Daisuke Yoshimoto: Ruined Body

Daisuke Yoshimoto

NEW YORK BUTOH FESTIVAL 2009: PERFORMANCE

In this deeply meditative piece, Yoshimoto used the metaphor of the naked body as a landscape influx.
”It is for dignity of the body.” – Daisuke Yoshimoto
There was a post performance discussion on November 14, 2009

Documentation

YOSHIMOTO | RUINED BODY
YOSHIMOTO | RUINED BODY
5 photos

2009 [printed matter]
2009 [printed matter]
2 photos
2009 [press]
2009 [press]
12 photos

(U.S. Premiere)

Object Identifier

AMP.PRG.2009.4004.8

ID number

4004.8

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: Daisuke Yoshimoto Music:Johann Sebastian Bach
Assistant: Kei Ishikawa
Lighting Design: Daisuke Yoshimoto

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 JPMorgan Chase SOAR Program.


Partners: National Museum of Dance, Dixon Place, Dance New Amsterdam, New York Dances, WNYC.

Festival Publicist: Jonathan Slaff