SANKAI JUKU Returns To The Paramount Theater 11/3

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) presents SANKAI JUKU returning to The Paramount Theatre with new work Tobari, As If In An Inexhaustible Flux on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at 7:30pm.

Over the course of the past 20 years, the work of Ushio Amagatsu for his company Sankai Juku has become known worldwide for its elegance, refinement, technical precision, and emotional depth. His contemporary Butoh creations are sublime visual spectacles and deeply moving theatrical experiences. As one of the premiere choreographers at work in the world today, the arrival of a work by Amagatsu is a much anticipated event in the dance landscape.

Amagatsu audaciously changed his stoic poetic style in his new work, "Tobari, As If In An Inexhaustible Flux." In this production, Amagatsu fuses the boundaries of seven tableaus in swaying time and space, displaying a metempsychosis within the cosmos of life as a beautiful current that advances in a single direction without stopping.

Amagatsu uses fewer elements on the stage than in any of his past performances to create a new world with a dense darkness, and flickering, reflecting light. The performance, which lasts one-and-a-half hours, is filled with the sequence of birth, death and rebirth and invites the audience into "the cosmos of life."

"Tobari, As If In An Inexhaustible Flux," the first new production to be presented by the Sankai Juku Butoh dance troupe in two-and-a-half years, was performed at Theatre de la Ville, Paris, in May 2008. The Le Monde newspaper gave a glowing review of the performance in an article titled "The Cosmic Dance," saying, "The audience could not help but gaze at this soothing philosophical performance."

Tickets: Tickets are available on Friday, September 17th and are $20.00 - $75.00. Purchase tickets online at www.stgpresents.org, by phone at (877) 784-4849, in person at The Paramount Theatre box office, Monday through Friday 10:00am-6:00pm and The Paramount and Moore Theatre venue kiosks, 24-hours a day, 7-days a week, powered by Tickets.com. Group sales discounts are available through STG's Group Sales Hotline at (206)315-8054. The Paramount Theatre is located at 911 Pine Street in downtown Seattle.
About STG: STG is the 501 (c)(3) non-profit arts organization that operates the historic Paramount and
Moore Theatres in Seattle, Washington. Our mission is to make diverse performing arts and education an
integral part of our region's cultural identity while keeping these two landmark venues alive and vibrant.
STG presents a range of performances from Broadway, off-Broadway, dance and jazz to comedy, concerts
of all genres, speakers and family shows - at both historic theatres in Seattle and venues throughout the
Puget Sound and Portland, Oregon.

 

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