“Nikon Flower (Eternity in a Moment)” butoh performance and Shamisen Butoh Café “Tadaima” By Ima Tenko+Kiraza
Caitlin Coker writes,
Kiraza, a Kyoto-based butoh dance company, is known for portraying archetypes of Japanese culture with a punk-kitsch spin. Their performance at Nishijin Factory Garden presents the avant-garde dance form Butoh in an intimate theater, which was previously a Nishijin weaving factory. This nostalgic space retains its weaving loom and wooden pillars. In this space, accompanied by live shamisen, Kiraza`s white-painted bodies dance the perpetual flower- a dance of spark, emptiness and the eternal now.
Here are the details:
Dates & Times: October 22nd at 3pm and 7pm / October 23rd at 1pm and 5pm
Doors open 30 minutes before performance time.
The butoh performance will be followed by a shamisen café time.
General Admission: 1,800 yen (2,200 door)
Students: 1,500 yen (1,800 door)
The café is a separate price.
Kimono Discount: 100 yen off if you wear a kimono
For tickets and additional information, please contact Ima Tenko at Tel/Fax: 075-525-4467 cell: 090-7098-2869 E-mail: ima_kiraza@yahoo.co.jp
Location: Nishijin Factory Garden
Kyoto-shi, Kamigyou-ku Jofukuji-dori Kamidachiuri-sagaru Ebisu-chou 663
Phone: 090-4198-8272
Access: 5 minute walk from Imadegawa-Jofukuji bus stop on routes # 201,
203, 59, 51. 10 minute walk from Senbon-Kamidachiuri bus stop on bus routes #206 and 46
Here is a map. For more information about tickets or directions, please contact Caitlin Coker at caitlincc@gmail.com.
Thanks Caitlin!