X KILLS Y, AND VICE VERSA
Conceived and choreographed by Kiyoko Kashiwagi
Performed by Suzi Takahashi, Vincent McCloskey and Kiyoko Kashiwagi
Presented by The Chocolate Factory

Photo: Kazuhiro Soda

X KILLS Y, AND VICE VERSA is what the choreographer and the dancer Kiyoko Kashiwagi calls it an anime dance. It is a satirical dance comedy about a mad scientist Dr. X with an ambition to conquer the world with his female robot weapon. There will be a hero and, of cource, a beautiful girl in the story which is a cartoon like version of "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" and " Romeo and Juliet." Inspired by Japanese animations, Kashiwagi created this new dance format by fusing classical ballet, modern dance and Japanese animation. In live theater settings ther dancers will perform a live animation that is frightening but very comical and fantastical.

Date & Time
September 1 (Thur) 8:00 PM
September 2 (Fri) 8:00 PM
September 3 (Sat) 8:00 PM
JSeptember 8 (Thur) 8:00 PM
September 9 (Fri) 8:00 PM
September 10 (Sat) 8:00 PM

Theater
The Chocolate Factory
5-49 49th Avenue
Long Island City, NYC 11101
(718) 482-7069
http://www.chocolatefactorytheater.org/

Tickets
$15
Thursday night performances are “pay what you will” for Queens residents!

Kiyoko Kashiwagi (choreographer/performer) was born and raised in  Japan. Her works have been presented by HERE Arts Center, Joyce SoHo,  Dixon Place, Children's Museum of Manhattan, Movement Research at  Judson Church, New York International Fringe Festival, Galapagos,  Chashama, and others. She has received funding from the Puffin  Foundation and Meet the Composer, and was an Artist in Residence at  Movement Research 2004-05. She is a co-founder of the physical  theater group Ex.Pgirl, which participated in HERE’s Artist  Residency Program (HARP) from 2003-05, and has received grants from  NYSCA and the Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art. As a dancer,  she has worked with Karole Armitage, David Salle, Yoshiko Chuma,  Yasuko Yokoshi, Nami Yamamoto, and others.

For more information about the dance and the choreographer:
Laboratory X: http://www.laboratoryx.us/

JAPANESE and WAR
- There was a war in my country 60 years ago. (…so I hear) -

A series of staged readings
Presented by Theater Arts Japan,
in association with Signife and Woken’Glacier theatre company

Theatre Arts Japan will premiere four staged readings by four leading Japanese playwrights of today.

Sixty years after the close of the 2nd World War, Japan's memory of it grows dim, yet the shadow of World War II still hangs over the country, leaving a fear unfounded against other races. Japanese and War brings us back to a place in history whose effect persists though they try to forget.

Theatre Arts Japan was founded to introduce modern Japanese theatre, culture and points of view to American audiences by translating and producing Japanese plays in the United States.

Performance Schedule
September 12th (8pm) and 13th* (8pm)
"The Uniform"
Written by Kobo Abe
Directed by Jun Kim

September 19th (8pm) and 20th* (8pm)
"Happy Lads"
Written by Hideo Tsuchida
Directed by Michael Billingsley

September 24th* (5pm)
"Citizen of Seoul"
Written by Oriza Hirata
Directed by Catherine Miller

September 24th* (8pm) and 25th* (3pm)
"Dust Strom"
Written by Rick Foster
Directed by Yukako Yamazoe

*There will be TALK BACK & DISCUSSION  after the readings on 13th, 20th, 24th, & 25th.

Theater
American Theatre of Actors
314 W. 54th Street, 2nd floor
(Btw 8th & 9th Avenues)

Tickets
$5 (suggested donation)

For more information & reservation:
Theatre Arts Japan:
www.theatreartsjapan.org
646-554-6557