Upper East Side|Local Event
Dance Out East: Naomi Funaki's Ikigai Tino and Rajika Puri Creative Residency
Event Details
Recognized
as a 2023 Princess Grace Award recipient in dance, a 2024 Dance
Magazine’s “25
to Watch,” 92NY Artist-in-Residence and 2025 Asian American Jadin
Wong Fellow, tap dance artist Naomi Funaki shares an
in-process presentation of a new evening-length work, Ikigai.
Reflecting on the 2011 Tohoku earthquake & tsunami, Fukushima
nuclear disaster, and personal experience, Funaki blends rhythm, live
music, and narrative to explore resilience, memory, and
connection.
This
in-process presentation is a culmination of Funaki’s weeklong Works
& Process Tino and Rajika Puri creative residency at Guild Hall.
Consisting of both performance and conversation, the evening offers
audiences an intimate glimpse into the work’s development and the
ideas shaping its evolution prior to its March 8th premiere with
Works & Process at Guggenheim New York as part of the Uptown
Rhythm Dance Festival.
This
presentation is part of the 2026 Dance Out East Festival—a
collaboration between Guild Hall, The Church, The Watermill Center,
and Works & Process that highlights the creation of new
choreographic work ahead of its continued development within Works &
Process’ 2026 dance festivals.
Sat, January 10, 2026
7:00 PM
Location:
158
Main Street
East Hampton, NY 11937