Alumni Events

Neo Tradition : 시간, 경계 없는 집

October 23, 2026

• Location:
• South Korea

• Tags:
• Performance
• Chatori Shimizu

Performance of Hyper Samgyetang (2026; comp. Chatori Shimizu) by Jisu Han (saenghwang) and and Chatori Shimizu (shō); performance of Ebi Revolution (2022; comp. Chatori Shimizu) by Somin Park (haegum) and Ma Jiajun (erhu); improvisation performance by Jisu Han (saenghwang), Hyochang Kwon (janggu), Hilgeum​ with Yoin Cho (gayageum), Yerim Kim (geomungo), and Somin Park (haegeum); Zhang Yutong (guqin), Zhu Xian (dizi), Ma Jiajun (erhu), Zhang Meng (sheng); Keizan Tanabe (shakuhachi), Yasutaka Yamashita (shamisen), Yuya Ishimori (fue, taiko), and Chatori Shimizu (shō, comp.)

Image: Saenghwang Bangatgan

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Coming Home: Tibetan Singer Yungchen Lhamo

October 16, 2026 - October 17, 2026

• Location:
• New York

• Tags:
• Performance
• La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club

A two part celebration of Tibetan culture and tradition through food, education, and music.

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Waves of Korean Contemporary Dance

October 09, 2026 - October 10, 2026

• Location:
• New York

• Tags:
• Performance
• White Wave

Waves of Korean Contemporary Dance brings together three distinct voices in contemporary dance, presenting works by WHITE WAVE Young Soon Kim Dance Company (ACC 2009), Andamiro Art Company, and choreographer Lee Dongha.

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Allegra

October 08, 2026 - October 10, 2026

• Location:
• New York

• Tags:
• Performance
• Benjamin Akio KIMITCH

Choreographer Benjamin Akio Kimitch conjures a fantasy Japanese American court dance where history presses against memory, and memory against imagination.

Photo by Alexander Coggin

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The OLIVIA Project Presents DEEP TIME, a new play by Catherine Filloux

October 06, 2026

• Location:
• New York

• Tags:
• Performance
• Catherine Filloux

DEEP TIME a new play by Catherine Filloux, the third play in the OLIVIA trilogy. Starring Christine Bruno & Antoinette La Vecchia.

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Literature to Life presents The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

October 05, 2026

• Location:
• New York

• Tags:
• Performance
• Elise Thoron

Literature to Life presents this thrilling adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel which chronicles the life of Oscar, an overweight science-fiction enthusiast who dreams of becoming the Dominican J. R. R. Tolkien.

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英語能「ペ・ポンギ」 / BAE BONG-GI: An English-Language Noh

October 03, 2026

• Location:
• Japan

• Tags:
• Performance
• Sherwin Yang

Bae Bong-gi was brought to Okinawa from colonial Korea and forced to serve soldiers as a “comfort woman.” She walked day after day all over postwar Okinawa, never feeling settled. She passed away on October 18, 1991 without ever returning home. This October, her spirit will be back to life on the Noh stage as we memorialize the 35th anniversary of her passing. Based on House with a Red Tile Roof by Kawata Fumiko, Bae Bong-gi tells of trauma, pain, and endurance. It meditates on one survivor’s harsh experiences, but also on how all survivors’ unique stories might best be honored. Noh’s blend of austere staging and emotive richness draws the imagination deep into the characters’ inner lives, and is thus a uniquely powerful vehicle for sharing human experience.

Image:  Omura Sadamu

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The Rift (Opera in One Act)

October 02, 2026 - October 11, 2026

• Location:
• New York

• Tags:
• Performance
• David Henry Hwang

In celebration of America’s 250th anniversary, the ninth season of the China Now Music Festival uses music to tell powerful stories about migration, artistic vision, resilience, and aspirations. The theme, Chasing Dreams, reminds us that the pursuit of dreams is a shared human experience that connects us all.

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Maedeup: Weaving Shin Yun-bok

September 24, 2026 - September 27, 2026

• Location:
• New York

• Tags:
• Performance
• Seoul Institute of the Arts
• La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club

A live, non-verbal performance that reimagines Korean classical painting through contemporary performance.

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Takenoko Lab - Eat, Listen, Feel / Chatori Shimizu/devon osamu tipp

September 20, 2026

• Location:
• Tokyo

• Tags:
• Performance
• Chatori Shimizu

The Invisible Dog (New York City) and BUoY Arts Center (Tokyo) are thrilled to present a performance by Chatori Shimizu & devon osamu tipp, as part of NAFAS TOKYO.

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Voy!

September 04, 2026 - September 06, 2026

• Location:
• Aomori -City Japan

• Tags:
• Performance
• Val Lee

Taiwan-based director and visual artist Val Lee visited Japan between 2024 and 2026, where Lee conducted fieldwork and interviews with local blind football teams in Hiroshima, Okinawa, and Aomori to produce a new photographic work, “The Sorrowful Football Team.” In collaboration with Garuha Aomori, a blind football team the artist encountered during these visits, Lee presents an ongoing research project on blind football in the form of a participatory performance.

Image  Design by Yang Hsi Hsiao

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Brown Madonna - Philippine Premiere

August 15, 2026 - August 16, 2026

• Location:
• Philippines

• Tags:
• Performance
• Ea Torrado

After premiering in Frankfurt in 2025 and returning to Europe this June 2026, Brown Madonna comes home for its Philippine premiere.

Photo by Noi Crew

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