CRSは、広島と長崎への原爆投下80周年を記念して、ダンスと映画の特別なイベント「@CPR | PLANTING SEEDS OF PEACE IN AMERICA」を開催します。この心に響く公演は、2025年9月21日（日）午後7時から、ニューヨーク州ブルックリンのCPR – Center for Performance Researchで行われます。チケットは20ドルで、Eventbriteにてお求めいただけます。

このイベントでは、被爆二世の日本人振付家でありダンサーでもある小谷ちず子と、彼女が率いる西宮拠点のアンサンブル「P Company」が登場。また、ユーモアと深い情感を織り交ぜたソロ作品で知られる舞踏家の原田伸雄が、アメリカでは滅多に見ることができない貴重なパフォーマンスを披露します。さらに、ニューヨークを拠点に活動する舞踏家・大江梓美が、ミュージシャンの永井晶子（モーグ）と武石聡（プリペアド・ハンマー・ダルシマー）と即興演奏を披露します。
Chris Fiore監督の短編映画「A Few Laughed」も上映されます。

今年、広島は原爆投下から80周年を迎え、被爆者会がノーベル平和賞を受賞しました。この節目の年に、動きと記憶を通じて平和の大切さや戦争の重さを考える貴重な機会に、ぜひご参加ください。アーティストたちが長年、芸術を通じて異文化間の癒しに取り組んできた姿勢は、現代の情勢においてますます重要な意味を持っています。このプログラムは、CRS（Center for Remembering & Sharing）の制作助成金により実現しました。

TICKETS:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cpr-p-company-friends-planting-seeds-of-peace-in-america-tickets-1563121150439

VENUE:
CPR – Center for Performance Research
361 Manhattan Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11211

Highlights from the program include:

”I Will Become a Dove” (Chizuko Kotani solo)

With skin that has peeled off and hung down as wings, I overcome suffering and anger, and I become a dove, soaring into the sky.

“Life” (P Company group dance)

An evocation of people fleeing in fear, seeking help, this dance embodies the horror and anger of the atomic bomb.

“The Red River of Ether” (Nobuho Harada solo)

One of Nobuho Harada’s signature pieces, this work, connecting life and death, encapsulates the greatest intensity within the smallest movement.

“Solitude” (Azumi Oe solo)

Rising from the ashes of collective trauma, acclaimed butoh dancer Azumi Oe’s “Solitude” embodies the profound journey from destruction to rebirth. In this haunting solo work, Oe’s body becomes a vessel for ancestral memory and repressed histories, emerging from darkness through apocalyptic strobic flashes that evoke both devastation and renewal. As she surrenders individual identity to enter the fertile void of “ma,” her movements channel the universal resilience that transforms suffering into transcendence. This boundary-pushing performance honors the enduring spirit that rises from catastrophe, making visible the unseen forces of survival and regeneration that pulse within us all.

“A Few Laughed” (Chris Fiore, 2019, running time 05:37) 

This short film is an experimental short film that honors the 23 Japanese sailors and fishermen irradiated by the unannounced 1954 Castle Bravo hydrogen bomb test. The film was created for the Lucky Dragon 5 event at Tokyo’s Daigo Fukuryu Maru Exhibition Hall, honoring the Japanese sailors and fishermen, and features an improvised dance performance by Takemi Kitamura, with costume by Nobuko Tsuruta.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Chizuko Kotani is a Japanese choreographer, dancer, and founder of P Company. As the daughter of atomic bomb survivors, she has long carried the emotional legacy of war. Her activism with the “Chernobyl Hibakusha Support Kansai” group helped transform her trauma into purpose. Now, she shares stories of survival and hope through contemporary dance works that call for peace and remembrance.

Chizuko Kotani began her dance training in the 1970s under Miyoko Fujiwara, whose powerful final performances while hospitalized left a lasting impression on her. At just 21, Chizuko took over the studio following Fujiwara’s passing and went on to found her own company, Dance Core Possible, in 1981. She also studied Martha Graham technique with the late Akiko Kanda, a trailblazer who brought Graham’s radical physical language back to Japan after dancing as one of Graham’s principal performers in New York. Chizuko’s work carries forward this lineage, grounded in the Graham technique but transformed through her own cultural and political experiences.

A native of Hiroshima, Chizuko weaves personal and historical memory into her choreography, often tackling themes such as war, nuclear energy, and the fragility of life. Like her mentor Kanda, who incorporated Japanese forms such as Noh and questioned gender roles through dance, Chizuko uses the stage as a space for social reflection. Her works fuse bodily precision with emotional depth and existential inquiry, reflecting her belief that dance is not just performance but a way of knowing, resisting, and ultimately remembering.

Nobuo Harada is a Fukuoka-based butoh master and founder of Seiryusha (1980). A successor in the lineage of Kazuo Ohno and Akira Kasai, Harada’s performances blend profound physicality with philosophical playfulness, navigating the border between art and anti-art. He has toured widely in Japan and abroad, bringing butoh’s quiet power to audiences across cultures. Born in Fukuoka in 1949, he studied martial arts until seeing Akira Kasai and Kazuo Ohno perform “The Bottom of the Hill” in 1972, which led him to study under Kasaki for seven years.

Founded in 2004 by Chizuko Kotani, Kyoto-based P Company features a diverse group of dancers drawn from Dance Core Possible and trained in styles ranging from ballet to improvisation. The company plays a key role in the WiSP Project, using performance as a vehicle for peace education and intercultural exchange. Last year, P Company and WiSP presented Chizuko’s “The Dropping of the Atomic Bomb” at Art Complex Hiroshima.

Azumi Oe is a New York-based butoh dancer and choreographer known for her mesmerizing, provocative, and meticulous performances. A former member of Vangeline Theater and principal dancer under butoh master Katsura Kan, she now develops experimental solo and collaborative projects worldwide. She was a 2023 artist-in-residence at Johns Hopkins PEABODY Institute and a 2024 NYFA/NYSCA Fellow in Choreography. www.azumioe.com

Shoko Nagai is a pianist, accordionist, and composer whose work spans jazz, experimental, and global traditions. Trained in Japan on Yamaha’s electronic organ before studying at Berklee College of Music, she has developed a distinctive voice on prepared piano, accordion, and keyboards, often influenced by the minimalist sound of Toru Takemitsu. She performs Klezmer, Balkan, and improvised music with equal command, and also composes scores for film and performance. Whether collaborating with renowned musicians or leading her own projects, Nagai is known for her intense focus and virtuosity, creating performances that mesmerize audiences. shokonagai.net

Satoshi Takeishi is a drummer, percussionist, and arranger whose career bridges jazz, classical, world, and experimental music. A Berklee College of Music graduate, he lived in Colombia for four years, performing with the Bogotá Symphony and exploring Latin traditions before moving to New York in 1991. His collaborations include work with Ray Barretto, Eliane Elias, Anthony Braxton, and Toshiko Akiyoshi, among many others. Blending South American, Middle Eastern, and contemporary influences, Takeishi brings a deep sensitivity to rhythm and texture. He continues to expand his artistry through improvisation and cross-cultural collaborations with musicians and composers worldwide.

Chris Fiore is a filmmaker and artist whose documentary work has earned awards, including the 2024 Culver City Film Festival Audience Award and the 2025 Berlin Indie Film Festival Award for Best Artist Film. His short A Few Laughed honors the 23 Japanese fishermen exposed to fallout from the 1954 Castle Bravo hydrogen bomb test near the Bikini Islands. www.chrisfiore.com

CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is a healing and cultural arts organization dedicated to exploring the intersection of spirituality, creativity, and community. CRS has presented peace-focused performances, exhibitions, and workshops for over 20 years in New York City and internationally.

CPR – Center for Performance Research is dedicated to supporting artists in the development of new work in contemporary dance and performance. CPR focuses its activities in three key areas: creative and professional development support; providing affordable space for artists; and public programming. Curated and open-call programs focus on providing artists with rehearsal, residency, and performance support, which generates time and space for research and dialogue, and creates opportunities to share work in a variety of contexts. CPR’s subsidized space rental program helps to ensure that artists can access CPR’s flexible studios and performance space at affordable rates to create and share their work. By presenting work to the public through performances, work-in-progress showings, salon-style discussions, exhibitions, and festivals, CPR exposes local audiences and its community to contemporary artistic practice and process.