VANGELINE

Eternity 123

OCTOBER 27-30, 2021

Photo of Vangeline posing profile o nstage in ETERNITY 123, in a pose reminiscent of pin-up models. She is wearing a short yellow dress and the lighting is blue. Photo by Bryan Kwon.

Choreographer/Dancer: Vangeline

Soundscape: Vangeline, mastered by Diwas Gurung.
Featuring music by Ludwig Van Beethoven, Johann Strauss, and Ray Sweeten

Costume: Zimmerman

Lighting: Andy Dickerson
Technician: Conor Mulligan
Assistant Technician: Matt Morris

Publicity: Michelle Tabnick

Photo of Vangeline's dress from Eternity 123 illuminated with a warm orange light.

Eternity 123 traces the symbolic journey of women's liberation across time. With this piece, Vangeline also celebrates the impact of women on the art form butoh, exploring the link between women, butoh, and “cabaret.”
‘In the 70s and 80s, women butoh dancers danced in “cabarets” to make a living in Tokyo”, says Vangeline. “This history has led to unique methods and contributions by women in our field–contributions that have typically been overlooked. In the 1990s, I also made a living in New York as a go-go/burlesque/vaudeville dancer. In this piece, I celebrate women, trailblazers, while playfully exploring these layers of history.”

Behind all significant cultural movements and changes in history, the lives of countless women can be found, as well as countless voices that have been silenced. As we challenge our collective memory by telling their stories, we redefine the importance of women’s participation in society

Vangeline is a teacher, dancer, and choreographer specializing in Japanese butoh. She is the artistic director of the Vangeline Theater/New York Butoh Institute (New York), a dance company firmly rooted in the tradition of Japanese butoh while carrying it into the twenty-first century. She is a 2018 NYFA/NYSCA Artist Fellow in Choreography for Elsewhere.With her all-female dance company, Vangeline’s socially conscious performances tie together butoh and activism. Vangeline is the founder of the New York Butoh Institute Festival, which elevates the visibility of women in butoh, and the festival Queer Butoh. She pioneered the award-winning, 15-year running program The Dream a Dream Project, which brings butoh dance to incarcerated men and women at correctional facilities across New York State.
She is the author of the critically-acclaimed book: Butoh: Cradling Empty Space, which explores the intersection of butoh and neuroscience. www.vangeline.com

Andy Dickerson (Lighting Designer) has lit work at Triskelion Arts and in various venues, including Dancespace Project at St. Mark’s Church, The Producers’ Guild, Movement Research at the Judson Church, Center for Performance Research, Joyce SoHo, The Brearley School, Lehman College, Gettysburg College, among others. In addition, Andy has been co-directing and collaborating with Rachel Mckinstry since 2005. He has managed productions with The Times Center in Manhattan and The New York Times’ TimesTalks at venues throughout the city. Andy can also be found at Montclair State University Theater Department as the Production Manager. He is also Triskelion Arts' Board President and Grants Manager and has worked with the organization since 2002 in many technical capacities.

Conor Mulligan (Technician) Credits include: NEW YORK: The Giant Hoax, (Theatre Row), KonverjdansIII (The Mark O’Donnell Theater), Jumping Mouse (Museum of Jewish Heritage), BalletNEXT (NYLA), National Children’s Chorus (Carnegie Hall), Satellite Collective’s Echo & Narcissus 2018 (BAM Fisher), Adam Minus Josh, (Theatre Lab), Start From Hello A New Musical (Hudson Guild Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Smith Street Stages), Lambs For Slaughter, The Overcoat, The Master and Margarita, Lady With A Lap Dog, The Three Sisters, Crime and Punishment (The Russian Arts Theatre & Studio), The Phillie Trilogy, Do You Dream In Spanish, (Fresh Fruit Festival 2017), The Commuters (Calendar Boys Productions). REGIONAL: PIRIRA, Old Love New Love (Luna Stage, NJ), On Golden Pond (Bristol Riverside Theatre), This Is Our Youth (Wellfleet Harbor Actor’s Theatre, MA), E2, The 39 Steps, Sweeney Todd, All She Must Posses, The Other Place (REP Stage, MD), Columbinus, Fly By Night (1st Stage, VA), Manuel Vignoulle – M/Motions (Tulsa Performing Arts Center), The Effects Of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds [Winner of the Craig Noel award for Outstanding Lighting Design 2018], Fool For Love, True West (Cygnet Theatre, CA), Lesson 443 (MOXIE Theatre, CA), Thrill Me (Diversionary Theatre, CA). INTERNATIONAL: Cirio Collective: In the Mind, The Fourth Way, Parting Thoughts (Despertares Impulsa 2019; Guadalajara, MEX). Conor is a proud member of USA 829. More at www.conormulliganld.com

Photos by Bryan Kwon.

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

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