I’m Director and co-founder of CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) where we study and teach A Course in Miracles and meditation under the guidance of CRS Founder Yasuko Kasaki. I’m also a multi-disciplinary artist and curator/producer of music, dance, theater, film and visual arts events and the organizer of the Sufi Dance NYC meetup group. You can explore my music/dance/theater performance photography and video here.
Dancer Masako Fukaya and drummer Tetsu Nagasawa at Atelier Q in Setagaya, Tokyo — 4/18/23
Photos by Christopher Pelham
#butoh #improvisation #dance #dancephotography
Spike Lee
MALCOLM X DAY
The 98th Annual Birthday Celebration:
A TRIBUTE TO MALCOLM IN WORDS & MUSIC
@theshabazzcenter
https://theshabazzcenter.org
May 19, 2023
Photos by Christopher Pelham
#spikelee #spikeleejoint #shabazzcenter #malcolmx #malcolmxday #malcolmxbirthday
The Brooklyn Nomads
Joe’s Pub, 5/20/23
Photos by Christopher Pelham
The Brooklyn Nomads is a cross-cultural ensemble rooted in musical traditions from the Arab World, with a mission to create memorable experiences for its audiences.
https://www.thebrooklynnomads.com
#brooklynnomads #joespub #joespubnyc #publictheater #musicphotography #oud #lebanesemusic #lebanesemusicians
Keyon Harrold
MALCOLM X DAY
The 98th Annual Birthday Celebration:
A TRIBUTE TO MALCOLM IN WORDS & MUSIC
@theshabazzcenter
https://theshabazzcenter.org
May 19, 2023
Photo by Christopher Pelham
“The future of the trumpet” — Wynton Marsalis
https://www.keyonharrold.com
#shabazzcenter #keyonharrold #trumpet #jazztrumpet #malcolmx #reparations #nopeacewithoutfreedom #solidarity #powertothepeople #centeringjoy
Keyon Harrold
MALCOLM X DAY
The 98th Annual Birthday Celebration:
A TRIBUTE TO MALCOLM IN WORDS & MUSIC
@theshabazzcenter
https://theshabazzcenter.org
May 19, 2023
Photo by Christopher Pelham
“The future of the trumpet” — Wynton Marsalis
https://www.keyonharrold.com
#shabazzcenter #keyonharrold #trumpet #jazztrumpet #malcolmx #reparations #nopeacewithoutfreedom #solidarity #powertothepeople #centeringjoy
World Music Institute
5th Annual Japanese Salon
With Tomoko Sugawara
At Globus Washitsu, 5/18/23
Photos by Christopher Pelham
#kugo #kugoharp #worldmusicinstitute #tomokosugawara #globuswashitsu #japanesemusic #harp #harpist #musicphotography #worldmusic #tearoom #washitsu
Repost from @yoxcaseki
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DIVINE in fashion
Step forward to the premiere
May 25-28, 19:00
@dock_11_
book your ticket!
https://dock11-berlin.de/theater/service/tickets
@divineuns @megumieda.world @rkymda @christopher_pelham @yurioka17 @kaorigottberg
#butohxballet #ghost #women #goddess
Photo: Barbara Dietl
Masaki Yoshihisa 吉久昌樹
At Violon Meikyoku Kissa, Asagaya, Tokyo 4/24/23
Photos by Christopher Pelham
http://meikyoku-kissa-violon.com
#guitar #kissa #improvisation #experimentalmusic #musicphotography #asagaya #tokyo #japan #japanesmusic #violon
Yoshino 与之乃 (biwa and others) + Masaki Yoshihisa 吉久昌樹 (guitar)
At Violon Meikyoku Kissa, Asagaya, Tokyo 4/24/23
Photos by Christopher Pelham
http://meikyoku-kissa-violon.com
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100011210592126
http://www.qkun.net/
#biwa #guitar #recorder #kissa #improvisation #experimentalmusic #musicphotography #asagaya #tokyo #japan #japanesmusic #violon
The Japanese Folk Dance Institute of NY
Japan Parade NYC, 5/13/23
Photos by Christopher Pelham
#japanfolkdanceinsituteofnewyork #japanfolkdance #japanparade #japanparadenyc #japanparade2023 #japanparadenyc2023 #japanesefolkdance
Li-Chin Li
Vex Collection with Wet Ink Ensemble
Scholes Street Studio, Brooklyn 5/14/23
Photo by Christopher Pelham
Li-Chin Li is a Taiwanese sheng musician, who strives to express her musical creativity beyond auditory stimuli.
In her performance, she wants the audience to enter a world to experience the unknown.
https://lichinli.art
#sheng #lichinli #vexcollection #wetinkensemble #scholesstreetstudio #taiwanesemusician #jazz #experimentalmusic #newmusic #musicphotography
Writer Ben Okri
Legacies of Dislocation, War, and Revolution
PEN World Voices Festival, 5/13/23
Photo by Christopher Pelham
#benokri #penworldvoices #penworldvoicesfestival #penworldvoices2023 #lillianvernoncreativewritershouse
Sakura, Kakashi, and Naruto from Live Spectacle “NARUTO” at the Japan Parade NYC, 5/13/23
Photos by Christopher Pelham
#naruto
#yamaguchi
#japanparade
#japanparadenyc
#japanparadenyc2023
#japanparade2023
#ジャパンパレード
#ジャパンパレードニューヨーク
#japanday #japandayparade
#japandaynyc #Japan #nyc
Masaki Nakao as Naruto Uzumaki, Yui Ito as Sakura Haruno, and Yuuki Kimizawa as Kakashi
Writers Han Kang and Katie Kitamura
PEN World Voices Festival
The Strand NYC, 5/12/23
Japan Parade NYC, 5/13/23
Photo by Christopher Pelham
#japanparade #japanparadenyc2023 #japanparadenyc #japanparade2023 #japan #japaneseculture #parade #nyc
Japan Parade NYC, 5/13/23
Photo by Christopher Pelham
#japanparade #japanparadenyc2023 #japanparadenyc #japanparade2023 #japan #japaneseculture #parade #nyc
Japan Parade NYC, 5/13/23
Photo by Christopher Pelham
#japanparade #japanparadenyc2023 #japanparadenyc #japanparade2023 #japan #japaneseculture #parade #nyc
Japan Parade NYC, 5/13/23
Photo by Christopher Pelham
#japanparade #japanparadenyc2023 #japanparadenyc #japanparade2023 #japan #japaneseculture #parade #nyc
Japan Parade NYC, 5/13/23
Photo by Christopher Pelham
#japanparade #japanparadenyc2023 #japanparadenyc #japanparade2023 #japan #japaneseculture #parade #nyc
Yumiko Minami 南弓子
minamiyumiko.com
FOuR DANCERS vol.243～dance performance night～
UrBANGULLD Kyoto, 4/9/23
Photos by Christopher Pelham
#dance #contemporarydance #moderndance #dancephotography #urbanguildkyoto #minamiyumiko #kyoto
YouTube
CRS Presents Crossing Boundaries Concert Series #19: Careful in the Sun
Celebrating Rumi's Birthday — Wendi Weng & The Brooklyn Nomads, 9/30/22 at L — Private Gallery
Wednesdays at Noon 25: Oud Taksim Huzzam by Tomchess
Wednesdays at Noon 21: Paradise Laboratory 5 with gamin and Galen Passen — Part 2
Wednesdays at Noon 20: Paradise Laboratory 5 with gamin and Galen Passen — Part 1
Wednesdays at Noon 19: "Marlboro Man" and "A Girl and a Guitar" by Rie Tamuro タムロリエ
Wednesdays at Noon 17: Mother's Work by Asuca Hayashi
Wednesdays at Noon 16: TOMCHESS (morsing) and MEERA KHANAL (Sufi dance)
Wednesdays at Noon 15: Kumogakure 雲隠 by Nana Miki