New York Butoh Institute
in association with
Theater for the New City
Crystal Field, Executive Director
present
NEW YORK BUTOH INSTITUTE FESTIVAL 19
This October, in celebration of Butoh’s 60th anniversary, the New York Butoh Institute Festival 2019 proudly presents bold butoh works by 13 female dancers from Japan, Columbia, Norway, Italy, Germany, France, and the U.S.
Friday, October 18, 2019, 8pm to 10pm
at
Theater for the New City (Chino)
155 1st Avenue
NY NY 10003
(between 9th and 10th Street)
Telephone: (212) 254-1109
TICKETS:
$20 General Admission
$18 Seniors/ Students
PROGRAM:
1 hour and 45 minutes with two short intermissions.
Melissa Lohman (Italy) in Vessel and Void
Eri Chian (Osaka, Japan) in 殯Mogari
Sindy Butz (Germany) in Hildergardis!
Meliisa Lohman
Vessel and Void.
The presence of darkness, pushing, dynamic.
A vessel overturned contains the void.
I cannot know all that I contain.
Photo by Flavio Arcangeli.
Eri Chian
Butoh dancer Eri Chian comes all the way from Osaka, Japan and performs 殯Mogari
Photo by Wei Chi.
Sindy Butz
Hildergardis is an homage to saint, scientist and rebel Hildergard of Bingen (1098-1179).
Photo by Warren Archer.
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council as well as the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
