Deborah Jinza Thayer/ Movement Architecture

Movement Architecture is seeking $5,000 as we enter the final phases of creative development for our artistic project: 

From Tokyo to Brooklyn: A Jagged Journey

Your support and belief in "From Tokyo to Brooklyn" (FTTB) has made incredible things happen.
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In 2024 we presented a Work-in-Progress at Rosy Simas Danse, showcasing some brave new vocal choreography, fabulous dancers and puppeteers, and an installation by Lelis Brito.

Photo Credit: Chris Cameron

In addition to our work on FTTB, we had the opportunity to present a remixed version of “All Hail the Queen” at this year’s Northrop Open House (click here to view pictures taken by audience members).

In light of our generative residency at Rosy Simas Danse, we are asking for $5,000 as we enter the final phases of creative development for FTTB! 

FINAL CAMPAIGN GOAL: $5,000

Every donation, no matter how small is appreciated. 

It all makes a difference! Thank you! 

All donations are tax-deductible.

FROM TOKYO TO BROOKLYN:

"As the world has turned upside down, I'm turning myself inside out and returning to Tokyo for the first 6 years of my life. That's when I moved from Tokyo, Japan to Brooklyn, New York  never to speak Japanese--or see my grandparents again.

My Japanese-American identity has inspired me to examine the impact that culture has on our bodies, movement, and patterns and how that swirling alchemy of physical and social cultures influences the ways we move through our world.

My choreographic project, From Tokyo to Brooklyn: A Jagged Journey (FTTB), emerges from my own complicated cultural background. The intention is to create processes to unearth our internal histories, create evocative choreography and encourage embodied dialogue among us."

-Jinza Thayer

WHERE DOES MY DONATION GO?

ARTISTIC SUPPORT:
Movement Architecture’s primary goal is to pay the artists that will involved in FTTB. These artists include dancers, community outreach personnel, and choreographer Jinza Thayer.

ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT:
MA’s secondary goal is to support administrative labor to bring FTTB to fruition. This includes paying our new Managing Director, Daniel Grove as our beloved past Managing Director, Julia Davidson is focusing on growing a family. Super Exciting!

MOVEMENT ARCHITECTURE:
Movement Architecture (MA) is a contemporary dance company whose mission is to create, educate and heal through movement. Convening under the artistic direction of somatic movement educator and choreographer Jinza Thayer, MA constructs environments as a way to probe one’s internal world, presenting dance alongside large abstract props and visual installations. Learn more about the company at our website www.movementarchitecture.com