Tiger Hands: A Dance Document is an archive and reflection on the dance performances of Tiger Hands, by Benjamin Akio Kimitch, which premiered at The Shed, NYC in 2022.
The 70-page publication includes commissioned and reprinted essays, photographs, and process drawings. It is designed by Dorothy Lin, featuring contributions from Erin Baiano, Jeffrey Gan, Benjamin Akio Kimitch, Claire Li, Lai Yi Ohlsen, Noa Rui-Piin Weiss, and new essays by maura nguyễn donohue and Xin Wang.
Benjamin Akio Kimitch, Editor
Dorothy Lin, Designer
ChiWen Chang, Artistic Administrator
2023
70 pages
5.5 x 9 inches
Limited edition
Introduction: Annotation for Lai Yi's Solo with Bachi by Jeffrey Gan
Production Photographs by Erin Baiano
Battling Cultural Assumptions Through Dance by Noa Rui-Piin Weiss
Movements as a Metabolism of Heart and History by Xin Wang
Chinatown by Lai Yi Ohlsen
Tiger Hands, Cloud Walking, and Sunrises in Outer Space / 外太空的虎口掌、云步和日出 by Claire Li
An Arrival by maura nguyễn donohue
Afterword by Benjamin Akio Kimitch
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The creation of this publication was made possible, in part, by the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography at Florida State University. MANCC’s Commissioning Program is supported by the Mellon Foundation.
If you have any questions, please reach out to us at tigerhandsbook@gmail.com.