Healing Circles)\n– Sema Gathering\, Performances\, and Sohbet (Sufi Whirling Gathering and Spiritual Talk/Lectures)\, Q&A\, and Sharing Circles. \nParticipants are encouraged to bring a poem or story to share. Musicians feel free to bring your instruments to inspire and bring love into our circle! \nThis event is done with support from NOoSPHERE Arts and Center for Remembering and Sharing. \nFarima Berenji is an Iranian-American scholar and dance ethnologist\, an award winning internationally acclaimed dance artist\, a choreographer\, instructor\, and an archaeologist specializing in ancient\, sacred\, classical\, and folkloric dances of Persia\, Ionia\, and the Silk Road. She is a third generation artist—her devotion to the world of arts inspired by both her mother and grandmother as performing artists\, poets\, and musicians of Azerbaijani heritage. Farima has spent her lifetime studying Persian/Iranian and Central Asian dance\, culture\, and history. Recognized as one of the few world scholarly experts of ancient and mystical dance ethnology\, she travels worldwide to record\, research\, lecture\, perform\, educate\, and to inspire dynamic creativity and rejuvenation through dance and movement. \nAs a Sufi from the bloodline of St. Fateme and a Magi (Shaman) from the bloodline of Iranian Zoroastrian Magi\, Farima is strongly connected to spirituality and healing. She is one of the very few Iranian women granted by the Magi and Gwati tribes of Iran to perform ancient healing and sacred rituals. Her Shamanic healing therapies are now in use in hospitals in Iran and the US. Farima infuses spirituality into her dance and teachings to exceptionally impassion\, empower\, and inspire students to deeply understand the meaning of culture and dance and to explore dance as a powerful means to express emotion\, facilitate spiritual healing\, and bridge cultures. Using her own findings and techniques she makes the connection between soul and movement to create an artist not just a dancer. United in all her accomplishments is her contribution in advocating art\, culture\, and dance to help bridge cultural gaps and create respect among all people. She seeks to lead people to the historic beauty and richness of Persia and the Silk Road culture and to aid them find inner bliss through dance\, music\, and spirituality. \nhttp://farimadance.com
URL:https://crsny.org/event/dance-of-the-soul-workshop-with-sufi-master-farima-berenji/
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SUMMARY:Secret Journey: Stop Calling Them Dangerous #4 Love Story\, Palestine
DESCRIPTION:CRS and The School of hard knocks present Secret Journey: Stop Calling Them Dangerous #4: Love Story\, Palestine a long-table discussion between Yoshiko Chuma and assembled artists/panelists with Ryuji Yamaguchi  https://jordantimes.com/news/local/experimental-dance-performance-delves-questions-identity-and-self from Jordan. The panel symposium will conduct several discussions that will explore\, examine\, and translate stories about oppression\, marginalization\, prejudice\, and profiling. To aid in the moderation of the discussions\, a simple and engaging structure will be introduced at the beginning of the panel symposium; this will allow for productive communication and thoughtful transparency. The members of the audience will have to suggest a topic related to the aforementioned categories. \nSuggested donation $20. No RSVP required. \nCRS is a place where emerging artists can learn from established artists\, share their work\, and explore new ideas. \nPhoto of Yoshiko Chuma by Robert Flynt \nLanding in New York City in 1976\, Yoshiko Chuma quickly settled in Manhattan’s East Village – a place that\, at the time\, was often labeled as “seedy”\, “dirty”\, and/or “dangerous”. Indeed\, in 1976\, the East Village was mostly devoid of the culture and inflation you would see before you today\, and it is here that Chuma began her career\, now spanning an impressive 45 years to date. She is notoriously well-traveled\, and has crossed the borders between East and Central Europe\, Palestine\, Albania\, Kosovo\, Afghanistan\, and most recently\, Venezuela. For some\, these places have been forbidden realms\, but for Chuma\, these lands have become centers of creation. As she might put it\, her visits to these locations have challenged what were preconceived ideas of privilege\, danger\, and civilization as a whole…. \nThe School of Hard Knocks\, or fully titled “Yoshiko Chuma & The School of Hard Knocks\, was founded in 1983 during a tumultuous time in New York’s East Village. The name was inspired by Chuma’s interest in American idioms during her early days in the United States.   The School of Hard Knocks  favors abstract  art and discourages efforts to interpret the work\, saying that “What we do is ambiguous. we don’t have a statement. If we had a statement\, we would be writers. https://www.culturebot.org/2012/04/13019/yoshiko-chumas-love-story-palestine-at-lamama/     https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/12/arts/dance/love-story-palestine-by-yoshiko-chuma.html https://vimeo.com/41877261 https://www.thelodownny.com/leslog/2012/05/arts-watch-yoshiko-chuma-brings-her-love-story-palestine-to-lamama.html   http://palestine.mei.columbia.edu/news-1/2016/8/26/love-story-palestine \nPanel Statement: We refute the idea of an immigration travel ban – America is a nation of immigrants. We want the participants and our audience to see the other parts of the world in a new light. This is about sharing experiences – sharing experiences of other lives and other worlds. And through our sharing\, explore what can and can’t be felt through our varied cultural and historical differences. \nThis panel was initially conceived by Yoshiko Chuma and Megan Kendzior during an impassioned conversation at Chuma’s private residence; this took place shortly after President’s Day (the first following Trump’s election) and served as yet another inspiration for the panel’s topics/categories. The primary reason for this creation and development of this event is to give to the art scene in New York another view point to discuss the same agenda: “Stop Calling Them Dangerous.” \n*Acknowledgement: Yoshiko’s experience in Palestine with dancer and activist Noora Baker (one of the leading dancers and directors of the El-Funoun Palestinian Popular Dance Troupe company in Ramallah\, Palestine) has been a substantial inspiration for this project. \nRyuji Yamaguchi  first came to King’s Academy in 2007 as the dance program coordinator in the Department of Art\, Design and Technology. During his years at King’s\, he served in various roles\, including dean\, department head\, and international student coordinator. After leaving King’s to spend a year in New York to dance and choreography while studying for his Master’s degree in educational leadership at Columbia University\, Ryuji Yamaguchi returned to King’s Academy in 2017 as dance program coordinator and a class dean. In 2022\, he was appointed dean of residential life. Born in Nagoya\, Japan\, He grew up in Japan and the United States. He attended Deerfield Academy and received his Bachelor’s degree in East Asian studies from Harvard University. His dance activities have spanned the Middle East\, Europe\, Japan and the United States\, and he has performed in works by such choreographers as Yoshiko Chuma\, Douglas Dunn\, Brenda Divelbliss and Christopher Williams. Mr. Yamaguchi has collaborated with numerous Jordanian and Palestinian artists\, and has invited over 40 Japanese and American artists to Jordan. As assistant director and producer to Yoshiko Chuma and The School of Hard Knocks since 2007 with six major productions in Jordan\, Palestine and New York City . In 2013\, he founded Jordan Youth Dance Exchange\, contributing to the growth of high school dancers in Jordan. \nSCHEDULE \nPanelists:  Ryuji Yamaguchi\, Yoshiko Chuma \n7:15 PM       House Opens – snacks and drinks \n7:30 PM-7:40 PM      Introductory remarks \n7:40 PM -7:45 PM Introducing Ryuji Yamaguchi \n7:45 PM -8:45 PM Ryuji Yamaguchi with many clips on the video . why\, how\, where\, and what ( 2007-2022 ) – located Madoba \, Amman in Jordan as Dance Artist\, The educator\, The leadership\, The organizer\, The Dancer\, The producer . \n8:45 PM -9:00pm the conversation between Ryuji Yamaguchi and Yoshiko Chuma  \n9:00 PM- 9:30 pm long table discussion  \nIn recent years\, and particularly following nationwide protests \, there is a renewed interest in the day that celebrates freedom. \nThe School of Hard Knocks ends with some thoughts on lifestyle as the continuation of collaboration.  The way we choose to live our lives can insist on collaboration\, even from afar and across Zoom. The School of Hard Knocks would like all of us to feel comfortable collaborating with each other and most importantly to do so from our own vantage point. It assembles us because we’re all very different\, living in different parts of the world\, focussing on different things. In fact\, despite our physical distance\, modern technology allows for a proliferation of access to stories and information. Where once sources were limited\, we have millions of people to connect with\, millions of digitized books and records\, and millions of performances online waiting to be watched. But what are the risks of this world of mass information? How can we contemplate the violence and carnal danger of borders and oppression in a creative or online space ? \nThe School of Hard Knocks was originally the title of a production in 1980. As the production expanded in the years after\, The School of Hard Knocks\, as an overarching investigation of embodied movement was established in 1983. With now the 40th anniversary lurking at the horizon\,  2020-2023 was conceptualized and organized to not only celebrate over four decades of collaborations with multiple generations of artists but also mark a completely new style of theatre.\n1 secret anniversary\n2 secret theatre\, club\, gallery\, park\, apartment\, and others\n3 Secret festival\n4 secret audience\n5 secret artists\nAn ongoing multi-disciplinary performance series conceived. Assembling a mosaic of films\, dance\, music\, visual art\, and narratives\, we continue a lifetime investigation of ideas regarding national security\, perceived dangers within borders\, immigration\, and war. \nFor more than four decades now\, Yoshiko Chuma has been building unique structures in the liminal area between her native Japanese culture and her adopted American one. Using trained and pedestrian movers\, virtuoso instrumentalists (who’s playing she often conducts)\, film\, video\, and sculptural forms by collaborating artists\, she develops unusual time-based art works that blend the live and the recorded\, the flat and the three-dimensional\, people and things. Chuma’s multidisciplinary work tries to capture the contemporary world in all its complexity: speedy\, multi-faceted\, diverse\, both conceptual and concrete. She has traveled and worked in countries around the globe\, with international casts. \nForbidden realms for some but centers of creation .\, as visiting  to these locations challenge preconceived ideas of danger and have brought about some of the most beautiful experiences. Intentionally proposes to confuse documentation with history\, recreating segments from own documented events.  We never give ourselves any boundaries or let them interfere with the work. Making art is not the intention at all. All of their efforts are oriented towards giving performances that have never been seen before. \nHaving received no formal art training\, we pursue spontaneous and experimental techniques and methods of construction. The  creative process begins with a single movement  or abstract image conveyed to her film making pattern. Chuma once presented a crumpled piece of drowning to her team and requested a single movement that expressed similar qualities. Project after project\, year after year\, we upend conventional notions of dance and disrupt accepted characteristics of performance. The performances not only stand apart from the genealogy of dance but also resist definition and confound interpretation – endless peripheral borders.\n \nPresident and founder of CRS Yasuko Kasaki is an internationally beloved spiritual writer\, counselor\, healer\, lecturer and translator from Tokyo\, Japan. The founder of CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)\, the first and only spiritual center devoted to the teaching and practice of A Course in Miracles (ACIM) in New York City\, she is widely recognized as the person most responsible for the spread of A Course in Miracles throughout Japan. \nCRS serves as a spiritual and creative laboratory\, providing a diverse and international community of artists and healers across disciplines with opportunities to experiment and share their unique inner visions in order to illuminate what is true and universal. Yasuko Kasaki in 2004\, CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) offers spiritual counseling\, healing\, and mind training and also develops and presents arts and cultural programming. The CRS mission is rooted in the non-dualistic teachings of A Course in Miracles (ACIM)\, which reminds us that we are limitless spiritual beings and encourages us to remember our true nature by committing to a practice of deep\, non-judgmental inquiry.
URL:https://crsny.org/event/secret-journey-stop-calling-them-dangerous-4-love-story-palestine/
LOCATION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)\, 41 E 11th St 11th Fl\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
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SUMMARY:FREE New Year's Eve Guided Meditation with Yasuko Kasaki
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Saturday\, Dec 31 at 6pm for our annual year ending guided meditation with CRS Founder Yasuko Kasaki. This year the meditation will be held in our award-winning White Room and space is limited so registration is required. Please RSVP by email to etsuko@crsny.org. \nLet’s join our minds in stillness to remember who we are and prepare to begin the new year with a clear mind and renewed intention to see and share only love. \nWhat would love have me do?\nWhere would love have me go?\nWhat would love have me say\, and to whom? 
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LOCATION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)\, 41 E 11th St 11th Fl\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
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