Breath/Carries/Ritual & For Three Sleepless Nights

8:30pm.

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Breath/Carries/Ritual

a transdisciplinary performance entangling breath, body, movement, sound, and stories

Yiheng Yvonne Wu, Jennifer Torrence, Ayako Kato

For Three Sleepless Nights

pursuit of tranquility with the play of kinetic and sonic space, silence, and stillness which generates a void for the flow of wind, gravity, and grace to come in

Mabel Kwan, piano; Jason Roebke, bass; Ayako Kato, dance

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Yiheng Yvonne Wu is a composer and interdisciplinary artist whose work ranges from conventionally notated pieces to staged experimental works. Interdisciplinary projects have incorporated ASL, poetry, dance, and installation.

yvonnewu.com

Jennifer Torrence is a percussionist, performer, and artistic researcher based in Oslo, Norway. Originally from the United States, she has performed and taught in a variety of contexts across the entire globe. Much of her work is built upon deep collaborative processes with composers and artists from various experimental practices. 

www.jennifertorrence.com

Pianist Mabel Kwan is fascinated by sounds, contradictions, and our perception of what is familiar or strange. She is a founding member of Ensemble Dal Niente, Restroy, Mega Laverne and Shirley, Fifth Season, and Honestly Same. A native of Austin, Texas, her interest in art and music began at an early age when she started accompanying her father on lieder, arias, and Chinese folk songs. 

mabelkwan.com

The diversity of Jason Roebke’s musical associations make him one of the most sought after bassists, composers, and educators in Chicago and beyond. He composes music that is extreme inits pairing of silence and explosive gestures. His music is rooted in jazz and takes inspiration from experimental music, noise, and improvisation. Solo performance and a duo with dancer Ayako Kato are also at the forefront of his creative activities. As a double bassist, his playing is intensely physical, audacious, and sparse.

jasonroebke.info

A 2023 United States Artist Fellow, Ayako Kato has been described as “moving everyday sculptures, artfully cast in naturalness” (Luzerner Zeitung, Switzerland). Founded in 1998, and grounded in the principles of fūryū, (Japanese word for “wind flow"), the cyclical transformation of human motion in Nature, Ayako Kato/Art Union Humanscape has been in deep collaboration with over 70 musicians. Ayako creates solos, ensemble pieces, and movement installations for traditional stages and site-specific locations.

ayakokatodance.com