Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on February 2012

Japan’s largest annual contemporary dance expo, the Performing Arts Meeting, gets underway this week in Yokohama. Among the overseas guests to appear in the international showcase section is exuberant Quebecois dancer Jose Navas. Director of the Compagnie Flak, Navas will present a new solo work, Personae, which he describes as his meditation on desire and divinity, with music ranging from Rachmaninov and Ravel, onto Patti Smith. In the piece Navas tries on personas ranging from a sort of meditating yogi to an S&M practitioner.

Kanagawa Arts Theater, Feb 16 (listing).