Alys Ayumi Ogura Residency: Interactive Art Dance Performance

Enjoy an interdisciplinary performance art experience at the Lanesboro Arts Gallery! Beginning at 11:00 am on Saturday, September 6th, Artist-in-Residence, Alys Ayumi Ogura will perform an interactive art dance performance piece that draws from the art around her.

Inspired by Liz Bucheit’s Hand of the Huldra show at the Lanesboro Arts Exhibition Gallery (On view August 16 – October 19th), Alys Ayumi Ogura will conduct a partially-structured live dance improvisation to complement the exhibition. Her movements will be directly inspired by Liz’s artwork. Yumi’s live performance will last for 20 minutes and will be repeated four times, with a 10-minute break in between each cycle. The performances will begin roughly at 11:00, 11:30, Noon, and 12:30. This event represents an interdisciplinary collaboration between visual and performing arts, exploring the boundaries of a non-conventional theater/performance space.

This performance, like all residency events, is free and open to the public.

About Alys Ayumi Ogura

Alys Ayumi Ogura オグラ アリス ア有美 (she/her) is a Twin Cities-based dance artist and performance maker who centers on storytelling through her movements, voice, and quirky humor. She has created a platform called the “YumiVerse,” a.k.a. Yumi’s Universe to focus on the marginalized voices of Asian women like her. She created a work commissioned by the Pillsbury House + Theatre (2021) and one for the Red Eye Theater (2023). An iteration of the YumiVerse work was selected as a solo at the 2022 Walker Art Center’s Choreographers’ Evening. Ogura is thrilled to share the YumiVerse with other towns and cities, including Lanesboro during her residency. She is always searching for communities that are open to embracing the YumiVerse and a different perspective on the world—just as she does. Learn more about Yumi’s residency here.

Photograph Credit: Caroline Yang.

The Lanesboro Early Career Artist Residency Program is supported by the Jerome Foundation.