* Multi-Modal Shuttles- Azumi OE x Anne Ishii, Suminawa No Bi

7:30 Doors

8pm Show

Suggested donation $5 to $15 with no one turned away for lack of funds. 

Azumi OE x Anne Ishii

Meeting for the first time, the distorted realities (metaphysical/kinetic) of Azumi OE  will be infused with the focused but ethereal improvsiation of Anne Ishii. 

For the past few years, Anne Ishii has been involved in Philadelphia arts scene in all manner of settings whether performing solo on drum kit and electronics or in trio with Totally Automatic. She is one of the most dynamic voices around, notable in both her wide-range expression and her ability to drill down into core-concepts, expanding, manipulating, and refracting them into different forms. Her unique sensibility will be an intriguing complement to the extreme and emotionally contorted form of Butoh performed by Azumi OE. 

Suminawa No Bi

featuring Setsuhi Shiraishi, Athena, & Kinbakuartistmiki

A masterful performance blending tradition , performing arts and improvisation. Shodo & Kinbaku combined not only in artistic beauty but as an extension to communicate & transport us to the spiritual world. Let's enjoy the moments that transpire us. Suminawa No Bi.

BIOS

Azumi OE

The raw value of live performance is what fuels Butoh dancer azumi O E. Mesmerizing, shocking and playful movement is choreographed with meticulous timing, conspiring a visual relationship between the inner and outer human dimensions. Azumi wields her physical form as an expression and exploration of full individuality routed by the notion of collective oneness. Following eight years with New York-based company Vangeline Theatre and as Assistant Choreographer/Principal Dancer for Butoh Master Katsura Kan, azumi O E makes a continuous effort to exceed artistic constructs. She regularly develops experimental projects through solo pieces and collaborations with artists of various mediums. Notable co-operative works span video art and live performance with contemporary visual artist MARCK; composer Takuya Nakamura, “Impulsive Instrument” with Bassist Sean Ali, and upcoming duo with bassist Tim Dahl. She had an artist residency at the John Hopkins PEABODY Institute in 2023/24 and was a 2024 NYFA/NYSCA Artist Fellow in Choreography.  www.azumioe.com

 Setsuhi Shiraishi 

@setsuhi_eri_shiraishi on IG

Professional Calligrapher and Shodo master. She continues to pursue the beauty of the lines and spaces that influence the viewers momentarily. She sublimes calligraphy as a comprehensive art, such as collaborating with other arts in a unique style while transmitting the world of traditional calligraphy, is highly appreciated. Her live performances created by fusion with live music attract many fans all over the world.

She designed the concept of the new uniform for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Japan National Team, "Circle". With Shiseido Co., Ltd. for Clé de Peau Beauté, and works to transcend the frame, such as producing TRM of Panasonic and wall paintings of Oracle Japan Co., Ltd.

She worked at Installation at the Japan Pavilion certification event at Expo Milan. Performed at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa. She was an invited artist at Abiko International Outdoor Art Exhibition Installation.

 She did solo exhibitions at Paris, NY, SF, JICC Embassy of Japan, and Baltimore in the United States She has worked in Baltimore and many cities along the east coast touring regularly with OTS productions & Kinbakuartistmiki since 2017.

Kinbakuartistmiki + Athena

KAM + Athena fluctuate the body between time, space and moment to speak to the viewer the stories from 1000 years ago. They have been performing together in performance art pieces related to Kinbaku and hosting workshops on the practice together in PA, VA, MD, FL.

Anne Ishii is a writer and musician based in Philadelphia. She plays percussion and electronics in a variety of modalities, her favorite of which is banging on alarm bells with her son.