MNiverse Show vol. 1 Tsumugu -紡ぐ-
Time Capsule Project 2024
Directed/Choreographed/Performed: Mayu Nakaya
Collaborated performers: Catherine Messina, Caleb Patterson, Sara Pizzi, Aika Takeshima, Emmy Wildermuth
Special Thanks Collaborated: Faustine Lavie (choreographed for Unspoken Voices), Ren Kim (photos), Rin Nagaya (composed for Misalignment)
Photos: Miku Hirayama
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《Show Program》
Tsumugu
choreographer: Mayu Nakaya
dancers:
Ep.1 Catherine Messina, Mayu Nakaya, Caleb Patterson
Ep.2 Mayu Nakaya, Caleb Patterson, Emmy Wildermuth
Ep.3 Aika Takeshima (Improvisation)
Flip and Jive
choreographers & dancers: Catherine Messina, Emmy Wildermuth
-premiered 2023
Misalignment
choreographer: Mayu Nakaya
dancers: Sara Pizzi, Mayu Nakaya
music composer: Rin Nagaya
-choreographed for sarAika Movement Collective premiered in 2023 and performed in Japan.
Unspoken Voices (excerpt)
choreographer: Faustine Lavie
dancer: Caleb Patterson
music: Text written by Caleb Patterson, Edited by Kristen Hedberg.
-choreographed during the 2023-2024 residency with The Performance Project at University Settlement, premiered in
June 2024
an ordinary yet extraordinary day (Improvisation)
directed: Mayu Nakaya
dancer: Emmy Wildermuth
voice: Catherine Messina
When is enough?
choreographer & dancers: Sara Pizzi, Aika Takeshima
- premiered 2023
flesh memories
choreographer & performer: Catherine Messina
- premiered 2021
Touch (Improvisation)
directed: Mayu Nakaya
dancer: Catherine Messina, Caleb Patterson, Sara Pizzi
In the Moonlight
choreographer & dancer: Mayu Nakaya
Tsumugu 2
choreographer: Mayu Nakaya
Dancers:
Ep.4 Sara Pizzi (Improvisation)
Ep.5 Mayu Nakaya, Caleb Patterson, Emmy Wildermuth