If you know me, you know I'm the butoh go to guy here. I'm not so enamoured of butoh grotesque and this performance is not that.
Tonight's performers are Maureen Freehill, Sheri Brown, Vanessa Skantze and former Portlander Ariel Denham. They have danced in the past with, PAN, a Seattle group, the child of DK Pan. PAN has been funded to travel and perform in Korea, Pan's family home, and in Japan where they've been developing collaborators.
Pan and many of his movers are descended from the Hijikata-Hakutobo lineage which is characterized by sublime expression and metamorphoses into wind, stone, water, animals and the like. Several of the dancers have studied deeply too with Kazuo Ohno, who was involved with the founder from the beginning. Ohno's approach is driven by love and common images which dancers visualize to create their movement are birth and the flower. Ohno celebrates his 100th birthday year with his last performance on stage tomorrow in Yokohama. Many butoh giants will perform tributes.
(Math teacher!)Sheri Brown has trained in the Hakutobo and Ohno traditions, actress Maureen Freehill brings a theater background to extensive studies in Japan with Kazuo Ohno and others. Ariell has trained extensively with Ohno in Japan. Skantze is trained in Jinen Butoh by founder Atsushi Takenouchi.
Soundscapes will be provided by Kyoto improvisor Marron and DJ Daichi from Japan, who will play for a dance party after the performance.
Marron a.k.a dubmarronics is Yasuhiko Tanaka
Based in Kyoto, Japan his musics include:
2005 apr."melts slowly" by his own unit "dubmarronics"
2005 oct. "the ten oxherding pictures" recorded with 3other guitarists,Fernando Kabusacki, from Argentine, Kei from ex.Hanadensya, Yoshitaka.expe from Nutron.
2006 mar. "spring" by his main band dubdub on-seng, unit with Manabu Sakata (dr)
2006 aug. W-named album "sleephammer" recorded with bill holist(gt), from seattle, U.S.A
awards include:
2006 jun. Dokkebi Awards in Korea as a member of P.A.N, a Butoh group from Seattle, U.S.A. he was in charge of music performance.
2006 aug. Special Awards from judges of ACC Sound Performance Dojyo. Awarded as a music performer of the performance group Holon. <<<<<
http://www2.odn.ne.jp/dubdub_on-seng >>>>>
DJ DaiChi MatSuOKa also currently Kyoto,Japan
"I started to play live P.A and DJ at club and open air rave party scene around 1995,and play kind of ambient music mainly. From 1999 to 2000 I joined "SOFT"(SOFT came to Seattle and play live a few years ago) as a track maker and sampler player, and released albums "Bonjour Bonshanfarm" "Otodama". Later I released some other remix and mix CDs. Recently I started new band "Based On Kyoto" with Marron and other friends, and we will release 12inch vinyl coupling with Daniel Wong and later compilation CD with 10 more artists around us from Jetset records. This time I bring some soundsouces of studio recordings, jam sessions, field recordings and my tracks that I recorded or joined in, and I make dub and mix those sounds with my computer. thank you."
http://www.somedaylounge.com/ 125 NW 5th 9PM $5
