PR ARCHIVES
Men of Water
A virtual BIPOC Men’s group that meets once a month to discuss and move through edgy and difficult topics.
Virtual BIPOC Men’s group that meets once a month to discuss and move through edgy and difficult topics. Some of the topics that we have covered are: Anti- Black and anti- Asian sentiments, Body Parts, and what does it mean to be a man?
#CancelRent for AAPI
Fundraising for Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence (CAAAV) to #cancelrent through Affinity groups
In response to the difficulties of working class Asian Americans in Chinatown to pay for rent during the beginning of COVID-19 I helped to raise around $3300 for the #CancelRent campaign to prevent evictions through half a dozen affinity spaces for Asian Americans to process what was going on around anti-asian hate and life.
Breathe Again! Recovery from COVID-19 and State Inflicted Harm for POC
A BIPOC- only, anti-racist embodied healing space. We move and engage in deep reflection and play to address our burning questions in life and access our deep joys and hurts.
WHEN: SUNDAYS 9:30-11am EST (Since March 2020)
Where: Contact Andrew for Zoom Link!
What: This is an BIPOC- only, anti-racist embodied healing space. We move. And we engage in deep reflection and play to address our burning questions in life and access our deep joys and hurts. We welcome all BIPOC across genders, sexualities, age, ability, etc. If you desire to be in a safe processing community, where you can be your full self, this is the place.
Testimony:
Breathe Again! takes gentle and mindful movement to another level. Andrew’s presence as a teacher and guide offers participants comfort and support, so that we may learn how to do the same for our bodies. The thoughts and ideas Andrew offers in movement are eye-opening and bring us closer to the gift of knowing ourselves. When I had Covid symptoms, I felt deeply disconnected. Breathe Again has become important in my healing journey and helps me return to my body with presence and grace.
-Marjorie Grace Milloria
"Each Sunday, Andrew facilitates exercises for BIPOC to take time together to listen to the wisdom in our individual bodies, and collectively move through space. We focus on healing and dismantling old harmful and delusional systems. This experience stays with me throughout the week and I am grateful for the supportive energy this work unearths."
- Joey Christiano Diaz
Classes have continued weekly from March 2020 to the present.
Move Different Research
Move Different Research 2018: Ione Lewis and Andrew Suseno
When: October 19th, 2018
Performers: Ione Lewis and Andrew Suseno
What: We performed for the opening night of Move Different Research! This was the opening of a new studio called, MDR.STUDIO by Kenta Naoi. “The goal of this exhibit is to create a space to build community around examining our relationship with movement through an interactive installation, performance, workshops, and discussion.” They created a cool modular gym that interacts with the participant through light and sound!
Where: LES at 198 Allen St Gallery in Manhattan.
Special Thanks to:
Ione Lewis for an awesome performance
Kimberly Tate and Akhim(Funk Buddha) for helping me with the music selection.
Nelson Gutierrez for allowing us to share this and rehearse with the seniors at La Corsi.
AND Kenta Naoi and Laura Ravn for inviting us to be part of opening night performances for this amazing weekend.
Culture Shock! Highline Performance!
Where: Highline at the Stepping Benches
graphics by Friends of the Highline
When: April 21, 2018 at 1-2pm
Who: Parcon NYC: Fumi Kikuchi, Funda Gul, Cecilia Fontanesi, Kimberly Tate, Ruby Romero, and Andrew Suseno
What: Parcon NYC performed 3 ten minute performances on the Stepping Benches kicking off the Highline's Spring Season to 200+ person crowds. The performers moved to three different pieces of music, expanding and contracting and rising and falling throughout the space in solo and contact combinations.
photos by P. Sheffield
Testimony from New Parcon NYC performers:
"It was my pleasure to be a member of Parcon and performed at the High Line as a part of Culture Shock: The High Line's Season Kick-Off. Many people stopped and watched our performance. They were curious what we were doing. After each performance, I saw many smiles and had a round of applause, and some audience members are interested in knowing more about what Parcon is. We shared a newer dance form "Parcon" with public people, motivated some viewers to try parcon, and build a circumstance where people can talk about parcon and build a network with people in the community. It was a successful event and performance." -Fumi Kikuchi
"I am so grateful to have you and Parcon in my orbit. Yesterday I was left with an such a profound feeling of joy and well-being. You are right, to explore and challenge my physicality in the environment in connection with others is truly transformative! " - Kimberly Tate
