New York Butoh Institute
presents
A Free Virtual Butoh Festival Series
Hiroko Tamano–photo by Joe Marquez.
Hiroko Tamano. (Born in 1952 in Fukuoka prefecture, the second of three daughters in a farmer's family). In 1970, she moved to Tokyo to study art. In 1971, she visited Hijikata's studio and joined his company in 1972. She made her stage debut with " 燔儀大踏鑑 ( HanGi DaiTouKwan)" at Kyoto University’s West auditorium. She became Koichi Tamano’s partner and has been working with him ever since. In the late 70s, Koichi and Hiroko moved to the United States, settling in the Bay area. They were the first Japanese butoh settlers on the West Coast. Hiroko has been teaching & introducing butoh to generations of students in the US for 30 years now. She is still teaching, choreographing, and performing today.
CREDITS
Choreographed and performed by Hiroko Tamano.
Filmed by Chani Bockwinkel in May 2019 at HIT gallery in San Francisco.
Chani Bockwinkel is a performer and filmmaker. She makes interdisciplinary-collaborative-feminist imagery for the stage, gallery, and internet. Her current project is Those Who Wait, a feature film re-telling the story of a 19th century doomsday movement. She also teaches an internationally roving queer feminist dance class SAPPHO and SWEAT. She collaborates often with artists such as Yoshiko Chuma, Kathleen Hermesdorf, Keith Hennessy, Joy Mariama Smith, Mara Poliak, Margit Galanter, Abby Crain, Randy Reyes and Tyler Burdenski. Her collaborative work has recently shown at BAMPFA, SOMArts, Acre TV, BRIC NYC, ODC Theatre, SF Dance Film Festival, Dock 11 Berlin and Aggregate Space Gallery.
Music: Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne, Book 1: No. 2, Baïlèro ; Michi KItaro, The Ultimate Kitaro Collection, Silk Road Journey; Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Act 4: No. 13, Barcarolle, "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour" (Nicklausse, Giulietta, Chorus).
This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.