Join us at ArtXchange gallery on Saturday, January 25th from 1-3 pm for a live Butoh performance by Seattle-based dancers Kaoru Okumura and Vanessa Skantze, with music by Nital Etch. This intimate performance celebrating the eternal cycles of regeneration and rebirth is presented in collaboration with exhibiting artist Yuko Ishii, inspired by Ishii’s newest series, Healing Magick.
This event is free to attend and open to the public. Donations to the dancers are encouraged.
RSVPS are requested but not required – RSVP to info@artxchange.org
Kaoru Okumura studied Butoh at Asbestos-Kan in Tokyo with Akiko Motofuji. Since then, she has enjoyed performing with Danse Perdue, KOGUT Butoh, and at events such as the Seattle International Dance Festival, and 9E2 Seattle in collaboration with Google Deep Dream, supported by Google’s Artists & Machine Intelligence program.
Above image: Kaoru Okumura with Google Deep Dream Projections
Nital Etch is the loop based, ambient, neoclassical brainchild of multi-instrumentalist and PNW misanthrope Kevin Lewis (aka Oleg Kalashnikov, aka No One) exploring a dark resonance through layered cello, from abysmal abrasive depths to melodic heights.
Vanessa Skantze is a Butoh artist and teacher of yoga and dance. She has performed in the U.S. and Europe for over 20 years and created numerous solo and ensemble works under the name Danse Perdue. She is a co-founder of Teatro de la Psychomachia, a performance space in Seattle that hosts many local, national and international sound and movement artists.
Above image: Vanessa Skantze
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