Evento

SKIN

Vangeline Theater and New York Butoh Institute present:
Atsushi Takenoushi in the Butoh performance of
SKIN

At Kraine Theater

85 East 4th Street

Between 2nd & 3rd Avenues (Bowery)

Atsushi Takenouchi

(Butoh dancer , choreographer)
Joined the butoh dance company Hoppo-Butoh-ha in Hokkaido in 1980. His last performance with the company was "Takazashiki" (1984), which was worked on by butoh founder Tatsumi Hijikata. Atsushi started his own theme Jinen Butoh in 1986, and created solo works Itteki and Ginkan, as a universal expression of nature, earth, and ancient times, environments. He made a three-year JINEN tour project throughout Japan for 600 site-specific improvisations (19961999). Since this time, he has been inspired by the spirit of the universe ofKazuo Ohno and Yoshito Ohno. Since 2002, he has been mainly based in Europe, working on Butoh dance collaboration projects with dancers and actors in Italy, France, Poland, Spain, U.S.A., South America, and other countries. Joining in festivals such as Paris Butoh Festival, NY Butoh Festival, Avignon off Festival, etc, he has been presenting his solo pieces. At the same time, he also collaborates with film makers. The recent work in Alaska and Hawaii, an environmental art film Ridden by Nature (by KiahKeya /2014) has received more than 20 film awards. (New York Intl film festival 2016/ Martinique Intl Film Festival 2015/ World Music & Independent Film Festival WMIFF 2016/ Polish Intl Film Festival 2016/ Aviff Cannes Art Film Festival 2016/ and more )

After holding the 6month Butoh course from October 2014, he has started long term JINEN Butoh school in Pontedera in Italy since October 2015.

Hiroko Komiya

( Musician; object sound, percussion and voice )

Creates sounds from various objects, like water, stones and metal bowls and voice. Her music is designed to let the sound come naturally from each object, instrument, as if they are breathing and whispering of each life. She regularly accompanies Butoh dance performance by Atsushi Takenouchi. Her solo CD eau nouvelle was released in 2009 (sometimestudio/Paris).