Chisato Minamimura: Mark of A Woman
Event start date
Sep
05
2024
Mark of A Woman is a performance project by Chisato Minamimura, celebrating and exploring personal histories and authentic accounts of the undertold relationships between women and tattooing cultures.
Using Visual Vernacular (the choreographed and poetic form of sign language), digital animation, kinetic projection and Woojer™ technology, it offers an accessible new exploration into women’s social, cultural and historical relationships to body marking.
Minamimura is a Deaf performance artist, choreographer and BSL art guide. Born in Japan, and now based in London, she has created, performed and taught internationally and is currently a Work Place artist at The Place.
Minamimura approaches choreography and performance making from her unique perspective as a Deaf artist, experimenting with and exploring the visualisation of sound and music. By using dance and technology, Minamimura aims to share her experiences of sensory perception and human encounters.
Commissioned by The Place and BAC, supported using public funds from Arts Council England. Supported by Pavilion Dance South West, Wellcome Collection and Auckland Arts Festival. Mark of a Woman is an Unlimited UK Partner Award 2023 commission with the Southbank Centre.
- Event Organiser/Organisation
- Southbank Centre
- Start Date/Time
- Thursday 05 September 2024 at 7:30pm
- End Date/Time
- Thursday 05 September 2024 at 8:30pm
- Venue Address
- Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX
- Event Website
- https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/performance-dance/chisato-minamimura-mark-woman?eventId=991321&utm_source=deaf%20unity&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=MAR_2406_Unlimited2024
- Booking Instructions
- Age recommendation For ages 14+ Access information Audio Description is available during this event. To use this service, please let a member of the team know when you arrive so that we can organise a headset for you. This event is British Sign Language interpreted (BSL). To book tickets for BSL interpretation, email accesslist@southbankcentre.co.uk or call us on 020 3879 9555. Event information Woojer Straps are available to book with tickets for this performance. Woojer Straps are vibrating belts designed to offer an additional sensory experience for audiences by enabling the user to feel sound vibrations. Content warning Contains scenes that some viewers may find disturbing. CW: cancer treatment and mastectomy surgery, abduction, sexual assault and mild torture, and reference to colonialism.
