evan ray suzuki 鈴木

b. Fidalgo Island, WA
Lives in Brooklyn, NY


Evening length choreographic works


2025    plot hole (upcoming November 2025)
2024    afterimage, Umbria Factory Festival, Spoleto, ITALY
2024    Bodhisattva Beer Run, PAGEANT, Brooklyn, NY; Cannonball Festival at Icebox Project Space, Philadelphia, PA
2022    my saturday night did NOT go as planned :), ANT Fest at Ars Nova, New York, NY
2021    ~d r e a m c o r e~, Radical Acts Festival at JACK, Brooklyn, NY
2019    FREAK PIECE, Batesment, Yonkers, NY


Shorter choreographic works, group shows


2024    I don’t have two wolves inside me, I have…, MOMENTA #013 at Trans-Pecos, Queens, NY
2024    Last Minute Malfunction of the Pyrotechnics Display (in-progress), Movement Research at the Judson Church, New York, NY
2023    New Work, New Dance Alliance Performance Mix Festival #37, New York, NY
2023    NEPOBABYPASTAGIRL, New Dance Alliance Performance Mix Festival #37, New York, NY
2023    Residue ii, WestFest Dance Festival, New York, NY
2023    Residue, 98 Release at DCTV, New York, NY
2022    Not Working, Open Studios at Center for Performance Research, Brooklyn, NY
2022    FUDO, Not Your Mother’s Pan Asian Festival 2 at Corlears Hook Park, New York, NY
2022    I’m listening, i’m just nervous, CreateART Works-in-Progress at Dancewave, Brooklyn, NY
2022    ARTPROP 2.0, Butoh What at Williamsbridge Oval, Bronx, NY
2022    ARTPROP, Amanda+James Summer Happenings Festival at Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn, NY
2021    superbloom, 20 and 20s at The Tank, New York, NY
2021    :/, Enduring Apocalypse Performance Art Marathon at Abrons Arts Center, New York, NY
2021    :), KA-BAH-RAY at Purgatory, Brooklyn, NY
2021    superbloom, Groundswell Series at Cuyler Gore Park, Brooklyn, NY
2021    Yonsei f*ck f*ck pt. 7, Mizuma & Kips, New York, NY
2021    Yonsei f*ck f*ck pt. 6, Trotter&Scholer, New York, NY
2020   Yonsei f*ck f*ck pt. 0.5, WAXworks at Triskelion Arts, Brooklyn, NY

with Glenn Potter-Takata


Selected performance experience


Ayano Elson:
2024    Part Song/Immortal Life, Danspace Project, New York, NY

Great Jones Repertory Company:
2024    Creatures: Sea Level (maura nguyễn donohue), Experiments Play Reading Series, La MaMa Etc, New York, NY
2024    Medea, La MaMa Etc (Zishan Ugurlu), New York, NY
2023    The Book of Thel (Peter S Case), La MaMa Umbria, Campello-sul-Clitunno, Italy

MINBUZA/Japanese Folk Dance Institute of New York:
2023    PRIVATE POLICY Fall Winter 2023, New York Fashion Week, New York, NY
2022    Japan Day Parade, Central Park West, New York, NY
2022    Cherry Blossom Festival, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, NY


David Neumann:
2022    The Saint & The Football Players, Mabou Mines, New York, NY

Mina Nishimura:
2022    Mapping a Forest while Searching for an Opposite Term of Exorcist, Danspace Project, New York, NY

Glenn Potter-Takata:
2024    Yeah yeah no no, Movement Research at the Judson Church, New York, NY
2022    Yonsei f*ck f*ck, SUITE/Space at Mabou Mines, New York, NY
2022    Mega, Take Root at Green Space, Queens, NY
2022    Yonsei yeah yeah, New Dance Alliance Performance Mix Festival #36, New York, NY
2022    Yonsei f*ck f*ck pt. 13, WestFest Dance Festival, New York, NY
2022    Yonsei f*ck f*ck pt. 8, Video Sound Archive Season 4, Virtual
2021    Yonsei f*ck f*ck pt. 12, Pioneers Go East Crossroads Festival, New York, NY
2021    Yonsei f*ck f*ck pt. 2, Movement Research at the Judson Church, New York, NY
2021    Yonsei f*ck f*ck pt. 11, Not Your Mother’s Pan Asian Festival, New York, NY
2021    Yonsei f*ck f*ck pt. 10, Arts On Site, New York, NY
2021    Yonsei f*ck f*ck pt. 9.1, Amanda+James Summer Happenings Festival, Brooklyn, NY
2021    Yonsei f*ck f*ck pt. 9, Amanda+James Summer Happenings Festival at McCarren Park, Brooklyn, NY
2021    Yonsei f*ck f*ck pt. 4, Movement Research Open Performance, Virtual
2021    Yonsei f*ck f*ck pt. 3, 7 Midnights Physical Research, Virtual


Curation


DANCE HOLE @ The Tank, NYC
October 7, 2022
Featuring work by Asia Stewart, Liana Zhen-ai, evan ray suzuki, & Ragin Smith



Residencies, fellowships, and awards


2025-26    Foundation for Contemporary Arts Creative Research Grant
2025          New York State Council on the Arts Support for Artists
2024          BIPOC New Work Track Winner, Cannonball Festival/Philly Fringe
2023-24    Makers Lab Residency, Ars Nova
2023          Next Generation Residency, Centro Umbro di Residenze Artistiche
2023          Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant
2023          New Dance Alliance Satellite Residency
2022-23    New Dance Alliance LiftOff Residency
2022          Artistic Residency, The Tank
2021           Pollinate Residency, Amanda+James
2019           La MaMa Umbria International Symposium for Directors (Full Scholarship)


Education


BA, Sarah Lawrence College (Dance, Theatre, Cultural Studies)