Sunday, October 20, 2019 at 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM PDT
CounterPulse
80 Turk Street
San Francisco, CA
“Everyday Feast” is a butoh dance performance based on
live and recorded stories of addiction from artists and storytellers of SF Bay
Area and Moscow. The latter part of the evening will open up to an
improvisation with stories from the audience (possibly you).
How does the body speak what dwells within us, under the
control of our addictions? How do we relate to one another through moments of
clawing for something, or our lives? Can we find new gestures and spaces in
coping?
Beyond personal expression, how do our collective stories
reflect questions that our experiences, effects, and journeys of addictions
raise, and how this may transpose to the social issues, capitalist colonialism,
and environmental interconnectedness we live. Socially-accepted addictions are
with us everyday from sugar to work, sex, tech, progress, escape… We research
where our bodies, words, energy, and relations hold memories, release, habits,
instincts, and patterns, and look for something new - between the
bodies, between the storyteller and dancer, between performer and
audience, and between the selves.
Butoh dance, formed in post WWII Japan, is unafraid to
touch deeply human themes, emotions, and aesthetics, beyond what is socially
accepted, and combines aspects of contemporary dance, theater, improvisation,
and ritual. In dancing the edges, we can find turning points for healing,
acceptance, and transformation of nature, which includes ourselves.
All are welcome. notaflof. Donations will go toward the
artists, event production, and Open Recovery, a bay area nonprofit
organization working to end the stigma of addiction.
About the Artists:
Min Yoon / Citizen Truth is a ritual performance artist
and butoh dancer connecting our senses to what is deeper within, beyond what is
socially accepted toward new expressions of truth. Their recent works explore
social inquiries such as breaking the patriarchal feminine, perspectives of
masculine aggression, gestures of care, history of comfort women, and
depression as a modern awakening journey. Min started butoh dance, out of the
darkest moments in their life, to dive into deeper landscapes and research the
postures, gestures, and images needed for our times. They have studied and
performed with master butoh teachers, Atsushi Takenouchi of Jinen Butoh School
in Italy, Anastazia Louise of Bad Unkl Sista, and Mizu Desierto of Water in the
Desert. Min’s artistic works have been funded by Kultuuri Kaupilla in Finland,
The City of Oakland, and The Battery Club of San Francisco.
Moris is a performance artist based in Russia. He
discovered Butoh dance while working in a «Гуслица» theatre in Moscow. Then he
found his teachings with master Atsushi Takenouchi. Butoh was a natural way to move
and to be able to show a nakedness of deep feelings and memories on the stage.
Main themes of his performances are inspired by things happening nowadays in
Russia, connecting with the origins of when butoh dance started in WWII Japan,
with people carrying out meetings and processions against a police state with
its aggression towards freethinking people and trumped-up suits against people
who research the truth. His performances are not against the government but
only reflect what is it happening in reality with humans feelings, to make it
more transparent for everyone. To question ourselves: what can we do about
it?
Cost: $15
