Word: tanhehcoã
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Dates: during 2002-2002
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Harvard choreographers have competed on a national level—last year, Yamaguchi and Tanhehco qualified for the American College Dance Festival. Tanhehco??s piece made it to the national gala performance and was nominated for the best choreography award...
...Tanhehco??s piece Toys has generated considerable buzz in the Harvard community. Inspired by her own observations of men disrespecting women, Tanhehco co-collaborated on a script with Abby Fee, Joe Small and Pippi Kessler. The dance is largely improvised; Tanhehco strove to give her dancers creative freedom, offering tips on motivation, focus and blocking. “I thought it might be interesting to deal with the issues of female exploitation by placing men in their shoes. At first the piece was a fluffy sort of examination of exploitation with women yelling commands...
Tina Y. Tanhehco ’05 also contributed to the lighthearted aspect of the show with “Stripped,” which explored gender roles and power structures within relationships in a rather comic manner. Tanhehco??s piece started with a male and a female dancer (danced by Tanhehco herself) exchanging both clothing and body language, as Dar Williams’ lyrics, “I will not be afraid of women” blared in the background. The piece examined the roles that men and women are taught to play with each other, tempering...
...Tanhehco??s character emerges victorious as a strong woman at the end of her piece, just as Tanhehco herself has emerged victorious in the larger dance world recently. “Stripped” was presented to great acclaim at the New England Regional American College Dance Festival held at Boston University. The piece was selected for the gala performance at the end of the weekend as well as for a showing at the Kennedy Center to be held in May. In addition, director Liz Bergmann said that Tanhehco has been nominated for Outstanding Student Performer by Dance...
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