JUST KEEP WAITING
2026 — NEW YORK CITY
From New York to Italy to Japan.
Now, back to New York.
Following its journey across three countries,
JUST KEEP WAITING returns in a reimagined full-length production.
Six dancers. A new cast. New choreography.
A transformed theatrical experience.
The waiting continues. But the experience is never the same.
Dates:
Wed, Nov 4, 7:00 pm
Sat, Nov 7, 3:00pm
Venue:
The Tank (312 W 36th street, NY10018)
Early Bird – Available with the discount code
“donotwait” through October 28
JUST KEEP WAITING
everyone waits —
For something to begin,
to change,
to arrive..
But what happens
when waiting never ends?
about the work
JUST KEEP WAITING explores the universal human experience of waiting — the hope, frustration, uncertainty, and persistence that come with anticipating something beyond our control.
Waiting can be hopeful. It can be exhausting. Sometimes, we wait for someone else to act, for circumstances to change, or for a moment that may never come.
Through physical expression, theatrical imagery, and moments of humor and vulnerability, the work examines the many ways waiting shapes our emotions, behaviors, and relationships.
What begins as an ordinary human experience gradually reveals its contradictions — between patience and desperation, action and inaction, individual desires and collective expectations.
How long do we keep waiting? And what are we really waiting for?
REIMAGINED FOR 2026
A familiar theme. A new theatrical experience.
Following its performances and creative development across New York, Italy, and Japan, JUST KEEP WAITING returns to New York in a newly reimagined full-length production.
The 2026 production brings together six dancers with a different cast, newly developed choreography, restructured scenes, and staging designed around the distinctive theatrical environment of The Tank.
Originally created through a collaboration between sarAika movement collective and Italian choreographer Katia Tubini, the work continues to develop through their shared artistic exploration.
For this production, both Katia and sarAika have revisited existing material and created new choreography, weaving their distinct movement languages into a more unified theatrical work.
Rather than simply restaging what audiences have seen before, this production offers a new encounter with the same central question: what does it mean to keep waiting?
THE JOURNEY
2025 — NEW YORK CITY
November 19, 2025 · Speyer Hall The beginning of the work's international performance journey, bringing sarAika and Katia Tubini's collaborative creation to New York audiences.
2025 — VERONA, ITALY
November 30, 2025 · Fucina Culturale Machiavelli The work continued in Italy with a different group of dancers, bringing new bodies and perspectives to the shared artistic vision.
2026 — OSAKA, JAPAN
Presented in Japan as part of the festival's international residency program, the work reached new performers and audiences in another cultural setting.
2026 — NEW YORK CITY
The Tank Returning with six dancers, new choreography, and a reimagined structure, the work enters its next chapter as a full-length production shaped by a new theatrical space.
Choreographers
Katia Tubini
Katia Tubini is an Italian choreographer, director, and educator based in Verona. She began her professional career performing with the Ballet of the Arena di Verona Opera and has directed LPP Ballet Studio since 1999. In 2010, she founded LPP Project Dance Company, where she continues to create original contemporary dance productions and nurture emerging dancers.
Her artistic background includes collaborations with Damiano Ottavio Bigi, a longtime performer with Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, through whom she studied original Pina Bausch technique. She has received international choreographic commissions, including from the National Operetta Theater of Kyiv, and has presented work and led workshops across Europe and in New York.
In 2026, she was commissioned to participate in the closing ceremony of an Olympic cultural event at the historic Arena di Verona. Her work bridges contemporary dance, theatrical expression, and international artistic collaboration.
Sara Pizzi & Aika Takeshima
sarAika movement collective is a NYC–based contemporary dance collective founded by immigrant choreographers Sara Pizzi (Italy) and Aika Takeshima (Japan). Interculturality is central to their artistic identity; cultural difference functions as a creative engine shaping choreography, collaboration, and leadership through shared authorship and lived experience.
Drawing from distinct cultural and physical lineages, sarAika creates physically rigorous, concept-driven work that balances structural clarity with sensorial depth. Their choreography transforms migration, identity, and cultural memory into embodied performance, positioning the body as a site of exchange between global perspectives and local realities.
sarAika fosters international artistic exchange through collaborations, festivals, and cross-border projects. Since 2021, they have performed across the U.S. and internationally, receiving commissions from organizations including IATI Theater, Kyoto University, Stony Brook University, and the Museum of the City of New York. They have held residencies at Dance Base Yokohama, University Settlement, Jamaica Arts Center, and Spoke The Hub, with work presented at major NYC venues such as New York City Center, Judson Church, Movement Research, HERE Arts Center, and Symphony Space, as well as in Sweden, Italy, and Japan. In 2025, sarAika founded Osaka International Contemporary Dance Festival, further advancing their mission to connect communities globally through dance.
Dancers
CREATIVE & PRODUCTION TEAM
Scenography Designer and Lighting Director: Grady Shea
Lighting Designer/Operator: Audrey Paige Robinson
Special Thanks
Early Bird – Available with the discount code
“donotwait” through October 28