Monthly Archives: February 2012

Wonderful new show at the Frye

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Li Chen: Eternity and Commoner
Date: Friday, March 2, 2012
Time: 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM  ·  Other dates and times
Venue: Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
The Frye Art Museum presents the first U.S. museum exhibition of Li Chen, a leading sculptor working in Shanghai and Taiwan, who is known internationally for his monumental figurative sculptures informed by a mixture of Buddhist philosophy and… moreThe Frye Art Museum presents the first U.S. museum exhibition of Li Chen, a leading sculptor working in Shanghai and Taiwan, who is known internationally for his monumental figurative sculptures informed by a mixture of Buddhist philosophy and contemporary art practice. The exhibition takes place in conjunction with NCECA 2012, the annual conference of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, being held March 28-31, 2012 in Seattle. Li Chen: Eternity and Commoner premieres a new series of works by the artist titled The Constitution of Immortality that explores our shared desire for eternity and perfection. In contrast to the spectacular bronze and stainless steel sculptures that brought Li Chen renown, the present works are spare and restrained, their construction from simple wood, rope, and clay conveying an elemental physicality. less
Category: Visual Arts

Butoh Workshops at Velocity

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March 1 – April 14 , 2012  Velocity Dance Center / 1621 12th Ave, Seattle WA 98122

Engaging the theme as the through line, students get the opportunity experience butoh from multiple vantage points while also anchoring with Sheri Brown every Tuesday along the way. Culmination of the series is a Student Showcase-Teacher Teaser Performance Saturday April 14, 2012 at Velocity Dance Center

TUESDAYS March 6 – April 10,  8pm – 9:30pm  * Sheri Brown

THURSDAYS March 1,  6pm – 9pm * Vangeline (NYC)* March 8,  6pm – 7:30pm * Vanessa Skantze March 15,  6pm -7:30pm * Joan Laage March 22,  6pm -7:30pm * Diana Garcia-Snyder March 29,  6pm -7:30pm  * Douglas Ridings April 5,  6pm – 7:30pm * Maureen “Momo” Freehill April 12,  6pm – 9pm Helen Thorsen/Sheri Brown

SATURDAY April 14,  7:30pm Student Showcase/Teacher Teaser

@ Velocity Dance Center, 1621 12th Ave, Seattle WA 98122.

Sign up: sheribrown@gmail.com

www.daipanbutoh.com

DROP-IN FOR 1.5 HOUR CLASSES: $15 (*Vangeline’s 3-hour workshop drop-in rate: $30) FULL SERIES SPECIAL (contact Sheri) $25 discount (also includes the opportunity to perform) Students attending a minimum of two classes plus the April 12 class/rehearsals can also participate in the performance.

“Higher Ground”

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 Daipan’s first annual 30/30 Butoh Dance Concert

featuring dances by: Sheri Brown, Mary Cutrera, Diana Garcia-Synder,

Joan Laage, & Helen Thorsen

June 22nd &23rd

Velocity Dance Center 8pm

1612 12th ave. Seattle WA

tickets 20$

Helen Thorsen’s latest dance for this concert s “Higher Ground”. This work takes a penatrating look at madness and transformation in contemporary society. 5 Dancers bring heart and grit to work inspired by David Maisel’s photos of the Oregon State Mental Hospital and the 3500 of cannisters of the remains found on site there.

 Higher Ground is a butoh inspired performance for 5 dancers: Mary   Cutrera, Briana Jones, Lin Lucas, Alan Sutherland and Helen Thorsen.  There are duets, trios and unison dancing.   The work uses movement, gesture and chairs to explore the interplay between   paranoia and serenity in the struggle to maintain control in the face of   madness.  The dance exams the beauty   and vulnerability of a soul coming to grips with their own unraveling. This   dance closes with the dancers finding their own resolution their higher   ground. The inspiration for the work comes from the Stevie Wonder Song “Until   We Reach The Higher Ground” and the documentary “The Library of Dust” based   on David Masiel’s photos of the Oregon State Mental Hospital where “One Flew Over   The Cuckoo’s Nest” was filmed. Masiel’s photos document the decay of the   hospital and the 5000 copper canisters which hold the remains of residents of   the mental hospital.  Over the many   years the hospital operated a crematorium on the premises. The dance explores   the interior life of our most vulnerable, the throw away people on our   streets, the loneliness of being unwanted in life as well as in death, and   the resilience of the human spirit.
 

 

Butoh Notes

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Buddhist notion of Windhorse- harness the mind until it belongs to you.

Training- Practice changes our brain cells, gives us the ability to be ourselves, to find that emptiness that is our heritage, so we are congruent our heart, mind and body are all aligned. Then we have instant readiness, presence, diamond clarity.