Powell Street Festival and Blim present:
The Orientique


Saturday June 22 | 9–11 PM | Doors 8:30 PM | $15 (senior/student/member/advance), $20 (at the door)
@ Dr. Sun Yat Sen Gardens


DESIGNERS: Rukus, Terry Sasaki Gallery
LIVE PERFORMANCES: Musical Guest Caroline Jang, Dance Performance by Ralph Escamillan and Katerina Leppan, DJ LKS
PRODUCTION & CURATION: Blim, Studio Keiko

Fashion and art come together in The Orientique, an evening of performance curated by Yuriko Iga and produced by Studio Keiko. The Orientique introduces a new vision of fashion design work that crosses over into the realm of wearable art. Featured are pieces by Vancouver/Tokyo-based Yasuhiro Tomita of Rukus and by Terry Sasaki, who will present selected pieces by Akikhiko Izukura as well as his own work. A fusion of western and eastern influences and old and new Japan, The Orientique will throb to the sound of live DJ LKS. Don’t miss this chance to experience some of the most exciting designs coming together from both sides of the Pacific.

Rukus
Rukus designer, Yasuhiro Tomita (toMmy) is Japanese who moved Vancouver BC, CANADA since 2011. He started collecting gem rocks in 2005, which was a turning point to start designing jewelries with using precious and semi-precious stones. Also, he is a volunteer Qigong Healer. He experienced Crystal Healing, Macrobiotic, Homeopathy, and Naturopathy etc. He has started his original Jewelry brand RUKUS -new agein 2007. He’s also started a collaboration line “RUKUS x RWANDA” to contribute 50% of sales to the atelier in RWANDA. In 2009, he has started to manage his own fashion brand, RUKUS –new edge-. He is organizing a Creative Group Exhibition KIRA KIRA TOKYO with many artists and designers in Tokyo & Vancouver since 2009. RUKUS new edge presented his first men’s collection of fall/resort 2012 at Vancouver Men’s Fashion Week in 2011.

http://rukus.jp/

Terry Sasaki Gallery
Throughout more than 20 years, Terry has been creating unique paintings mixing elements from his Japanese roots with his experiences of living in Canada. More recently, with his sense of style and keen eye, Terry has created a unique line of jewelry featuring precious and semi-precious stones. His one-of-a-kind Art Cards are sure to please, too.

Yuriko Iga for Blim
Yuriko Iga was born in Winnipeg and raised in Calgary with Japanese parentage. Her experience of the traditional Japanese house and family, combined with her work in the contemporary art field, have led her toward a broadened conception of art as the creation of installation or social space always ignoring the boundary between art, multi-media, design, and life. A graduate of the Alberta College of Art and Design, Yuriko’s many artistic endeavors include running a cafe/gallery in Calgary called Kisaten from 1994–1996; working with the collective Colours for Industry on a multi-media dance piece called Microluft ; and curating a music event called Squibb. Now based out of Vancouver, Yuriko’s recent project is called Blim. Blim is a Community Based Art Resource Center, which facilitates screen-printing, button making, drawing, local emerging artists, creative workshops, and crafts in the independent field. Blim also hosts the Blim Market, which is a monthly craft event that houses local handmade craft, art, vintage, and organizations. Blim has been active for 9 years and has now moved to a larger location in historic Chinatown. Yuriko is also an active member of the Powell Street Festival Programming Committee.
http://www.blim.ca/

Studio Keiko
Studio Keiko specializes in seeking out the most inspiring and up to the minute designers. Recent work in Tokyo includes a show at Rock Studio for Jha Jha Ohja Angel, while in Vancouver; venues have included The Ayden Gallery, The Vancouver Museum, the Fairmont Waterfront Hotel, and Hotel Vancouver, where she helped produce the Chanel Fashion Show. Keiko has managed her own modeling agency in Tokyo and Europe and has been promoting models for thirty years. As well as producing show, designing events, and consulting on show choreography, she continues to recruit and train models who go to reach the highest levels in the business.
http://www.studiokeiko.ca/

Ralph Escamillan
Ralph started his traing at age 14 at HarbourDanceCentre, doing breakdancing intensives with Jheric Hizon. Since then he explored the numerous classes at harbour; later training with teachers such as Jojo Zolina, Jen Oleksiuk, Richard O and Natasha Gorrie to name a few. He has been part of crews such as KillTheLights, HouseOfLaDouche, SickStylesSymphony and 247Company and is now with Contemporary Training Program Modus Operandi. Dancing behind artist such as Victoria Duffield and Ash Koley, he has also done Contemporary works with Gadfly Collective (Toronto), Inlayers (Calgary) and KinesisDanceSomatheatro(Vancouver). As a street dancer his disciplines for the past 2 years have pertained to Waacking and Vogue. Recently Ralph was a top 5 Finalist for experimental at Just Début and 2nd place in waacking at Montréal’s Bust-A-Move. www.youtube.com/user/kookomusician

Katerina Leppanen
Born and raised in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Katrina started dancing at the age of two. By five years old she was enrolled in a variety of different genres of dance at Seymour Dance in North Vancouver, where she stayed until 2011. During this time, Katrina was exposed primarily to competitive styles of dance, as well as the R.A.D. syllabus of ballet.
Upon graduation, Katrina was accepted to The American Musical and Dramatic Academy, The Joffrey Ballet School, The Ailey School, and Broadway Dance Center. Choosing to spend three months at Broadway Dance Center, Katrina moved to New York City and focused primarily on commercial dance, contemporary, and musical theatre.
In January of 2012, Katrina moved to Toronto to train with Cadence Dance under the direction of Courtnae Bowman and to dance in Cadence Bridges Ballet. Here, Katrina was exposed to further ballet training in a fusion of the Checchetti and Vaganova styles, while performing contemporary ballet repertoire choreographed by various artists from Toronto, as well as by director Courtnae Bowman. In the summer Katrina was asked to attend, and danced at Canada’s National Ballet School. In the fall of 2012, Katrina started dancing in the Arts Umbrella Graduate Program under the direction of Artemis Gordon. She will have completed the two year program in June of 2014. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7twMfw-0Vg

Caroline Jang
A versatile performer and instructor, Soprano Caroline Jang completed both her Bachelor and Master’s degrees from University of British Columbia and has achieved grade 10 in both Voice and Piano at the Royal Conservatory of Music. She is a recipient of many awards and grants including ‘Toni Cavelti Trust Fund’ and ‘Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyricques’ and has performed with Vancouver Opera In Schools, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra, Okanagan Symphony Orchestra, Northen Czech Philharmornic, and many more. Ms. Jang’s operatic roles span from Adele (Die Fledermaus), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Gretel (Hansel and Gretel) to Pamina (Die Zauberflöte). Also in demand for solo work, she has performed Johannes Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem, Frigyes Hidas’ Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, J.S.Bach’s Johannes Passion, and J.S.Bach’s Magnificat. Ms Jang currently serves as a voice and piano faculty member at the Vancouver Academy of Music and World of Music and Arts.

Lawrence Sim (DJ LKS)
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Miyuki Mori
Special Make-up Effects Artist. Miyuki was born and grew up in Japan. Her mother is an artist and it has influenced her greatly since her childhood. She moved to LA, USA in 2000 to go to Make-up Designory, a make-up school, and started her career as a Professional Make-up Artist. Her passion is not only for Special Make-up Effects for films and TVs, but also for fashion. After working in Film industry in LA, she moved back to Tokyo and had more experience in Fashion industry there. In 2008 she moved to Vancouver, Canada. With special effects materials and techniques, she creates High Fashion and Advanced Beauty. Her credits include “Team America-world Police”(Panamount Pictures), “Super Natural”(CW), “V”(ABC), “Final Destination 5”(New Line Cinema), “Clay”(Disney Chanel),“ELF”(New Line Cinema), “Looney Tunes”(Warner Brothers), “Smokin’ Aces 2”(Universal), Nichole By OPI, Comodynes, Angel Jeans Wear and Miu Cosmetics.

Ryo Miura
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