History
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Oct. 2014
Nov. 2014 April-May, 2015 June, 2015 Aug. 2015 Sep.-Nov. 2015 Feb. 2016 Sep. 2016 Dec. 2016 March 2017 April. 2017 Sep. 2017 Jan. 2018 June. 2018 Nov. 2018 Oct. 2019 |
World Premier at United Solo Theatre Festival 2014 at Theatre Row
Recieved 4 awards: Best One Woman Show, Best Costume Design, Best Lighting Design, Best Choregrapy Selected to present it at The ONE Festival at PRTT, NYC Invited to present at United Solo Europe, Warsaw, Poland (Europe Premier) Edinburgh Festival Fringe Tour at Paradise in The Vault (UK Premier) Returned to United Solo Theatre Festival 2015 at Theatre Row Hewitt School, NYC St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY 3D Theatre at Atelier Teatro Fisico in Turin, Italy Amherst College, MA Kumble Theatre, Brooklyn, NY Tiyatro Medresesi, Izmir, Turkey Turin, Italy Hollywood Fringe Festival, LA, CA Thespis Festival / International Mono Drama Festival), Kiel, Germany Cheb International Monodrama Festival, Cheb-Czekia |
Butoh Medea is...
a Multi-Awards winning production at United Solo 2014, (Best One-woman show, Best Lighting Design, Best Costume Design and Best Choreography), and is selected to be presented at United Solo Europe 2015 in Warsaw, Poland. then had sell out shows and nominated for The Asian Arts Award during 21 performances in Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015.
Story of Butoh Medea...
Using the Japanese dance form Butoh and an adapted text, Yokko brings the spirit of Medea alive. 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.
Credits in Butoh Medea Project
Performed, Choreographed & Adapted by Yokko
Written & Adapted by Sean Michael Welch
Directed by Brian Rhinehart
Co-Choreographed by Jordan Rosin
Costume Design by Deepshikha Chatterjee
Lighting Design by Derek Van Heel
Sound Design by Ren Gyo Soh
Speech Coach: Alyssa Ciccarello
Assistant Director: Cihangir Duman
Associate Producer: Jordan Rosin
Producer: Ren Gyo Soh
Women Voices: Kathleen O'Neal, Cindy Kay, Kaitlyn Huczko, Nicole Stoica
Messanger's Voice: Keelie Sheridan, Ariel Lauryn, Karina Sindicich, Marie Putko
Written & Adapted by Sean Michael Welch
Directed by Brian Rhinehart
Co-Choreographed by Jordan Rosin
Costume Design by Deepshikha Chatterjee
Lighting Design by Derek Van Heel
Sound Design by Ren Gyo Soh
Speech Coach: Alyssa Ciccarello
Assistant Director: Cihangir Duman
Associate Producer: Jordan Rosin
Producer: Ren Gyo Soh
Women Voices: Kathleen O'Neal, Cindy Kay, Kaitlyn Huczko, Nicole Stoica
Messanger's Voice: Keelie Sheridan, Ariel Lauryn, Karina Sindicich, Marie Putko
