[PhiladelphiaDANCE.org Listserv] KATSURA KAN / HARVESTING BEAUTY: April 26

[Dustin Hurt - bowerbird]

*HARVESTING BEAUTY*
*a evening of BUTOH featuring:*

*KATSURA KAN (Japan) with JACK WRIGHT (US)*
* KRISTIN NAROWICH (US) with TOSHI MAKIHARA (JAPAN)*

Full information including bios, pictures, and video:
http://www.bowerbird.org/newsite/events/080426/

@ The Parlor
1170 S Broad St
Philadelphia, PA 19146
8:00pm

SPACE IS LIMITED. ADVANCE TICKETS RECOMMENDED.
$15 general, $10 students and dance pass holders
purchase here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/33788

For more information, please visit http://www.bowerbird.org


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Based in KYOTO since 1979 Master Butoh artist, choreographer and
teacher *Katsura
Kan* is a Butoh artist among the ranks of Japan's first generation of Butoh.
He performed with the seminal Butoh troupe "Byakkosha" (1979-1981). Kan has
worked with what he calls dancers in remote locations throughout Africa,
Europe, South East Asia for the past 28 years, in addition to performing his
creative works in cosmopolitan cultures. Kan graduated from Buddhism
University (Kyoto) and studied Noh theater with master Hirota (Kongoh
School). In 1986, He established his own multinational Dance Troupe named
"KATSURA Kan & SALTIMBANQUES" whose purpose was the free interpretation of
divers genres as a contemporary dance scene. In1992, he founded another
research group, HARVESTING BEAUTY IN THE FIELD who aims contemporary Asian
art form among the Asian artists for 4 years throughout Japan and Indonesia.
In 1997, Kan has been a recipient of multiple grants from Japan Foundation
and worked on numerous collaboration projects with researchers, visual arts,
music, computer art, architecture, dramatic art during his residence in
Thailand for 5 years. In 2001, he starts his extensive performance career in
the world. In 2006, he co-founded together with Gabriella Daris, the butoh
variations collective salto donec moriar. His significant Dance theatre
works are "Bhagavad-gita" from MAHABHARATA of Indian historical Play, " La
Mort D'Empedocle" of Greek tragedy in Paris and "Curious Fish" in Edinburgh
Fringe Festival where his group got the five star rating. Katsura Kan is
seeking the globalization of Butoh and enlightenment on the classical
Japanese Noh theatre.
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