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DESCRIPTION:Choreographer Benjamin Akio Kimitch conjures a fantasy Japanese
  American court dance where history presses against memory\, and memory ag
 ainst imagination. Drawing from family oral history and years of research 
 in the United States and Japan\, ballet stages give way to temple grounds\
 , barren foothills\, army barracks\, and the stench of empty horse stables
 . Benjamin’s *Allegra* turns to Bugaku\, an ancient dance form whose roo
 ts stretch across Persia\, India\, China\, Korea\, and Japan. In postwar U
 S-Japan relations\, performances of Bugaku inspired multiple collaboration
 s with New York City Ballet\, including George Balanchine’s own Bugaku b
 allet. These histories converge through a Japanese American lens anchored 
 by the aftermath of the camps in World War II. Benjamin and his ensemble\,
  Jessica Cook\, Lai Yi Ohlsen\, Glenn Potter-Takata\, and Nami Yamamoto\, 
 bring these collective memories to life. \n
LOCATION:New York Live Arts\n219 W 19th Street\nNew York\, NY 10011
SUMMARY:Allegra
URL:https://www.aaartsalliance.org/events/allegra
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