Before the Dawn
Yumiko Yoshioka
NEW YORK BUTOH FESTIVAL 2005: PERFORMANCE
Before the Dawn is a dance of metamorphosis, where darkness melts into brightness. Through transformation I want to illuminate the secrets in our bodies. Creatures hidden in our forgotten memories joyfully start to revive. Something grotesque yet strangely beautiful grabs our attention. We can’t help but be captivated by this strange force, a source of darkness and light.
Yumiko Yoshioka’s new work is a joyful dance of metamorphosis, where darkness melts into brightness and the hidden secrets of the body – the dark and beautiful memories that haunt us – are illuminated.”Yoshioka was what every dancer dreams of becoming: a perfectly tuned expressive form, capable of making even the empty space between limbs or fingers thrum with life.” Dance Magazine
Documentation
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(World Premiere)
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4002.5Year Created
2005Performance dates
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Space / Location
Premiere Venue
THE MARTIN E. SEGAL THEATRE CENTER10/18/2005
The Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 Fifth Avenue
Premiere Venue specific dates
Performer: Yumiko Yoshioka
Festival Videographers : Shige Moriya and Catalina Santamaria
Co-Presented with The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center at The Graduate Center, The City University of New York
CAVE NY BUTOH FESTIVAL TEAM
Directors
Ximena Garnica Gomez
Jeff Janisheski
Producer
Zachary Grace Model
Associate Producers
Gabriele Schafer
Audra Lang
Curators/Founders
Ximena Garnica Gomez
Jeff Janisheski
Juan Merchan
Zachary Grace Model
Fundraising Associate/Panel Coordinator
Tanya Calamoneri
Publicist
Aaron Rosenblum
Workshop Manager
Christine Coleman
Box Office Manager
Kristin Narcowich
Festival Bookkeeper
Shiho Kondo
CAVE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Artistic Director/Founder
Shige Mariya
Executive Director
Ximena Garnica Gomez
Executive Assistant
Audra Lang
Bookkeeper
Shiho Kondo
CAVE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President
Shige Moriya
Vice President
Zachary Grace Model
Treasurer/Secretary
Ximena Garnica Gomez
Officer
Juan Merchan
Thanks to the partnering venues and their staff who have helped to make this 2005 festival a success:
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center
at CUNY Graduate Center
Frank Hentschker, Jan Stenzel and the staff.
CAVE NY BUTOH FESTIVAL TEAM
Directors
Ximena Garnica Gomez
Jeff Janisheski
Producer
Zachary Grace Model
Associate Producers
Gabriele Schafer
Audra Lang
Curators/Founders
Ximena Garnica Gomez
Jeff Janisheski
Juan Merchan
Zachary Grace Model
Fundraising Associate/Panel Coordinator
Tanya Calamoneri
Technical Director/Lighting Designer
Scott Bolman
Web Master/Festival Photographer
Joshua Weiner
Publicist
Aaron Rosenblum
Workshop Manager
Christine Coleman
Box Office Manager
Kristin Narcowich
Festival Bookkeeper
Shiho Kondo
Merchandise Coordinators
Hiromi luchi
Michelle Danna
Graphic/Web Designers
Yumi Asai (postcard and brochure)
Leila Cardenas (festival logo and website)
Hiromi luchi (festival T-shirt)
Sean Zwier (poster and program cover)
Festival Videographers
Shige Moriya
Catalina Santamaria
Stage Manager
Fred Hemminger
Assistant Stage Manager
David Boylan
Stage Crew
Tanya Calamoneri
Scott Piscitelli
David Slaza
Translators/Assistants
Tara Hassel
Chie Otsuka
CAVE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Artistic Director/Founder
Shige Mariya
Executive Director
Ximena Garnica Gomez
Executive Assistant
Audra Lang
Bookkeeper
Shiho Kondo
CAVE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President
Shige Moriya
Vice President
Zachary Grace Model
Treasurer/Secretary
Ximena Garnica Gomez
Officer
Juan Merchan
Thanks to the partnering venues and their staff who have helped to make this 2005 festival a success:
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center
at CUNY Graduate Center
Frank Hentschker, Jan Stenzel and the staff.
Thanks to the following individuals for their assistance:
Anna Belous; Dance Theater Workshop and Megan
Sprenger; Kurt Gottschalk; Johanna Mochidome;
Allen Model; and Teiko Seki and Bob Guthrie.
We extend our deepest thanks to our box office staff,
technical staff, and all CAVE volunteers, without whom
the festival and CAVE’s programs would not be possible.
And to Shige — thank you!