“Wings” An Evening of Japanese Butoh Dance
AMPERSAND ARTS invites you to attend an evening of Japanese Butoh dance performed by the United States based dance company, SHOJORAKUDAVA at 8pm, Saturday, July 18 at SUNSPOTS STUDIOS in Staunton.
SHOJORAKUDAVA is in its first season and was founded by Staunton-born dancer Julia A. Vessey in coordination with Maro Akaji, the Tokyo-based Butoh master and founder of the world-renown dance company Dairakudakan. Butoh was started in Tokyo as an artistic reflection to the horrors of the two atomic bombs dropped in Japan the end of the Second World War.
“Wings,” a new piece by Ms. Vessey, is a utilization of the Butoh vocabulary learned through her studies under Maro Akaji and Dairakudakan.
8pm, Saturday, July 18, 2009
SUNSPOTS STUDIOS - www.sunspots.com
202 South Lewis Street, Staunton - (map!)