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Spawned Seeds: A post butoh festival 2014 from sharkey zalek on Vimeo.

Post Butoh Festival Chicago Cultural Center April 11-12, 2014

Curated and produced by Sara Zalek butohchicago.com Performers: Holly Chernobyl (CHI) Jose Hernanez (CHI) Julie Becton Gilum (NC) Andy Braddock (NY) Nicole LeGette (CHI) Adam Rose (CHI) Ginger Krebs (CHI) Upended Teacups (DETROIT) Andrea Peterson (CHI) Yumiko Yoshioka (BERLIN)

Camera & Editing: Eugene Park fullspectrumfeatures.com

Additional Camera: Kiam Marcelo Junio Nathan Olson Ryan Gutz Fred Frederiksen

Music: "The Moments of Our Mornings" by Kai Engel (kaiengelmusic.wix.com/kaiengel)

"Pneumonia ocean l Pneumonia moon" by Eli Halpern (soundcloud.com/eli-until-halpern)

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