i'm here & i love you

Kyoko Takenaka

January 9 at 6:30pm

January 10 at 2pm and 8pm

January 11 at 12:30pm

Don’t miss the limited premiere of i’m here & i love you—Kyoko Takenaka’s raw, soul-stirring return to the NY stage since undergoing chemotherapy. Through butoh dance, visuals created on Yakushima Island, music, and lessons found in community care, this anti-disciplinary intimate solo performance threads rage, relief, and wonder—tuning into nature’s frequencies to broaden our relationship with the grief of the world.

Director, Performer, Composer - Kyoko Takenaka

Art Direction: Prisca Choe

Creative Doula: yuniya edi kwon

Photographer: Andre Shizen

Find them: @jinjabrew kyokotakenaka.com

This work combines butoh dance, photography, video, and sound art to navigate the emotional landscape of their year during treatment and through recovery, and the profound lessons learned along the journey. The project envelops viewers in an exploration of grief, love, visibility, and power, illustrating how art can transform narratives for those at the intersections of sickness, disability, queerness, and the diaspora. Through experiences and reflections found in community care, the power of nature found on Yakushima Island, and ancestral rituals found in the body, i’m here & i love you invites viewers to a space at the convergence of healing and art.

Four shows only, 50 seats per night - Jan 8-11th @ JACK.

CW: This show contains partial nudity