Berlin-based group cokaseki is led by Yuko Kaseki (choreographer/dancer) and Marc Ates (choreographer/director)w, ho have performed their work throughout Europe,J apan and the U.S. Their last production Ame to Ame was nominated for Visual design at the 2005 Isadora Duncan Dance Awards in San Francisco- the piece received the Award for ‘Best Ensemble Work’. www.cokaseki.com
Masaki Iwana
Masaki lwana began his dance career in 1975 outside the “butoh genealogy.” Until 1982 he presented 150 experimental performances in which he stood straight, completely naked and perfectly still. Since then, lwana has presented his performances and workshops in 38 countries and has created works which are built on his sharpened aesthetic. Iwana runs an institute for the research of butoh, La Maison du Butoh Blanc, in Normandy, France since 1995. www.iwanabutoh.com
Katsura Kan
Kan Katsura, a native of Kyoto born in 1948, is a butoh dancer from Japan’s third generation of ankoku butoh (dance of darkness). He performed with the seminal butoh troupe, Byakkoshakn own for its austerity and integrity, rather than the theatrical glamour other troupes became known for. He is a celebrated solo and collaborative performer as well as choreographer and he established his own group KATSURA Kan & Saltimbanques in 1986. Kan has worked with what he calls “minority dancers” all over the world, in remote locations from Africa to South East Asia, for the past 26 years.
Jack Wright
Jack Wright, a musical explorer for the past twenty years, plays alto, tenor, and sopranos axes, contralto clarinet, and piano, in every possible direction, but rarely what is recognizable.