Kizuna 絆 Dance

Kizuna 絆 Dance Dance Company that creates works centered around the Japanese language, culture, and history. Kizuna

Dance company that explores the Japanese language, culture, and history through contemporary dance. Company members are professional educators who spread the Japanese culture and the joy of dance through workshops, residencies, and discussions.

09/09/2026

S O O N // The 2026 OPEN INTENSIVE is headed your way so soon 😎 we can't wait to jam with y'all all day Sep 19+20!

Mor info: kizunadance.com/intensive

Didn't make it the registration? Reach out to [email protected] with your name and preferred session dates to be added to the wait-list.

08/10/2026

Mukashi 昔 Mondays // Launching a new series, "Mukashi 昔 Mondays", where we show a clip from our past journeys! Here is a short excerpt from MOONTIDES, our collaboration with Swarthmore Dance Department and Joe Small in 2023!

We had a blast learning to play Taiko and seeing where contemporary, house dance, and Taiko drumming overlap!

06/24/2026

SAFE HARBOR

Now Available for Touring - Contact: [email protected] 

Choreography: 
Cameron McKinney & Toru Shimazaki, in collaboration with the dancers

SAFE HARBOR was created as part of a United States - Japan Friendship Commission Creative Artist Fellowship and in collaboration with Japanese choreographer Toru Shimazaki. Through a two-week residency in Japan, the work was created by exchanging with Japanese artists in both English and Japanese. 

Performers: 
ISABELE ROSSO, EMILY ASLIN*, RACHEL CALABRESE*, JENNIFER BURLAGE*, BELLA DONATELLI, OLIVIA HOLSTON, KATE PERKINS, FALLON BRACKLEY

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*Original cast member

Lighting Design:
Michael Abbatiello

Costume Design:
Christianne Briewell, Montclair University University 

Presented by CUNY DANCE INITIATIVE


SPECIAL THANKS:
United States-Japan Friendship Commission, Toru Shimazaki /DANCE BARBIZON, Riley Rienert, Malena Earls, Paige Cottinghamstreater, Niharika Chibber Joe, Montclair State University, Sarh Moench, Anonymous

Video:
Alice Chacon
edited by Cameron McKinney

06/17/2026

BREAD AND CIRCUS (EXCERPT)

Now Available for Touring - Contact: [email protected] 

BREAD AND CIRCUS views dreams as a lens for self-discovery. Inspired by Japanese visual artist Oscar Oiwa’s DREAMS OF A SLEEPING WORLD installation, the work explores the paradox of boundless imagination constrained by individual perspective. 

Choreography: 
Cameron McKinney, in collaboration with the dancers

Performers: 
Isabele Rosso, Lesar Stepputat, Juan Ospina, Eric Blovits
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Lighting Design:
Michael Abbatiello

Costume Design:
Zhenya Dolgova

Featuring original music compositions by Cameron McKinney / KAZVMA . Vocal Performance by Rebecca Zhao, written and edited by Cameron McKinney. Audio Selections from Seijun Suzuki, Andrê Breton, edited by Cameron McKinney. 

Presented by CUNY DANCE INITIATIVE


SPECIAL THANKS:
CHELSEY MCKINNEY, THE CROSSLEY FAMILY, ZHENYA DOLGOVA, PERIDANCE CENTER, SUBCIRCLE RESIDENCY, KATIE MESSINA, ROHAN BHARGAVA, CULTURE LAB LIC’S 2025 EMERGENCE ARTIST RESIDENCY, DAVE GLISTA

Video:
Alice Chacon
edited by Cameron McKinney

05/28/2026

B E R L I N // Yo Germany, let's get down this summer! I'm teaching my first workshops at , July 10-13! Floorwork, acrobatics, house music vibes - let's party 😎

https://www.b12.space/

This contemporary floorwork-based class combines the grace of modern with the speed and fluidity of streetdance, capoeira, and house dance. The class activates oppositional forces and contrasting sensations to achieve fluid transitions in and out of the floor. Phrases will involve every part of the body--whether in the air or on the ground. The class focuses on how to move from smoothly high to low, and on how to rediscover "the down" through the floorwork-oriented aspects of house dance , capoeira, and contemporary dance. By shifting the focus from an internal dialogue to creating movement that, in its own physicality, can tell a story by itself, the class will delve deeper into the cathartic potential of sweat and exhaustion, while offering a new and active method of expression.

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