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

MARI OSANAI | SEESAW
MARI OSANAI | SEESAW
5 photos

2009 [printed matter]
2009 [printed matter]
2 photos

Object Identifier

AMP.PRG.2009.4004.12

ID number

4004.12

Year Created

2009

Performance dates

Array

Language

English

Curated Filters

Space / Location

Premiere Venue

DNA
11/14/2009 - 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