{"id":959,"date":"2010-04-22T00:06:27","date_gmt":"2010-04-22T00:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.centrea.org\/?p=959"},"modified":"2013-02-22T00:11:48","modified_gmt":"2013-02-22T00:11:48","slug":"identity-ancestral-memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centrea.org\/2010\/04\/identity-ancestral-memory\/","title":{"rendered":"Identity – Ancestral Memory"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    Centre A presents
    \nin partnership with YAYOI THEATRE MOVEMENT SOCIETY<\/p>\n

    Identity – Ancestral Memory\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>
    \nInspired by the life & art of Roy Kiyooka<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n


    \n<\/strong>Performances: Thursday, April 22, Friday April 23, Saturday, April 24, 8:00 pm
    \nCentre A, 2 West Hastings Street
    \nAdmission: FREE
    \nInformation and press contact: 604-739-7760<\/p>\n

    Symposium<\/a><\/strong>: April 24, 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm, at Centre A.
    \nCoordinated by Grace Eiko Thomson
    \nA film by    \u00a0<\/a>Jesse Nishihata<\/a><\/strong>,<\/span>\u00a0Watari Dori\/Bird of Passage\u00a0<\/em>will be screened at 1:00 pm,
    \nPanel Discussion:\u00a0Connections: Continuity and \/or Departure?<\/em>\u00a0 3:00 pm-5:00pm
    \nThe panel members: Roy Miki, Michael Fukushima and other TBC
    \nModerator: Kirsten Emiko McAllister.
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    Identity – Ancestral Memory<\/em>\u00a0explores the impact of ancestral memory by looking at the life of Japanese-Canadian artist, Roy Kiyooka.<\/p>\n

    A multi-media production combining dance, music and video, it depicts the struggle of the artist grappling with dual Japanese and Canadian identities, against the backdrop of racism in wartime Vancouver.<\/p>\n

    Roy Kiyooka was one of Canada’s premier abstract painters when he went on to become an innovative explorer of photography, performance, poetry and music. He was a leader on Vancouver’s thriving art scene of\u00a0 the 1960s and 1970s. He was also a great teacher, whose influence continues to be felt many years after his untimely death. Born in 1926, he lived through the relocation of the Japanese community in WWII and established his national reputation as an artist in the 1960s. He died unexpectedly in 1994 at the age of 67.<\/p>\n

    Yayoi Theatre Movement (YTM) blends traditional Japanese dance and theatre with contemporary themes. Company founder, Yayoi Hirano came to know Mr. Kiyooka in 1992 while visiting Vancouver from Japan as part of a theatrical tour. Yayoi settled permanently in Canada in 2002.<\/p>\n

    Collaborating with Yayoi Theatre Movement is Vancouver dance icon Jay Hirabayashi, of Kokoro Dance.<\/p>\n

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    IDENTITY – ANCESTRAL MEMORY<\/p>\n

    Concept & Direction: Yayoi Hirano
    \nChoreographer: Jay Hirabayashi
    \nPerformers: YAYOI, Jay Hirabayashi, Carolyne Chan, Tomoko Hanawa
    \nVideo Participants; Harry Aoki, Roy Miki, Linda Ohama, Judy Nakagawa, Takeo Yamashiro, John Endo Greenaway
    \nMusicians: Koto, Kozue Matsumoto, Shakuhachi, Minoru Yamamoto
    \nSet Designer: Vivien Nishi
    \nVideo Editor: Sebnem Ozpeta
    \nPhotographer: Yukiko Onley(Canada), Mikiya Kadota (Kochi, Japan)
    \nGraphic Designer: Ryoko Ninagawa
    \nCostume Designer: Naoko Shimada
    \nVideographers: Goush Yonekura (Canada), Hiroshi Kawauchi (Kouchi, Japan), Yusuke Yuguchi (Tokyo, Japan)<\/p>\n

    Show Length: 75 minutes<\/p>\n

    Funders: Canada Council for the Arts, British Columbia Arts Council,
    \nSponsors: National Association of Japanese Canadians, Escapes.ca, The Listel Hotel
    \nMedia Sponsor: Vancouver Shimpo
    \nSupporters: Top Scene Inc.(Tokyo Japan), Mamoru Hiraoka, Kana Kiyooka , Matsuki Masutani, Kayo Kitakomi , Masako Matsuda, Cindy Mochizuki, Atsuko Yoda, NAOTO HORITA Inc, Artisan Sake Maker, Chieko Konishi, Tea shop Sawa
    \nSpecial Thanks to Estate of Roy Kiyooka<\/p>\n

    Produced by YAYOI THEATRE MOVEMENT SOCIETY
    \nContact: 604-739-7760<\/p>\n

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