Thin Air

Donna Uchizono's last work, Thin Air, premiered October 9-13, 2007, at Dance Theater Workshop, New York City.

Uchizono’s fascination with how our sense of reality is shaped by our perceptions is the point of departure for Thin Air, drawing source material from the Buddhist tenet of "emptiness" as well as concepts of quantum physics. Thin Air juxtaposes projected images and shifting soundscapes with the visceral power of dance's physical reality, emphasizing the emotional power of “real” physical contact and intimacy. The collaborative team features dancers Hristoula Harakas, Antonio Ramos and Julie Alexander, an original score by the iconic composer Fred Frith; video by artist Michael Casselli and lighting by Jane Shaw.

Thin Air premiered at Dance Theater Workshop, NYC, October 9-13, 2007. The work toured to the ODC Theater, San Francisco, CA, October 18-20, 2007 and to Walker Art Center, MN, April 2-4, 2009. Thin Air was developed through studio space provided by an Artist-in-Residency at Duo Multicultural Arts Center, NYC, and in part at Barnard College through the Sugar Salon Project.

Thin Air is a National Performance Network Creation Fund Project co-commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art in partnership with Dance Theater Workshop, ODC Theater and the National Performance Network. NPN and the NPN Creation Fund is sponsored by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Altria, and the National Endowment for the Arts (a federal agency). For more information: www.npnweb.org.

Thin Air is supported by the Multi-Arts Production Fund, a program of Creative Capital, supported by the Rockefeller Foundation. The work is funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Harkness Foundation for Dance, and the Bossak-Heilbron Charitable Foundation.

In addition, Thin Air was created with the generous support of the 2007 Donna Uchizono Company Commissioning Circle: Lisa Applebaum & George Haddad, Cathy Gavin, David Hammons, David Kooy, Paul O’Neil & Elizabeth Young, Lois Plehn, and Micki Wesson. Additional funding provided by a generous contribution from the Mnuchin Foundation.

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