On December 10th, the men of TAKE Dance will perform the dazzling quartet from Takehiro Ueyama's SALARYMAN at WestFest as part of the four-night celebration of dance at the Cunningham Studio at Westbeth, 55 Bethune Street in Manhattan.
SALARYMAN premiered in May 2011 and was received with great enthusiasm; another opportunity to see the complete work arises this Winter when TAKE Dance appear at Baruch Performing Arts Center, February 8th - 12th, 2012. Details to follow.
Kokyat's photos here are from a studio rehearsal for the SALARYMAN quartet on November 26th at DANY Studios. The dancers are John Eirich, Kile Hotchkiss, Clinton Edward Martin and Kei Tsuruharatani.
John Eirich, Kei Tsuruharatani
Kyle Hotchkiss, John Eirich
Clinton Edward Martin
Bump
Swirl
The dance is breathless in its energy and relentless in its pacing.
Choreographer Take Ueyama giving notes, with dancer Kei Tsuruharatani.
All photos by Kokyat.