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upcoming eventsFeaturing Danse Perdue (Death Posture)
Fri. April 2 & Sat. April 3Atrocity Exhibition: PrequelGood Friday, April 2nd Saturday, Easter eve, April 3rd both performances 8 p.m. featuring Danse Perdue (Lost Dance) Alex Ruhe, Vanessa Skantze, Kaoru Okumura, Angela Martinelli, Katrina Ellison, Lugh, Richard Woods, Katrina Wolfe, Ben original sound created by celadon, cursed chimera, sataray This performance is an initial foray into explorations based on original writing by Alex Ruhe and inspired by the nakedly empathetic witnessing of everyday violence by artists and writers such as our teacher Atsushi Takenouchi, founder of Jinen butoh; William T. Vollman, J.G. Ballard, Kathe Kollwitz and Francis Bacon (to name a few). We open ourselves to our own violence and desire for sacrifice and subjugation-- our bodies empathetic bridges dissolving into communion with atrocities long past and current. We explore the recurrence of the gods' hunger to become flesh and to offer it up in the multiple sacrifices of religion and war. Our vow to dance the forgotten and dispossessed creatures moves us toward this next offering.
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