Tag: Briana Jones
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Why Don’t We Do It At The Fringe
“Higher Ground” Butoh Dance Theater By Helen Thorsen With dancers: Mary Cutrera, Briana Jones, Lin Lucas, Alan Sutherland Thursday Sept 20th 6:00 pm Friday & Saturday Sept 21st & 22nd at 7:30 pm Sunday Sept 23rd 5:00 pm This dance takes a penetrating look at mental illness in contemporary society. Higher Ground the dance explores…
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Fringing soon
Thorsen’s“Higher Ground” takes a penetrating look at mental illness in contemporary society. This work is a butoh performance for 5 dancers. the dance explores the struggle to maintain control in the face of madness, and the humanness and vulnerability of a soul coming to grips with their own unraveling. The inspiration for the work comes…
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30/30 tonight New Dances at Velocity Dance Center 1621 12th Ave 8pm
“In the process of creating an indigenous form of modern dance, Japanese butoh founders discovered a universal poetry of the body. Rather than transcending the human condition, butoh asks us to descend into it- down into the turbulence, awkwardness and uncertainty of life- and from there, deep in the thick of things, we discover our…
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30/30 June 22 & 23rd Velocity Dance Center Seattle
Alleluia! light burst from your ubtouched womb like a flower on the farther side of death. The world-tree is blossoming. Two realms become one. Hildegard of Bingen
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Training Notes
“The body is a sacred garment. • There is a vitality, a life-force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and be…
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super moon
Petal soft this moon breath It’s tenderness as delicate as your heart broken deep those cracks seeping catch us as we drive home
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Training Notes
The ultimate state of dancing is to become so transparent that everything that arises internally and every thing that happens externally is met without any resistance or any holding on. Everything is allowed to be just the way it is. without any effort or judgement. everything just flows through your being with nothing in the way.…
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