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Erika Chong Shuch is an American theatrical performer, director, choreographer, and educator based in San Francisco, California. Her work has appeared on stages in the San Francisco Bay Area, Washington, DC, and Seoul, South Korea. Among many awards, she received a 2014 Investing in Artists Award from the Center for Cultural Innovation,〔http://www.cciarts.org/grantsprogram.htm〕 a 2008 Honorary Fellowship from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation,〔http://www.hewlett.org/newsroom/press-release/six-commissions-playwright-collaborations〕 and a 2007 Dance USA Award from the Irvine Foundation〔http://www.erikachongshuch.org/docs/Erika-CV.pdf.〕 She received the 2003 Goldie Award for artistic achievement in dance from the ''San Francisco Bay Guardian'', which called her “among the leaders in the field",〔http://www.theintersection.org/artists/index.php?op=view&id=7〕 and her show "One Window" was cited by the ''SF Weekly'' as one of the Top Ten Theater Events of 2005. She has been nominated for three Isadora Duncan Awards,〔http://izzies.org/history/2006-2004-2005-season/〕〔http://izzies.org/history/2007-winners-2005-2006-season/〕 dedicated to outstanding achievement among Bay Area dance artists. Shuch has choreographed (and appeared in) plays staged by the California Shakespeare Theater regularly since 2009.〔http://www.broadwayworld.com/san-francisco/article/Cal-Shakes-to-Continue-40th-Season-with-A-MIDSUMMER-NIGHTS-DREAM-93-28-20140820〕 Of the troupe's 2014 production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," in which Shuch directed the movement and played the role of Titania, the (''San Jose Mercury News'' ) said, "Shuch's hypnotic movement is at the heart of this giddy and memorable 'Dream.'"〔http://www.mercurynews.com/entertainment/ci_26491603/review-midsummer-nights-dream-gets-bold-brilliant-new〕 == Style == Although Shuch's training is in dance, her work combines movement with theater, video, live and recorded music, and occasional puppetry. She tends to weave a non-narrative fabric of associations that conveys meaning implicitly rather than explicitly, often exploring the difficulties and ambiguities of human relationships. Even her most serious work frequently is suffused with sly humor. Shuch often uses striking visual tableaux and surreal situations. For instance, her 2006 production ''Orbit'' drew an analogy between the human need for interpersonal connection and heavenly bodies trapped in orbit. (The mnemonic that helps astronomers remember classes of stars, she points out, is: Oh be a fine girl, kiss me right now.) Shuch's shows are peppered with over-the-top dance routines archly set to pop-music bric-a-brac. The choreography is decidedly postmodern and often tortured, with frequent ironic references to social dance and variety-show revues. Her sets frequently take advantage of cinematic lighting and video effects. Reviewing ''Orbit'', the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' noted: "What makes Erika Shuch's work so arresting isn't the way she intuitively melds movement and theater, or the knack she has for attracting brilliant collaborators, or the Gen Y appeal of her slouchy, all-too-human performers. What's made this still-young choreographer a standout since she emerged in San Francisco six years ago is her childlike audacity in the face of big questions. Shuch is a maker of metaphors, an existential explorer whose characters consider their place in the galaxy through poetic symbols."〔http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/07/17/DDGVTJVM071.DTL&hw=rachel+howard&sn=001&sc=1000〕 Television station KQED documented Shuch's creative process in a May 2007, edition of its show ''SPARK''.〔http://www.kqed.org/arts/programs/spark/profile.jsp?essid=16670〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Erika Chong Shuch」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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