Name: Abun-Dances/豊穣なる舞
Start: 2021-10-31T17:00:00-04:00
End: 2021-10-31T18:00:00-04:00
Location: Dixon Place

Abun-Dances/豊穣なる舞

Shoko Tamaihas traversed the world stage with unmatched distinction, power, beauty and elegance in the world of Ballet. She continues to dazzle audiences in New York and around the world, continually evolving her profession and adapting her art by combining Classical Ballet, Contemporary Dance, and Martial Arts with all-original and interpretive choreography in her theater performances.Hailing from Yamanashi, Japan, a mountain village located in the far outskirts of Tokyo, Shoko has been a classically-trained ballet dancer since the age of two, and has since toured with The Central School of Ballet (London, UK), The Dance Theatre of Harlem (NYC, USA), The Paris Opera (France) and The Madrid Ballet School (Spain). Her undying dedication to her art has led her to grace the globe, lighting up the stages of famed venues that include London’s Royal Opera House, Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, The Theatre Royal in Glasgow, and Lincoln Center, in New York City.Shoko Tamai has competed from Hong Kong to New York and has the honor of being a Finalist in The World Ballet Competition and a Gold Medalist in the New York Ballet Competition. Her explosive resume and qualifications aside, Shoko is a true pioneer in her own right as she distinguishes herself on-stage with her exquisite history and story-telling through expressive dance. Each one of her performances promises to deliver a unique, stimulating visual and musical experience that should not be missed!

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Shoko Tamai reunites with ninja master Zen Takai and multi-instrumentalist Hideo Sekino to present "Abun-Dances/豊穣なる舞" Oct 31 2021 5pm

Dixon Place

Support Ninja Ballet on Donorbox!<a href="https://donorbox.org/ninja-ballet-network-1" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://donorbox.org/ninja-ballet-network-1</a><a href="https://donorbox.org/ninja-ballet-network-1" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a>Ninja Ballet Presents &quot;Abun-Dances/豊穣なる舞&quot;, an evening of dance and martial arts performance featuring Shoko Tamai, Zen Takai, and music by Hideo Sekino. At Dixon Place, 161A Chrystie st., New York NY 10002, Oct. 31 2021, 5pm. With support from City Artist Corps.A fusion of Eastern and Western dance methodology, practice, and performance, Ninja Ballet fuses Classical Ballet and Martial Arts to explore innovative movement in dance and fight choreography, creating a new genre where &#x27;Swan Lake&#x27; meets &#x27;The Matrix’. Ninja Ballet performers blur the line between what’s real and what’s possible, using classical and contemporary dance, acrobatics, and stage weapons, to create an immersive and interactive dance theater experience that seeks to reconnect people with nature and their environment, and to create a space where dance, music and visual arts become one. Established in NYC by Artistic Director Shoko Tamai in 2017, Ninja Ballet has performed all over the city at venues like Jazz Lincoln Center, Alvin Ailey Citigroup, Mark Morris Dance Group, the Tenri Cultural Institute, Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, Unarthodox, The Tank NYC, Nuyorican Poet’s Cafe, Queens Theatre, Plaxall Gallery, City Tech Theater, Arts on Site, Absurd Conclave, and The Secret Theatre, as well as internationally in Koh Phangan, Thailand; St. Petersburg, Russia; Odessa, Ukraine; Oaxaca, Mexico; and Edinburgh, Scotland.Ninja Ballet presented work in 2019 at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe as part of the 76th International Choreographer’s Showcase, and has previously participated in the APAP Booking Dance Festival, “Collective Thread” with ModArts Dance Collective, KoDaFe in NYC with iKADA Contemporary Dance, the New York Asian Dance Festival, “Borrowed Light” at Nuyorican Poet’s Cafe, Salon Series #63 with Sachiyo Ito Dance Company, Dance Brooklyn with Purelements Dance Company, Open Studios with Bushwick Arts Collective, WEPAfest in Williamsburg, Natural Abstractions I and II with Bill Claps, and the annual ChaShaMa Gala event. ChaShaMa awarded Ninja Ballet and Shoko Tamai with the Immigrant Artist Dance Award in 2021 for the presentation of their evening program “Abun-Dance” at Anita’s Way, in Times Square.In 2020, Shoko teamed up with Zen Takai, a sixteenth-generation ninja master from Kyushu, Japan, to create the Ninja Ballet Method. The integration of Ninjutsu and Ballet together results in the realisation of inner beauty, and the purification of the heart. Ninja Ballet Method reveals the ancient secrets of ballet to the martial artist, and the time-honored traditions of martial arts to the dancer. When trained together, practitioners achieve a more enlightened sense of movement, as well as the feeling of empowerment to protect themselves and others.In 2021, Shoko Tamai traveled to Japan to present &quot;What We Have is Now&quot;, a one-woman evening length performance at Sakura-za. Accompanied by multi-instrumentalist Hideo Sekino, she presented Ninja Ballet&#x27;s body of work for a sold-out audience in her hometown Yamanashi. This October, she brings her collaboration with Hideo-san to Dixon Place in New York City, presented with support from the City Artist Corps.

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