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| Ken Mai (Finland/Japan) |
DAIPAN continues to be the only group consistently bringing national and international butoh artists to Seattle, and producing an annual festival that features both guest artists and local performers. From its birth in Japan nearly 60 years ago, Butoh has proven itself a vital and innovative global genre. Join us in discovering these unique tricontinental voices in our 2017 festival, which opens the gate to the Hidden Histories of the Body.
For more information & photos contact:
Joan Laage [davidthornbrugh@hotmail.com] or www.daipanbutoh.com
For workshop information/registration contact:
Helen Thorsen: 206-723-2315
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2851548
FESTIVAL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
March 6-April 14
Photo Exhibition featuring the photography of Bruce Clayton Tom & others
plus paintings of Kaoru Okumura by Ruthie V. Hours 8:00-5:00 pm.
March 7 4:00-6:30 pm Exhibition opening with performances by DAIPAN
Also 4-5:30 pm performances by DAIPAN & friends – March 14, 21 & April 4
Venue: Shoreline Community Art College Gallery.
16101 Greenwood Ave N, Building 1000, Lobby, Shoreline 98133
Free
March 31 – April 2
Workshop with Compañía Ruta de la Memoria
Friday 6-9 pm; Saturday 12-6 pm; Sunday 10-4 pm with a free informal evening of performances and “meet the artists” 6:00-8:00 pm.
Venue: Taoist Studies Institute, 225 N 70th St, Seattle 98103
Workshop information/registration contact: Helen Thorsen: 206-723-2315
Full workshop $250 (discount by March 1 $200); Friday only $70; Sat/Sun only $200
April 8
Workshop with Ken Mai
1:00-5:00 pm. Venue: UW Dance Program / 256 Meany Hall
4000 15th Avenue NE. Seattle, WA 98195-1150, Studio: 266
Workshop information/registration contact: Helen Thorsen: 206-723-2315
$75 (discount by March 1 $60)
April 7 & 8
8 pm Performances of Compañía Ruta de la Memoria
& DAIPAN (Friday: Joan Laage & Sheri Brown; Saturday: Helen Thorsen & Diana Garcia-Snyder)
Venue: Shoreline Community College Theater, 16101 Greenwood Ave N, Building 1600,
Shoreline 98133
$15/$20/SCC students free
April 9
3 pm Performances of Ken Mai & Kaoru Okumura
Venue: Shoreline Community College Theater, 16101 Greenwood Ave N, Building 1600, Shoreline 98133
$15/$20/SCC students free
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| Kaoru Okumura (Seattle/Japan) |
About DAIPAN and our festival
In 2017, DAIPAN is planning its most ambitious festival bringing international dance artist Natalia Cuellar from Chile with her group Compañía Ruta de la Memoria to perform and present workshops. In exchange, Natalia has invited the DAIPAN Collective to perform a group work in Santiago in the FiButoh Festival Internacional de Butoh and to teach workshops. In addition, DAIPAN will tour individual solos in other Chilean cities. DAIPAN will also present Ken Mai, a Japanese butoh artist residing in Helsinki, Finland, to perform and conduct a workshop for the 2017 festival. April 7 & 8 will feature Compañía Ruta de la Memoria and works by DAIPAN, and April 9 will feature Ken Mai and DAIPAN’s own Kaoru Okumura.
This is an extraordinary opportunity to bring never seen before international artists to the northwest community, and the opportunity for DAIPAN members to travel on tour together for the first time. The 2017 festival, running March 31 through April 9, is partnering with Shoreline Community College Theater and Gallery. SCC will host the 2017 festival performances in the theater at the college, and present a showcase of butoh photos featuring well known photographer Bruce Clayton Tom and other photographers with performances by DAIPAN and friends in the college gallery. Themes for our festival are the body as politics, hidden histories revealed, and personal primordial journeys and journeys of acceptance.
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