Dawn Akemi Saito is an actress, performance artist, writer and butoh dancer. She has collaborated with major innovative performance groups in the U.S., Europe, Asia and South America. Her multi-disciplinary works include: Blood Cherries, directed by Jonathan Rosenberg and Sabrina Peck at Dance Theater Workshop; A Face of Our Own, in collaboration with composer Myra Melford presented at the Orpheum Theatre in Graz, Austria; Leaves, Water, Sun presented at the Berkshire Theatre Festival; HALO presented at the Asian American Theatre Workshop at MarkTaper and Highways Performance Space in Santa Monica; HA, a solo dance-theatre piece directed by Maria Mileaf and … Continued
Susanna “SU-EN” Akerlund
SU-EN (Susanna Akerlund) is a dancer and choreographer from Sweden, and artistic director of the SU-EN Butoh Company. Her work is based on the Hijikata/Ashikawa method that was developed in the Tomoe Shizune & Hakutobo group. For five years, SU-EN was a member of the student group GNOME for which Yoko Ashikawa choreographed. SU-EN also holds a nattori license in Jiuta-mai Japanese dance. Since 1994 SU-EN has developed her work in a more contemporary direction: incorporating a variety of influences – from Nordic culture and landscape to conceptual and performance art. SU-EN teaches and performs extensively in Sweden and internationally. … Continued
Joan Laage
Joan Laage, Artistic Director of Dappin’ Butoh since 1991, moved to Seattle after studying under butoh masters Kazuo Ohno and Yoko Ashikawa in Japan, and performing in Ashikawa’s group, Gnome. She has taught butoh workshops in the Seattle area for over 10 years and has been a guest artist at Ohio State University, the University of Georgia, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, and UNITEC in New Zealand.
Ethel Kambourian
Photography exhibitions at NYBF 2003