Math Time

Math Time
By Kensaku Shinohara

1 Bryant Park
Urban Garden Room
On the corner of 43rd and Sixth Ave
New York, NY

August 6th, 8th & 9th, 2013

Performance times:
August 6, Tuesday: 7 pm
August 8, Thursday: 7 pm
August 9, Friday: 7 pm

"Math Time was developed by experimenting with formal movement constraints, mathematical concepts, still pictures, numbers and diagrams in order to create a series of highly-focused spatial “happenings,” evoking imagery that is at once cellular, personal and political. Oscillating between the chaotic and the painstakingly calculated, this work for six dancers examines the complexities of human relationships amidst a shifting, experiential grid. Moving to a digital soundscape, the dancers react to the developing space with idiosyncratic, regimented movements, carving pathways within clearly-delineated boundaries. The result of this sometimes terrifying, sometimes tender construct is surprisingly personal and human.'' - by Emily Skillings, poet

About the artist:

Born in Sapporo, Japan, Shinohara started dancing and creating his own work while studying anthropology at International Christian University in Tokyo in 2004. After dancing and touring nationall and internationally with companies such as Nomade-s, Ginderman, and with his own company Team PUnchinello, he moved to NYC in 2009 to further his creative work. Trained in modern and contemporary dance techniques as well as improvisation, Shinohara has collaborated with artists such as Jennifer Muller, Tiffany Mills, Daria Fain, Darcy Naganuma, Philippa Kaye, Giada Ferrone, Lynn Neuman and others. 

He has also presented his amtbitious dances for New Museum presents Dance for DNA, Movement Research at Judson Church, Hatch/Hatched Series, PMT Dance Festival, Evolve Dance Festival, WestFest, Queens Fringe Festival, Collaborations in Dance Festival, Fertile Ground/Take Root Series at Green Space, WAX Series, and more. 

Photo Credit: Quinn Batson