Waving Hello

Waving Hello is a dance theatre piece full of whimsical choreographies, songs, language games, scenes, and video interviews. Using the iconic pop image of the all-American surfer, Ex.Pgirl creates a humorous, entertaining, and touching look into how four international women assert their place in America by trying to surf the tough waves of New York’s urban landscape. Waving Hello subverts old-fashioned notions of the American experience and creates new ideas of what it is to be an American from the point of view of four multicultural female performers. In a magical world where a simple plastic box is transformed into a surfboard, a bathtub, and an instrument of torture, Waving Hello is a feast of visual creativity where the simplest of objects become imbued with resonant meaning.

Conceived by Bertie Ferdman and Suzi Takahashi
Created and Performed by: Bertie Ferdman, Kiyoko Kashiwagi, Paula Salomon, and Suzi Takahashi.

Guest appearance by: Shu Nakamura
Video: Dahlia Fischbein and Julien Jourdes
Music: Labulo (Julien Valette and Jerome Hoffman)
Performance coach and artistic advisor: Emma Griffin
Lighting Designer: Mark Barton
Costume Designer: Suzi Takahashi
Stage Manager: Stacey Conner

Waving Hello was developed through the HERE Artist in Residency Program (HARP) and premiered at HERE Arts Center in
November 2004.

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