Event

Nohing

NOHING
Directed and Choreographed by Jesca Prudencio
A People Of Interest production
Presented as part of University Settlement's Performance Project
Speyer Hall, 186 Eldridge, NYC

Performed by Paris Cullen, Mengying Lin, Jesca Prudencio and Halah Shah
Projection Design by Justin Humphres
Featuring photography by Idris Ademola

ABOUT
Walking down the street, sitting on the train, waiting in line, etc. -- public space is a platform for sexual harassment. International director, choreographer, and documentary theater maker Jesca Prudencio explores the layered experience of the victim around the moment of attack. Developed through a series thirty interviews, NOHING is a documentary dance theater work that shares the unsettling experiences of women and female identifying individuals ranging from Japan, California, and University Settlement community in New York City. Jesca and her company People Of Interest perform the victims' physical struggle to simultaneously protect, fight, and scream silently, like the strong yet still Noh spirits. Nohing intersects testimony, multimedia, chanting, and traditional Japanese Noh dance to explore the mask women wear to survive harassment.