Oceana
The Florida–Wakayama Cultural Association in partnership with Wakayama – Florida Association presents
Oceana
composed by Stella Sung, choreographed by Judy Skinner with film by Anne Crawley.
APRIL 5, 2022 AT 8:00 PM EST
Program to include
Greetings from Columba Mrs. Bush, Honorary Chair, Florida-Wakayama Cultural Association
Welcoming Remarks by The Honorable, Masahiro Obana, Mayor of Wakayama City, Wakayama
and The Honorable, Lauren Poe, Mayor of Gainesville, Florida
Presentation by
Stella Sung, Composer
As a national and international award-winning composer, the music of Stella Sung has been performed throughout the United States and abroad. She served as the first Composer-in-Residence for the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra (2008-2011) and was one of the five composers nationally selected for a "Music Alive" award, a three-year award that allowed Dr. Sung to serve as Composer-In-Residence for the Dayton Performing Arts Alliance (2013-16), sponsored by New Music USA, the League of American Orchestras, ASCAP, the Aaron Copland Fund, and the Andrew Mellon Foundation. Dr. Sung is Composer-in-Residence for Dance Alive National Ballet (Gainesville, FL).
Choreographer, Judy Skinner
Judy Skinner began her studies in Gainesville, Florida. After receiving her BA and M.Ed. from the University of Florida, she continued her studies in New York. Ms. Skinner received her first Individual Fellowship in Choreography from the State of Florida in 1987, her second in 1994 and her most recent in 1999. She was awarded an Artist Enhancement Grant by the State of Florida in 2006. Ms. Skinner served as Executive Director for Dance Alive National Ballet for eighteen years and as Resident Choreographer since 1979. She has been responsible for developing all arts education programming since 1976 for Dance Alive National Ballet.
Tenki Nomura, Special Guest Dancer
Mr. Nomura, a bravura technical dancer, trained in Japan. He won the Gold medal in the 2018 World Ballet Trial Tokyo Stage, Gold medal in the 2017 Japan Estonia Ballet International Competition and the Gold medal in the 2017 Ballet Competition in Japan, among others. Mr. Nomura is a member of the Dance Alive National Ballet company based in Gainesville, FL.
Watch the production of Oceana including an original orchestra concert with Dance Alive National Ballet with original film illuminating our precious ocean and the environmental risk to it.
Program to includes an opportunity for questions related to the program theme and artistic process and gaining insights from the artists involved.
