Maura Donohue/In Mixed Company, a non-profit 501(c)3 dance company was formed in New York City in 1995. In addition to regular performances in NYC, the company has toured work across the US and to Canada, Europe and Asia. In Mixed Company's highly theatrical, multimedia, performance works have regularly challenged static notions of identity, often exploring the fluid experience of "self" against the highly charged backdrops of gender, race and national alliance. Their athletic movement style draws on various traditional Asian and contemporary American dance/theater forms.
Jet Stream
A PLAYFUL LOOK AT THE ASIAN DIASPORA THROUGH THE VIEWFINDER OF NOMENCLATURE
Donohue and Yung have collaborated previously on In Mixed Company's "Lotus Blossom Itch" and "Enemy/Territory" at Dance Theater Workshop and "The Legend of the Pearl" at La Mama/Umbria. For Jet Stream they gathered their regular collaborators from Slant Performance Group (Richard Ebihara), In Mixed Company (Peggy Cheng & Brian Nishii) and guests Julian Barnett and Abby Chan to create a collaborative tale that dips into personal tales of each artist's name.