Japanese Multimedia Performance Group to Perform at Yale March 25-27

NO BOUNDARIES: A Series of Global Performances presents MESs, a production by Yoko Higashino and Toshio Kajiwara at the Iseman Theater from March 25-27 at 8PM.

NO BOUNDARIES: A Series of Global Performances, presented by World Performance Project at Yale and Yale Repertory Theatre, concludes its 2009-10 season with MESs, by Yoko Higashino and Toshio Kajiwara, members of the Japanese multimedia performance group Baby-Q, at the Iseman Theatre (1156 Chapel Street) for three performances only: Thursday, March 25; Friday, March 26; and Saturday, March 27, at 8PM.

Piercing lasers, flashing LEDs, and a pulsing techno beat illuminate choreographer and performer Yoko Higashino's exploration of gender and transformation in a world of constant loss and confusion.

Approximate running time is 45 minutes. Talk backs with Yoko Higashino and Toshio Kajiwara follow each performance. Additional related programs, all free and open to the public, are also announced.

MESs is presented in part by the generous support of the Council on East Asian Studies at Yale University and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Japanese multimedia performance group Baby-Q draws on the talents of dancers, actors, musicians, and visual artists. Baby-Q's director and choreographer, Yoko Higashino, performs her solo shows at galleries, nightclubs, and music venues throughout Japan to great acclaim. She has received the 2004 Toyota Choreographer Award, the 2005 Next Generation Choreographer Award, and the 2005 Yokohama Solo and Duo Award and Grand Prize. Baby-Q's other works include GEEEEEK, ALARM!, E/G, Rhizome: Mother, Monster, Machine, M..., and I'm aroused.

Tickets for MESs are available online at yalerep.org, by phone (203) 432-1234, and in person at the Yale Rep Box Office (1120 Chapel Street, at York Street).

Tickets are $35 each. $10 student and $25 senior tickets are available for all performances. Yale faculty and staff tickets are $25. Discounts are also available for groups of ten or more.

Tuesday, March 23, 6-8PM
Broadway Loft Studios, 294 Elm Street, 3rd Floor Dance Studio
Audiences are invited to engage in an interactive studio session with featured artist Yoko Higashino. Capacity is limited to 30 and spots will be available first-come, first-served.

The event will be co-sponsored by Yale Theater Studies Program.

BABY-Q AND THE BIO-POLITICS OF JAPANESE CHOREOGRAPHY IN THE WAKE OF BUTOH
Lecture by Reginald Jackson, Associate Professor, University of Chicago
Response by Paige McGinley, Assistant Professor in Theater Studies, Yale University
Wednesday, March 24 5:30-7PM
Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall Street, Room 208
Baby-Q's work will be discussed in relation to broader choreographic trends in Japanese dance since the advent of Butoh in the 1960s.

Co-sponsored by Yale Theater Studies Program and the Whitney Humanities Center, and presented in part by the generous support of the Council on East Asian Studies at Yale University.

Q & A sessions with the artists will be held immediately following all performances.

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