"Murder" on the Theater Express - Extended Play
When theater creates a space for empathy, audiences can be transported into situations that are beyond their own lived experiences and their hearts can crack open. If we are telling our stories successfully, then the theater is a place where everyone can feel a transformative sense of belonging – performers, writers, musicians, and even audience
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Karen Covell • Create: Transforming Stories of Art, Life & Faith: 21 Essays by Leading Artists
“ Butoh dance conjures up a universe of the unconscious, the primal, the dark, the grotesque, mud, insects, and death. Performances characteristically show slow and cyclical time dimensions; it is a dance expression that evokes light and growth but also death and decay. Along with the taboos associated with this aspect of existence, there is a... See more