From 1987-89 he performed with Natsu Nakajima, an early disciple of both Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno, and in 1990, he organized Kohzensha. Waguri has performe d and taught in Korea, Indonesia, Lithuania, and Australia, and in his native Japan. Taiko is a dynamic synthesis of rhythm, movement and spirit originating in Japan and evolving as a folk art over the last several hundred years. Seattle Kokon Taiko strives to combine the ancient with the modern with their repertoire of traditional and contemporary compositions and collaborative works with other artists. Working with Butoh-fu texts, Yukio will give concrete explanations to read the poetic and abstract words as practical incidents happening in the body.
Words are effective tools to pull out the senses or memories carved in the body.
In Haku Haiku, the stories of Asian workers migrating to Hawaii are woven together like Haku lei with the thread of the interminable human spirit. Directed by Willy Manalang, Grotto will perform a work combining film, live and recorded music, sounds effects, and a marriage of Butoh, modern, and hula dance. A native of the Philippines, Willy graduated from Brigham Young University in Hawaii. In Hawaii, he danced with The Children of the Light Butoh Dancers, and he has been a featured performer in Dappin' Butoh and Degenerate Art Ensemble. 8 PM Surreal and darkly comic, Ink Boat is a Performing Arts collective founded and directed by Shinichi Momo Koga.