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.
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)
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
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)