May 25, 2017
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May 26, 2017

Shared Evening: Yoshiko Chuma | Rady Nget | Brother(hood) Dance!

Yoshiko Chuma | π= 3.14…Dead End, Hey! All Women!

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A flowing resistance activity with a delicate, powerful monologue through dance. This project launched on President’s Day at La MaMa.

Featuring Christine Bonansea, Ginger Dolden, Megumi Eda, Megan Kendzior, Jodi Melnick, Patricia Parker, Kathryn Ray, Sarah Skaggs
& The Anna/Kate Band

Yoshiko Chuma, conceptual artist, choreographer/artistic director of The School of Hard Knocks, has been a firebrand in the post-modern dance scene of New York City since the 1980s, consistently producing thought-provoking work.

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RADY NGET

My Memory

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Nget began his dance training in 1999, specializing in the monkey role of Lakhaon Kaol, the Cambodian classical male masked dance form. As a classical dancer, he has toured to Europe and throughout Asia, and as a contemporary dancer has performed in numerous works.

BROTHER (HOOD) DANCE!

How To Survive A Plague

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Orlando Zane Hunter, Jr | Ricardo Valentine

Brother(hood) Dance! is an interdisciplinary duo that seeks to inform its audiences on the socio-political and environmental injustices from a global perspective, bringing clarity to the same-gender-loving African-American experience in the 21st century.

La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival

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La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival continues to support La MaMa’s commitment to presenting diverse performance styles that challenge audience’s perception of dance by featuring performance/installations, experimental film screenings & public symposiums which address dance artists’ engagement with the current political climate, as well as honoring diasporic histories and legacy, ancestral inspirations and inter-generational dialogue.

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