Maeblls
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Maeblls
“ 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 sens... See more
Butoh Thoughts
Do you think that the Europeans have turned Butoh into something else? Into a westerner version?
M.O. – Not only European, but American and every other culture had turned Butoh into something different, it is a matter of information traveling, time passing, something dying , something being born , never is the same, never. Butoh was born from extre... See more
M.O. – Not only European, but American and every other culture had turned Butoh into something different, it is a matter of information traveling, time passing, something dying , something being born , never is the same, never. Butoh was born from extre... See more
Francisca Sousa • Butoh Thoughts
hat do you think is the most significant difference, if there’s any, between Butoh in Europe and Butoh in Japan? Do you think that Butoh practiced in Europe has the same (let’s call it) “essence”?
M.O. – Well, yes there is a difference between Butoh in Japan and the rest of world, of course if you think of the fundamental essence of this dance ther... See more
M.O. – Well, yes there is a difference between Butoh in Japan and the rest of world, of course if you think of the fundamental essence of this dance ther... See more
Butoh Thoughts
What do you consider to be “authenticity” in Butoh? How could you define it? And what does “authentic” mean to you?
TR- Reality . Not faking the inner feeling and/or the transformation that the body is going through. Butoh happens from inside and time is important. If that element of time is not taken into consideration, I think what happens is not... See more
TR- Reality . Not faking the inner feeling and/or the transformation that the body is going through. Butoh happens from inside and time is important. If that element of time is not taken into consideration, I think what happens is not... See more
Butoh Thoughts
"let's embrace these bulging urban brains, these massed flowerings of opportunity and potential. The frontiers of exploration have spread from deserts, forests and mountain ranges to include centres of human population whose increasing scale demands new research, new ideas, new policies; fresh symbolism . Urban jungles are greener than we think. Th... See more
Weidenfeld & Nicolson • You Are Here: A Brief Guide to the World
The Five Senses of Gentrification
makinganeighborhood.substack.com
Our experience of living in the city, our understanding of why things are the way they are, or why things might be different in the future, no longer track neatly onto land use patterns or zoning regulations. We still lead our everyday flesh-and-blood lives, interacting with a few people and places, constrained by the physical limits of time and sp... See more
Neither Here Nor There - Urban Omnibus
A city is where all dangers come together for human beings, where everything happens to human beings. I use “city” in a fairly metaphorical sense. A city is where culture comes together and flowers. A pueblo is a city.
Ursula K. Le Guin • Ursula K. Le Guin: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (The Last Interview Series)
courses. Mais Paris était une très vieille ville et nous étions jeunes et rien n’y était simple, ni même la pauvreté, ni la richesse soudaine, ni le clair de lune, ni le bien, ni le mal, ni le souffle d’un être endormi à vos côtés dans le clair de lune.