NEWS!!!
July 24th: WON "BEST ACTRESS" at TVolution Award (Butoh Medea at Hollywood Fringe 2018) 
July 23rd:  NOMINATED FOR "Outstanding Choreography and Movement" for The Ume Group's 'by wing, fin, hoof or foot' (2017-2018 season) 
June 23rd: NOMINATED FOR "BEST INTERNATIONAL PLAY" (Butoh Medea at Hollywood Fringe 2018) 
July 23rd: NOMINATED FOR "BEST DANCE & PHYSICAL THEATRE" (Butoh Medea at Hollywood Fringe 2018) 

Coming Up...

BUTOH MEDEA
AT
Hollywood Fringe Festival 2018​
June 7-24, 2018 at 
​
Stephanie Feury Studio Theatre
(5636 Melrose Ave, LA, CA)

Thursday June 14th @ 3pm $12
Friday June 15th @9pm $15
Wednesday June 20th @10pm $15
Adapting this production from Euripides’ Medea and Greek Myth, and using Japanese Butoh Dance and original texts, Yokko brings the spirit of Medea to life. This fusion of Eastern dance and Western drama invites the audience inside Medea’s dark and desperate struggle. Trapped in the underworld, she is forever cursed to relive her tragic journey through love, hate, and ultimate loss.

Performed, Choreographed and Adapted by Yokko
Written by Sean Michael Welch
Directed by Brian Rhinehart
Co-Choreographed by Jordan Rosin
Costume Designed by Deepshikha Chatterjee
Lighting Designed by Derek Van Heel
Sound Designed by Ren Gyo Soh
Assistant Directed by Cihangir Duman 
Speech Coached by Alyssa Ciccarello
Press Photos by Vanessa Teran

Just Finished:

Hide Your Fires
-A story of Lady Macbeth​-
​
​at Teatro 3D, Turin, Italy
​Feb. 10th, 2018
The accursed spirit of Lady Macbeth invites the audience to experience her nightmare of stifled ambition, unfulfilled desire, and ultimate loss. Telling the story solely through her perspective, this production fuses Butoh dane, Movement, and various texts to put you inside the mind and body of one of Shakespeare's most famous villains. 
Butoh Medea
in Turin, Italy

Jan. 27th at 9:30pm! 
Presented by Atelier Teatro Fisico collaborate with La Cavallerizza Irreale 
Hide Your Fires
at United Solo Festival 
Due to the sold-out opening in Oct. 3rd, 
We have...
The additional Performance! 
Nov. 5th, 2017
Other Plant Hearts
by Alla Ilyasova 

Dixon Place
BUTOH MEDEA

​at International Mono drama Festival in Turkey
Aug. 30-Sep. 4th, 2017

CONTACT: 

Emerging Talent Agency: 
Agent 
Albert Bramante,
P. 908.925.0707
E. emergingtalentny@aol.com
“Everybody is interesting. 
Everybody has 
something unexpected to offer and 
the job of acting is
 to pull it out of each other.” 
(Merl Streep)