My exploration of Butoh began approximately 6 weeks ago with Ellen Godena. I will be performing in her work on July 17, 2009. See below for more details.
I included this clip in my blog because it is indeed an improvisational form, although in this clip you can hear that it can be a guided form of improvisation. I will not say more since I am such a novice.
And, finally, if you are wondering what is up with the gold bikini top, I am testing out part of my costume. It is essential to test run your costume so it doesn't fall off when performing....unlesss, of course, that is your intention!!
Excerpts from rehearsal for:
Umi no Bodi premieres ‘Fakutori’ at 'Somerville of the Future' Friday July 17th!
Ellen Godena, Artistic Director of the butoh-based movement troupe, Umi no Bodi re-creates the noise, silence, color, and mechanistic environment of a large factory floor in the piece, ‘Fakutori’ (factory). Umi no Bodi dancers inhabit the shifting forms of large animatronic industrial robots paving a series of futuristic assembly lines that transform the bike trail, walkways and green space behind the Davis Square MBTA Station. Dancers transport gigantic rolls of multi-colored felt while transforming into industrial robots, robotic chickens, pterodactyls, and other fantastic creatures to a live, eerie soundscape composed by musician Max Lord.
Ellen Godena, Liz Roncka, Harrison Blum, Dorian Rose, Joleen Westerdale and featuring Shizu Homma of New York City’s famed Butoh Rockettes perform among the chaos and staging of the Somerville Artbeat Festival, 'Somerville of the Future,' on Friday, July 17th 2009, from 6:45 until 7:30pm.
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