Aki Bo Nishijima was born in Japan and has been making solo and group dance works since 1994. Currently she is interested in making a new piece with personal movements and stories in more theatrical frame.This is her first butoh performance.
Benjamin Marcantoni
Benjamin Marcantoni was an opera singer in New York Butoh Festival 2003 with an extraordinary vocal and emotional range. Trained in music from an early age, he has a wide variety of stage experience, having performed in venues all over the USA and the Caribbean. He has been active as a singer/songwriter, arranger and stage performer since his arrival in New York City in late 1999. He has also garnered credits as teacher, poet, writer, and graphic designer. Benjamin is the co-founder of the post-alternative rock ensemble Tara’s Road, and was active in the city’s music scene.
Timothy R. Pickerill
Timothy R. Pickerill is a writer, artist, musician, and designer working in installation and performance art, as well as painting, photography, and video. Completing studies at San Francisco State University in 1998, after being expelled from Dada studies, he has since self produced many solo and group performance art pieces. He has worked in traditional and nontraditional theater including several years as the Technical Director of both Theater Artaud and Dance Mission Theater in San Francisco and is the technical director of BRIC Studios in Brooklyn. Timothy Pickerill is a writer, designer, and multi media performance artist. He completed studies … Continued