Beast of Grass
Masaki Iwana
NEW YORK BUTOH FESTIVAL 2005: PERFORMANCE
“When I was young, I wanted to become something strong,
Later I wanted to be something gentle –
fragile and fleeting, perhaps.
I was also attracted to base things. But now, I only want to be as I am. What else could I want to be?
For I have already been given my own life,
excised from some amorphous dormancy to be exposed to the light.”
Documentation
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(U.S. Premiere)
Object Identifier
AMP.PRG.2005.4002.9ID number
4002.9Year Created
2005Date Created
20051021Date Recorded
20051022Performance dates
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EnglishCurated Filters
Space / Location
Premiere Venue
THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY10/21/2005, 10/22/2005
155 First Avenue - NY, NY
Premiere Venue specific dates
Choreographer/Performer:
Masaki lwana
Lighting Designer:
Masaki lwana
Costume Designer:
Masaki lwana
Music:
Hirokazu Hiraishi
Mattgrey
Bill Fairhall
Rob Whitehead
Festival Videographers : Shige Moriya and Catalina Santamaria
CAVE NY BUTOH FESTIVAL TEAM
Directors
Ximena Garnica Gomez
Jeff Janisheski
Producer
Zachary Grace Model
Associate Producers
Gabriele Schafer
Audra Lang
Curators/Founders
Ximena Garnica Gomez
Jeff Janisheski
Juan Merchan
Zachary Grace Model
Fundraising Associate/Panel Coordinator
Tanya Calamoneri
Publicist
Aaron Rosenblum
Box Office Manager
Kristin Narcowich
Festival Bookkeeper
Shiho Kondo
CAVE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Artistic Director/Founder
Shige Mariya
Executive Director
Ximena Garnica Gomez
CAVE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President
Shige Moriya
Vice President
Zachary Grace Model
Treasurer/Secretary
Ximena Garnica Gomez
Officer
Juan Merchan
Thanks to the partnering venues and their staff who have helped to make this 2005 festival a success:
THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
Production Manager·
Marc Marcante
Technical Director
Richard Reta
CAVE NY BUTOH FESTIVAL TEAM
Directors
Ximena Garnica Gomez
Jeff Janisheski
Producer
Zachary Grace Model
Associate Producers
Gabriele Schafer
Audra Lang
Curators/Founders
Ximena Garnica Gomez
Jeff Janisheski
Juan Merchan
Zachary Grace Model
Fundraising Associate/Panel Coordinator
Tanya Calamoneri
Technical Director/Lighting Designer
Scott Bolman
Web Master/Festival Photographer
Joshua Weiner
Publicist
Aaron Rosenblum
Workshop Manager
Christine Coleman
Box Office Manager
Kristin Narcowich
Festival Bookkeeper
Shiho Kondo
Merchandise Coordinators
Hiromi luchi
Michelle Danna
Graphic/Web Designers
Yumi Asai (postcard and brochure)
Leila Cardenas (festival logo and website)
Hiromi luchi (festival T-shirt)
Sean Zwier (poster and program cover)
Festival Videographers
Shige Moriya
Catalina Santamaria
Stage Manager
Fred Hemminger
Assistant Stage Manager
David Boylan
Stage Crew
Tanya Calamoneri
Scott Piscitelli
David Slaza
Translators/Assistants
Tara Hassel
Chie Otsuka
CAVE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Artistic Director/Founder
Shige Mariya
Executive Director
Ximena Garnica Gomez
Executive Assistant
Audra Lang
Bookkeeper
Shiho Kondo
CAVE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President
Shige Moriya
Vice President
Zachary Grace Model
Treasurer/Secretary
Ximena Garnica Gomez
Officer
Juan Merchan
THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
Production Manager·
Marc Marcante
Technical Director
Richard Reta
Thanks to the partnering venues and their staff who have helped to make this 2005 festival a success.
Thanks to the following individuals for their assistance:
Anna Belous; Dance Theater Workshop and Megan
Sprenger; Kurt Gottschalk; Johanna Mochidome;
Allen Model; and Teiko Seki and Bob Guthrie.
We extend our deepest thanks to our box office staff,
technical staff, and all CAVE volunteers, without whom
the festival and CAVE’s programs would not be possible.
And to Shige — thank you!