2026 | Residency

Where to Next?
A Residency for Watching and Talking

Sumire will be joining the residency program as a part of the international performing arts festival: Autumn Meteorite 2026 Tokyo.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　photo by Yu Suzuki

2026 | Residency Report

DANCE BOX RRA
The report was published after the research in residence at DANCE BOX.
Read more.

2026 | Internship

NAFAS TOKYO 2026
Sumire is working for NAFAS as a production intern. NAFAS is the art festival centered on the theme of “food”, brought by the collaboration between The Invisible Dog Art Center (New York) and BUoY (Tokyo).

September 4th - 26th, 2026

BUoY (49-11, Senjunakacho Adachi, Tokyo)

photo by Yu Suzuki

2026 | Performance

Dance Box RRA
a work-in-progress sharing after the 10 days residency at DANCE BOX
in Shinnagata, Kobe, followed by a moderated discussion.

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2026 | 6pm

ArtTheater dB KOBE (6-1-1, Kubocho Nagata-ku, Kobe)

Curated, Organized, Supported by NPO DANCE BOX

2026 | Internship

AiRK
Sumire is working at AiRK (Artist in Residence Kobe) as a Coordination Intern.

2026 | Performance

Rui Sumire
an improvisational perfomance in collaboration with a painter Rui Sakurai.

Saturday, July 11th, 2026 | 7:30pm

Goutei in Bison (16-38, Umemotocho Hyogo, Kobe)

Supported by Haioku Group

cited by NPO法人 DANCE BOX

2026 | Residency

Sumire will be joining the Research in Residency program in Shinnagata, Kobe, Japan, curated by NPO DANCE BOX.

2026 | Production

amphibians

— a bodily poetry that inhabits the precarious existences suspended between the antinomic forces of fusion and division. the umbilical cord has been cut. in a world brought into being, where might we find a ground?

Saturday, March 7th, 2026 | 7pm

Grace & St. Paul’s Church (123W 71st. NYC)

as part of RenGyoSoh Artists’ Lab 2026

photo by Agata Surma

2026 | Performance

Seed Bombs #6

a series of public events towards “The Kassandra Project (working title)”
conceived,researched and conducted by Daria Faïn.

Friday, January 30th | 4:30pm

Opening Gallery (41 Division St. NYC)

cited by Movement Research

2025 | Performance

engulfment
a work-in-progress sharing followed by a moderated discussion
organized by Movement Research.

Tuesday, December 2nd | 7pm

Movement Research (150 First Ave. NYC)

2025 | Project

Seed Lab #2
an incubation laboratory for the seeds of idea
organized and facilitated by Sumire.

Saturday, November 1st | 2pm

Grace & St. Paul’s Church (123W 71st. NYC)

produced by RenGyoSoh

photo by Rachel Keane

2025 | Performance

Seed Bombs #5

a series of public events towards “The Kassandra Project (working title)”
conceived,researched and conducted by Daria Faïn.

Thursday, October 30th | 2pm

Buzz Dance Studio (115 Wooster Street, NYC)

2025 | Project

Seed Lab #1
an incubation laboratory for the seeds of idea
organized and facilitated by Sumire.

Saturday, October 4th | 2pm

Grace & St. Paul’s Church (123W 71st. NYC)

produced by RenGyoSoh

photo by Milo

2025 | Internship

Movement Research
Sumire is working at Movement Research as a Programs & Events Intern.

photo by Rachel Keane

2025 | Performance

Seed Bombs #3

a series of public events towards “The Kassandra Project (working title)”
conceived,researched and conducted by Daria Faïn.

Monday, June 16th | 7pm

Movement Research at the Judson Memorial Church
watch the performance

photo by Amelia Muolo

2024 | Residency

Atelier Teatro Fisco
Turin, Italy.

Sumire is joining the program “Butoh Danza,” in which they assist a seriese of Butoh/movement workshop conducted by Yokko at Atelier Teatro Fisco, the physical theatre school founded/directed by Philip Radice.

2024 | Internship

RenGyoSoh
Sumire is working as a company intern at RenGyoSoh,
NYC based Butoh theatre group founded by Yokko.

photo by Izadora Meares

2024 | Production

the devil & i
Sumire is directing a new play written by Milo,
which will be premiered on Off-off Broadway venue in NYC as a part of New York Theatre Festival.

January 27th - Feburary 1st, 2025

Hudson Guild Theater (441 W 26th St. NYC)