Yuko Kaseki is a freelance dancer, choreographer and teacher in Berlin. Kaseki has developed her own rich choreographic vocabulary that is rhythmic and elegant. Yuko Kaseki has lived and worked as a freelance dancer, choreographer and teacher in Berlin since 1995. From 1989 to 2001, she was the primary dancer in Anzu Furukawa’s seminal butoh group Dance Butter Tokio. With her company cokaseki (formed with Marc Ates), Kaseki has developed her own rich choreographic vocabulary that blends butoh with modern dance techniques. heh as performed her solo and ensemble work throughout Europe, Japan and the U.S., and since 2001 has … Continued
Evan Mazunik
Evan Mazunik – pianist, composer, and Soundpainter – is assistant conductor of the New York Soundpainting Orchestra. As a composer, he scored the documentary “The Checker King,” which aired on HBO2. As a performer, he has played with Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, Dick Oatts and Robert Paredes. Mazunik is also keyboardist for the Walter Thompson Orchestra www.evanmazunik.com
Akira Kasai
AKIRA KASAI has been called the “Niinsky of butoh” because of the stunning energy and concentration of his wild improvisational dances. In the 1960s, he studied with butoh co-founder Kazuo Ohno, and in 1971 started his own butoh company, Tenshi-kan. He moved to Germany in 1979 and trained there for six years in eurhythmy. A pivotal figure in the butoh world, since his return to Japan, he has cultivated his own highly idiosyncratic style of dance, pushing the envelope of butoh by mixing in elements as diverse as German eurhythmy, kabuki and hip-hop. Akira Kasai, born in 1943, originally studied … Continued