Female Perspectives on Butoh: Seesaw by Mari Osanai
Mari Osanai
NEW YORK BUTOH FESTIVAL 2009: PERFORMANCE
Mari Osanai, a minimalist of dance is new to this festival. She describes Seesaw as: “dancing from unbalance… Oh there are many seesaws in my body”
Documentation
Object Identifier
AMP.PRG.2009.4004.12ID number
4004.12Year Created
2009Performance dates
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Space / Location
Premiere Venue
DNA11/14/2009 - 11/15/2009
280 Broadway, NY, NY
Premiere Venue specific dates
- 14/11/2009
- 15/11/2009
Choreographer/Performer: Mari Osanai
Sound: Charles Christophe,
Lighting Adaptation: Amanda K. Ringger
Official Festival Photographer: Yana Kraeva, Florence Baratay;
Official Festival Videographer: Shige Moriya, Bleakley Mcdowell
The NYBF project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. The CAVE NY Butoh Festival performances are made possible with public funds from the New York State Council of the Arts. CAVE performance season is supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. CAVE’s commissioned project for the NY Butoh Festival is supported by the Asian American Arts Alliance JP Morgan Chase SOAR Program.
Partners: National Museum of Dance, Dixon Place, Dance New Amsterdam, New York Dances, WNYC.
Special thanks to Tanya Calamoneri, Ken Watt and CAVE;
Festival Publicist: Jonathan Slaff