Project Description

Dead End, The School of Hard Knocks (2020-2023): 10 Chapters of Secret Journey is an ongoing multi-disciplinary performance series conceived, created and performed by conceptual artists/choreographer, Yoshiko Chuma and her company The School of Hard Knocks based in New York City with the collaborators from Japan.  
Assembling a mosaic of films, dance, music, visual art and narratives, this work-in-progress series investigates national security, borders, nuclear catastrophe and  war. 

This series continues to develop in the U.S., Europe and Japan from 2020 to 2023 and  intends to denote the final production of Yoshiko Chuma and The School of Hard Knocks as the ultimate cumulation and celebration of the 40 years of provocative art-making.  

Dead End, The School of Hard Knocks (2020-2023): 10 Chapters of Secret Journey, explores and examines a lifetime investigation of ideas regarding national security, perceived dangers within borders, nuclear catastrophe and war.

 

Through both conceptual and concrete tactics, her interdisciplinary work captures the contemporary world in all its complexity: speedy, multi-faceted and diverse, investigating metaphors for endless cycles of life and war.


3 chapters of Dead End, The School of Hard Knocks (2020-2023): 10 Chapters of Secret Journey will premiere at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in New York City from September 21 to October 4, 2020, which will  take place over three long weekends, totaling twelve performances.