Congress of Butoh Souls at Sotheby’s Maison, Hong Kong
If art is a casualty of war, then Butoh would have been the spark, which flickers and glows, creating the movement of new life, rose from the ruins of the spirit of avant-garde and forever refusing to fade into oblivion.
Over 4 days in January 2025, Hong Kong will witness an unprecedented congress of butoh dancing at the new Sotheby’s Maison, an initiative and partnership between Nicolas Chow, chairman at Sotheby’s, the Xevarion Institute and Dr. Damien Charrieras at SCM.
We are delighted to have legendary Butoh dancers Tadashi Endo, Ima Tenko, Yasuo Fukurozaka, Masami Yurabe with Miwako Inagaki, Yuri Nagaoka and Seisaku to participate in this festival.
A comprehensive exhibition at the Catalyst gallery and the Sotheby’s Grotto will take place during the festival period, with historical artefacts, photographic, cinematographic and sculptural remnants / memento mori displayed to the Hong Kong public for the first time, in association with the Hijikata Tatsumi Archive at the Keio University (Tokyo), curated by Takashi Morishita. The festival will kick off at the School of Creative Media (CityU HK) where films screenings of significant archival materials will accompany the artists’ seminar.
Congress of Butoh Souls at Sotheby’s absorbs the artificial lights that defines this city, through the movements of this collection of renowned dancers, reflects and projects to us Hong Kong’s own history of busy forgetting, but not forgotten, beauty and aspirations.
ANKOKU (Darkness / Finsternis) Variations on SHINKAI NO TAMASHII, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
ANKOKU (Darkness / Finsternis) Variations on SHINKAI NO TAMASHII
Jan. 11. 2025
Venue
Gallus Theater
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
contact & information
Gallus Theater
Kleyerstr. 15
D-60326 Frankfurt am Main
Tickets:
Tel.: +49 (0)69 758060-20
http://www.gallustheater.de
ANKOKU (Darkness / Finsternis) Variations on SHINKAI NO TAMASHII, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
ANKOKU (Darkness / Finsternis) Variations on SHINKAI NO TAMASHII
Jan. 10. 2025
Venue
Gallus Theater
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
contact & information
Gallus Theater
Kleyerstr. 15
D-60326 Frankfurt am Main
Tickets:
Tel.: +49 (0)69 758060-20
http://www.gallustheater.de
SHINKAI NO TAMASHII (Souls in the sea), Goettingen, Germany
SHINKAI NO TAMASHII
Feb. 07. 2025
Venue
Deutsches Theater in Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
contact & information
Deutsches Theater in Göttingen
Theaterplatz 11
37073 Göttingen
Tickets:
Tel.: +49.551.4969.300
theaterkasse@dt-goettingen.de
SHINKAI NO TAMASHII (Souls in the sea), Goettingen, Germany
SHINKAI NO TAMASHII
Feb. 08. 2025
Venue
Deutsches Theater in Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
contact & information
Deutsches Theater in Göttingen
Theaterplatz 11
37073 Göttingen
Tickets:
Tel.: +49.551.4969.300
theaterkasse@dt-goettingen.de
SHINKAI NO TAMASHII (Souls in the sea), Kassel, Germany
SHINKAI NO TAMASHII
Feb. 02. 2025
Venue
Staatstheater / TIF - Theater at the Fridericianum
Kassel, Germany
contact & information
Staatstheater Kassel, Germany
Friedrichsplatz 15
34117 Kassel
Tel.: +49.561.1094-222
karten@staatstheater-kassel.de
SHINKAI NO TAMASHII (Souls in the sea), Kassel, Germany
SHINKAI NO TAMASHII
Jan. 24. 2025
Venue
Staatstheater / TIF - Theater at the Fridericianum
Kassel, Germany
contact & information
Staatstheater Kassel, Germany
Friedrichsplatz 15
34117 Kassel
Tel.: +49.561.1094-222
karten@staatstheater-kassel.de
SHINKAI NO TAMASHII (Souls in the sea), Bellingham, USA
SHINKAI NO TAMASHII
Aug. 17. 2024
Venue
Firehouse Art Center , Bellingham, Washington USA
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tbc SHINKAI NO TAMASHII (Souls in the sea), Chicago, USA
SHINKAI NO TAMASHII
Aug. 04. 2024
Venue
tba
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tbc SHINKAI NO TAMASHII (Souls in the sea), Chicago, USA
SHINKAI NO TAMASHII
Aug. 03. 2024
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tba
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