▪️Kunsthalle Hamburg, Germany.▪️

“It is a way of reclaiming my roots and becoming one with nature.”

Dream in ether

Tibetan Citipati mask depicting Mahākāla. The skull mask of Citipati is a reminder of the impermanence of life and the eternal cycle of life and death.

Photograph of a dance recording by Franz Löwy at the “Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes” in Paris in 1925

Alexander McQueen, finale dress from The Girl Who Lived in the Tree, A/W 08-09.

“VAGINA PAINTING” @ PERPETUAL FLUXFEST SHIGEKO KUBOTA 久保田 成子 // NYC, 1965 [gelatin silver print | 14 x 14″]

“I am hopelessly in love with a memory. An echo from another time, another place.” – Michael Faudet

Credit: @Dr_TheHistories

Butoh, a unique theater of improvisation, places the personal experiences of the dancer on center-stage. A Dionysian dance of nudity, eroticism, and sexuality, Butoh’s scale of expression ranges from meditative tenderness to excessive grotesqueness. Through a recalling of the Buddhist death dances of rural Japan, and use of music and masks Butoh is able to incorporate aspects of traditional theater into its extreme performances. An alliance of tradition and rebellion, Butoh is one of the most fascinating underground dance movements. Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis is a visually striking film portrait shot on location in Japan with the participation of the major Butoh choreographers and their companies.

photo by Hanne van der Woude