Spinnin' Ronin

Spinnin Ronin alloys the philosophy and grace of the martial arts, design and emotion of dance, and the immediacy and didactic vehicle of theater to forge a sword, to reach deep inside past your everyday armor in search for the depth of the human soul. Spoken and kinetic vernacular from America, Asia, the streets and the stage race to tell stories of tears and roars, of course, with the spices of comedy. Spinnin Ronin has performed at Joyce Soho, 2003 Asian Lunar New Year
>Festival, Theater at Riverside Church, Japan Society APAP showcase, Joe’s pub, Flushing Town Hall, La Mama, SOB’s, Hybrid, Pacha NYC and as special guest for Vissi Dance Theater, Soul NY Dance Competition and Steve Globus’s Halloween Party. Available for performances, workshops, and demonstrations. For movies of our work and more information, please visit: www.spinninronin.com Director: Tsuyoshi Kaseda (Martial Arts Champion & Master)
Ninjas - Kisaru(Wooden Monkey)- Ai Ikeda(Past) Akiko Hiroshima (Present), Hayabusa(Falcon)- Vaughn Nelson, Suteroku (Ninja Leader)- Airon Armstrong, Sumire(Flower)- Reiko Ueno, Hayato- Aaron Pinder, Rokuzo-Sam Aoyama. Samurai - Ukon-  Tsuyoshi Kaseda, Sakon- Kazuma G. Motomrua, Kenzo- Kei Yokoyama, Lord- Nobuo Inubushi.

Malinda Allen

Malinda Allen is a writer, director and choreographer who moved to New York in 2004, where she was selected to show her solo work, " Antigen", as part of DTW's fall Fresh Tracks program.  She has since created a number of film and stage projects including " other games", a video/dance piece commissioned by the 2005 East Village HOWL Festival, and "Einstein's Dreams" based on the novel by Alan Lightman at Dance Theater Workshop in 2006.  Most recently, Malinda directed The Vagina Monologues at the Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, and assisted on the human billboard aerial dance presentation for the launch of Microsoft Vista operating system. Before coming to New York, Malinda received a number of commissions and awards including the 2002 Tap Water Award for Dance at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Edinburgh Scotland. In 2005, Malinda founded the Allen|Body Group. Learn more about Malinda Allen/Allen|Body Group and subscribe to Malinda's blog, "The Body and the Word" at: www.allenbodygroup.com & www.myspace.com/allenbodygroup

Dance Warriors Project

DANCE WARRIOR PROJECT is a theatrical dance company that combines African spirituality with the most advanced styles of dance emerging from Brooklyn's underground house music scene. Their piece chronicles the adventures of the Ajhala Tribe, an indigenous tribe living in the year 3016 A.D. in the coastal rainforest of a territory once know as Brooklyn. The company has performed at Manjinga, Alma, Brooklyn Mecca, Dumbo Arts Festival and Urban Roots Dance Showcase.
Company Members: Santiago, Mesu Ra, Traci Pollard, Mirlet Auguste, Micah Lee, Sena Dubois, Rainy Demerson, Sabine Blaizin, Keisha Franklin.

Urban Tea Ceremony

A true fiction about a B boy (classic Hip Hop artist ) who travels to ancient Japan to broaden his perspective through interaction. Witness Hip Hop being used as a mode of existence and not as a theme of topic.Aaron Shragge - Flute, Ai Ikeda - The soul Geisha, Myla Flores - Body Popping, Peter Lew - Lap TOP, Chern Hwei Fung - Violin, Kazuma G Motomura - Narration/movement, Pete List - Beat Box.