School of the Arts Theatre
555 Portola Dr
415.695.5700
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Koichi Tamano
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- When
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Friday June 27, 2008 (8pm)
Saturday June 28, 2008 (8pm)
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- Price
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$15
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Tatsumi Hijikata, the Japanese choreographer considered to be the founder of butoh, would have been 80 this year (Hijikata passed away in 1986). Emerging in Japan in the '60s as a new mode of physical expression, butoh twisted folk and Western dance techniques into a choreographed response to post-A-bomb existence. In honor of the master's octogenarian anniversary, Butoh San Francisco puts together two nights of performances that testify to the dance form's trans-Pacific status. Hijikata disciples Koichi and Hiroko Tamano of the renowned Harupin-Ha Butoh Dance Company (and proprietors of Mission sushi joint Country Station) present work alongside local companies SALT FARM, Bare Bones Butoh, and inkBoat — which is represented here by Shinichi Iova-Koga.
