SYNCHRONICITY by Stephanie Shin

Stephanie Shin presents the premiere of SYNCHRONICITY, an evening length dance performance, on March 10-11 at Arts on Site, located at 12 Saint Marks Pl in New York City.

WHERE:
Arts on Site NYC, Inc.
12 St Marks Pl, New York, NY 10003
https://www.artsonsite.org/

WHEN:
Friday, March 10, 2023 6:30pm & 8:30pm
Saturday, March 11, 2023 6:30pm & 8:30pm

TICKETS/MORE INFORMATION:
$30
Available at https://www.artsonsite.org/tickets.

SYNCHRONICITY originally derives from Shin’s experience as an Asian-American woman living in a city where violence toward her demographic has increased in recent years. Specifically, her recurring experience of meeting eyes with other Asian women while waiting for the subway in New York City. She said that these instances created an unspoken agreement to be there for each other if a situation were to escalate. While this may seem unimportant to an outsider, acknowledging its significance gave Shin solace in a time when comfort was scarce.

Experiences like these informed her creative process, as she shifted her interest to moments of coincidental unison, syncing pathways of movement, and intersecting bodies in space. The work questions the stakes of being in the right place at the right time, and this idea required additional dancers to explore.

In addition to this probing, SYNCHRONICITY asks the following: Why is there potential for good things to occur when we least expect it? Can meaning come from coincidences in our lives, or do we create the meaning after observing a coincidence?

Local dance artists collaborating with Shin to present the work include Buglisi Dance Theatre and Lane Co Arts dancer Emily Aslin, who also serves here as Artistic Associate, JChen Project and Periapsis dancer Maya Lam as well as Gotham Dance Theater dancer Celinna Haber, and NYU Tisch Dance alumna and five two Dance Company member Rachel Ha-Eun Lee.