Yeah yeah no no (2024)

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Yeah yeah no no is a contemporary butoh work that integrates a Buddhist religious practice within a commodity culture framework that utilizes kawaii or cute iconography as a means of merchandising and packaging racial difference.

Yeah yeah no no was presented as part of Movement Research’s Winter 2023 Season at Judson Church (New York, NY) on January 29, 2024.

Choreography and design by Glenn Potter-Takata
Performance by Glenn Potter-Takata, evan ray suzuki, and Kimiko Tanabe

Photography by Rachel Keane
Videography by Makenna Finch

Yeah yeah no no was created with the support of the Bronx Cultural Visions Fund through the Bronx Council on the Arts.