Furnace

This international collaboration is a window into the continuous dance and performance research of an eclectic group of dancers and artists from three different generations and seven nationalities. Furnace is envisioned not as a representation of something but rather as the thing itself. LEIMAY artists Shige Moriya and Ximena Garnica collaborate with world-renowned butoh master Ko Murobushi and seven other emerging artists to create a world “fecund with images of magic and reality. Real time and surreal time co-exist. People and spectral creatures co-mingle. Death and birth are interchangeable ideas. Furnace takes place in a huge crackled mirror, a shimmering reflecting pool, a bizarre carnival funhouse, a shaded forest clearing, and   if you want to be very literal, it could also be happening inside an oven lined with the silver foil which keeps the heat from incinerating its contents”.

Show duration
60 minutes

Concept, Creation and Choreography
Ximena Garnica, Shige Moriya and Ko Murobushi

Dance
Stephanie Lanckton, Irem Calikusu, Denisa Musilova, Teerawat Mulvilai (Kage), Amelia Schembri, Therera Magario and Ximena Garnica

Live Video Projections
Shige Moriya

Music
John Cage, Glenn Branca, Beatles and Blade Runner
Lighting Design
Miguel Angel Gutierrez

Developmental Credit
“Furnaces” was developed with the support of CAVE Organization and with a residency at the National Museum of Dance in Saratoga Springs. Commissioned by the NY Butoh Festival.

World Premiere
Dixon Place, New York City 2009