revealFREEDOM
revealFREEDOM is a dance inspired by civil rights leader Yuri Kochiyama, and is danced to interviews with Kochiyama collected by Claudine Naganuma in 2010 and 2011.
Presented in association with the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center
May 7 and 8, 2011, Laney College Theater, Oakland, California
Dancers
Kai Kane Aoki Izu, Carly Boland, Clara Castronovo, Lihong Chan, Chaityn Isaacson-Brewster, Catalina Jackson Urueña, Lucie Jerome, Erin Landers, Khalil Lamnaour, Julia Milani, Allison Naganuma, Claudine Naganuma, Barbara Rickman, Nicola Schulte and Jerry Zeigler
Music
Joel Davel: Original composition, Marimba Lumina
Richard Howell: Saxophone
Claudine Naganuma: Artistic Director / Choreographer, Costume Design and Construction
Pamela Wu Kochiyama: Creative consulant
Montana MacDonald: Construction support
T-shirts from the collection of Yuri, Audee, Eddie and Pamela Kochiyama
This project was funded in part by the East Bay Fund for Artists