Open Wa~ter #8 — Double Bill

tables, chairs, bodies

Instant Composition Performance
Natascha Golubtsova https://www.nataliagolubtsova.com
Christos Litsios https://www.instagram.com/chrizzozz/

Sharp edges, angular shapes, and static structures – the bodies stiffen, the breath becomes shallow. Fleeting bursts of enthusiasm vainly search for refuge in bodies shaped to harbor fear. Creation means conforming, and discipline replaces passion.

In the piece, as in their real lives, the dancers grapple with the question of how to reconcile their living, vulnerable bodies with the vast external structures. Structures that once were created by the mind and today, with the greatest of ease, shape the bodies and subtly guide the spirit.

Dukkha

Solo Butoh Performance
Reimar Wen Shen

https://www.instagram.com/vipassanaathome/

Birth, aging, illness, and death. Buddha recognized that Dukkha, suffering, is a part of existence. There is happiness, joy, and peace; there is hunger, pain, and sorrow; there is greed, anger, and hatred; there is clarity, wisdom, and compassion. How do we live with suffering in this world, within ourselves? How do we not separate  inside and outside?

Butoh, a form of Japanese dance theatre that emerged after World War II, is also called the “dance between life and death.” It arises where sensation, form, and imagination meet.

The piece is improvised. The presence of the audience co-creates the performance.