Press Quote – The Arts Cure, Vooja Day by Zach Fuller, NYBF 2003

“The second piece, Vooja Day, started out comedically, with Mr. Fuller, wearing a large rubber head on his shoulders and huge padded genitals, pecking out from behind the curtain before coming on stage. His musicians, a percussionist and an accordionist not only elicited alternative sounds from their instruments, they eschewed using any of the usual sounds at all. Mr. Fuller’s piece, too, used exploratory techniques to try to find, in front of us, whatever it was he wished to accomplish. He found some humorous moments using his costumes, but on a conceptual, choreographic level, there was no sustained relationship between … Continued

Press Quote – The New York Sun, Handsome Blue Sky by Ko Murobushi, NYBF 2005

“‘Handsome Blue Sky’ recounts, among other things, the atomic catastro­phe of World War II through the transformations of the body. It began in the aftermath: a powerful solo in near dark­ness, with Mr. Murobushi hunkered down on his knees. Only the backs of his feet were visible as he raised himself up with painful slowness. He was the collective survivor, alone in a tunneling silence. His body could be seen as a chronicle in which each part was a character. His feet curled and rolled feelingly like hands along the stage, while his hands reached down to numbly pad the … Continued

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