Sankai Juku
Sat, October 7, 2023 at 7:30pm PT
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Student TicketsSun, October 8, 2023 at 2:30pm PT
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“Dazzling visual effects that lull us into a trance-like state”—The Seattle Times
“Allows you to feel time slowing down in the ritualized, repetitive actions"—The New York Times
The world-renowned Butoh dance troupe Sankai Juku is known for their elegance, refinement, and emotional depth. Directed, choreographed, and designed by Ushio Amagatsu, the group’s founder, this piece is a meditation on the anxieties acutely felt by many in the past few years. With KŌSA, excerpts of Amagatsu’s previous masterpieces come together in Memorial Auditorium to create a catharsis to behold.
The Sankai Juku performance on Sunday, October 8 at 2:30 PM is canceled. The Saturday, October 7 at 7:30 PM performance will continue as planned.
A History of Butoh Dance
Starting in late 1950s and early 1960s Japan, butoh emerged as an avant-garde dance style whose creation can be credited to Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ôno. The form, with its characteristic intensity, was influenced by the emergence of postmodernism and the atomic bombings of Japan. Since then, butoh has spread across the globe.
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Sat, October 7, 2023 at 7:30pm PT
Buy TicketsStudent TicketsSun, October 8, 2023 at 2:30pm PT
Canceled
COST:
Tickets start at $35
All prices and programs subject to change.
