PROGRAM
Umusuna—Memories Before History (2012)
ABOUT THIS PERFORMANCE
Umusuna is an ambitious and breathtaking vision of the creation of the Earth that shifts giddily from balance to imbalance, as the surface of the stage itself is upset amid towering cascades of sand and bodies that hint at the movement of the cosmos. Not seen in San Francisco since 2010, Sankai Juku will leave you with the feeling that, like a child, you have seen the world for the first time.
BIO
“The singular glory of Sankai Juku is that it achieves almost pure metaphor.” —Time magazine
Sankai Juku has mesmerized audiences with poetic performances that are genuinely spellbinding. Their latest creation is a work of sublime, transcendental beauty that immerses audiences in a metaphor-saturated world beyond conscious thought, reconnecting us with what is universal and essential.
Sankai Juku is a world renowned butoh dance troupe. The group is known for its technical precision balanced by sublime elegance and profound depth of emotion. The group is directed by Ushio Amagatsu, who claims that while “butoh is a dialogue with gravity,” other dance forms tend to revel in escape from gravity.
Sankai Juku was founded by Ushio Amagatsu in 1975. He is one of the pioneers of the second generation of Butoh dancers and sees Butoh not simply as a technique or academic style, but rather as a reflective dialogue between the body and the omnipresent gravity.
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Umusuna—Memories Before History (2012)
ABOUT THIS PERFORMANCE
Umusuna is an ambitious and breathtaking vision of the creation of the Earth that shifts giddily from balance to imbalance, as the surface of the stage itself is upset amid towering cascades of sand and bodies that hint at the movement of the cosmos. Not seen in San Francisco since 2010, Sankai Juku will leave you with the feeling that, like a child, you have seen the world for the first time.
BIO
“The singular glory of Sankai Juku is that it achieves almost pure metaphor.” —Time magazine
Sankai Juku has mesmerized audiences with poetic performances that are genuinely spellbinding. Their latest creation is a work of sublime, transcendental beauty that immerses audiences in a metaphor-saturated world beyond conscious thought, reconnecting us with what is universal and essential.
Sankai Juku is a world renowned butoh dance troupe. The group is known for its technical precision balanced by sublime elegance and profound depth of emotion. The group is directed by Ushio Amagatsu, who claims that while “butoh is a dialogue with gravity,” other dance forms tend to revel in escape from gravity.
Sankai Juku was founded by Ushio Amagatsu in 1975. He is one of the pioneers of the second generation of Butoh dancers and sees Butoh not simply as a technique or academic style, but rather as a reflective dialogue between the body and the omnipresent gravity.
PROGRAM
Umusuna—Memories Before History (2012)
ABOUT THIS PERFORMANCE
Umusuna is an ambitious and breathtaking vision of the creation of the Earth that shifts giddily from balance to imbalance, as the surface of the stage itself is upset amid towering cascades of sand and bodies that hint at the movement of the cosmos. Not seen in San Francisco since 2010, Sankai Juku will leave you with the feeling that, like a child, you have seen the world for the first time.
BIO
“The singular glory of Sankai Juku is that it achieves almost pure metaphor.” —Time magazine
Sankai Juku has mesmerized audiences with poetic performances that are genuinely spellbinding. Their latest creation is a work of sublime, transcendental beauty that immerses audiences in a metaphor-saturated world beyond conscious thought, reconnecting us with what is universal and essential.
Sankai Juku is a world renowned butoh dance troupe. The group is known for its technical precision balanced by sublime elegance and profound depth of emotion. The group is directed by Ushio Amagatsu, who claims that while “butoh is a dialogue with gravity,” other dance forms tend to revel in escape from gravity.
Sankai Juku was founded by Ushio Amagatsu in 1975. He is one of the pioneers of the second generation of Butoh dancers and sees Butoh not simply as a technique or academic style, but rather as a reflective dialogue between the body and the omnipresent gravity.
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Umusuna—Memories Before History (2012)
ABOUT THIS PERFORMANCE
Umusuna is an ambitious and breathtaking vision of the creation of the Earth that shifts giddily from balance to imbalance, as the surface of the stage itself is upset amid towering cascades of sand and bodies that hint at the movement of the cosmos. Not seen in San Francisco since 2010, Sankai Juku will leave you with the feeling that, like a child, you have seen the world for the first time.
BIO
“The singular glory of Sankai Juku is that it achieves almost pure metaphor.” —Time magazine
Sankai Juku has mesmerized audiences with poetic performances that are genuinely spellbinding. Their latest creation is a work of sublime, transcendental beauty that immerses audiences in a metaphor-saturated world beyond conscious thought, reconnecting us with what is universal and essential.
Sankai Juku is a world renowned butoh dance troupe. The group is known for its technical precision balanced by sublime elegance and profound depth of emotion. The group is directed by Ushio Amagatsu, who claims that while “butoh is a dialogue with gravity,” other dance forms tend to revel in escape from gravity.
Sankai Juku was founded by Ushio Amagatsu in 1975. He is one of the pioneers of the second generation of Butoh dancers and sees Butoh not simply as a technique or academic style, but rather as a reflective dialogue between the body and the omnipresent gravity.
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