TAKETERU KUDO

TAKETERU KUDO
butoh/dance

Join us for a unique opportunity to see Taketeru Kudo, one of Japan’s great Butoh dancers, perform at SuperDeluxe@Artspace.

Butoh dance incorporates hyper-controlled body movements, grotesque yet beautiful imagery and at times taboo subject matter. Created by Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno in Japan after the Second World War, this expressionistic, highly visceral dance style was both a reaction against western classical influences in dance and also a means of challenging established authority and subverting established beliefs.

Kudo trained with the Butoh dance master Akiko Motofuji (Tatsumi Hijikata’s widow), worked for three years with the world famous Butoh group Sankai Juku, and then formed his own dance company. In recent years he has been active worldwide primarily as a solo performer, but he also collaborates with cutting edge artists in many fields.

Don’t miss Kudo performing with double bass player Tetsu Saitoh as the final Japanese act of SuperDeluxe@Artspace.

Website | www.kudo-taketeru.com

Event Information
Friday, 30 July 2010
7.30 pm - 12 am
Also performing | Tetsu Saito / Rosie Dennis

Advance bookings closed.
No booking? No worries. Entry available on the door from 8pm with plenty of room for all.

Photograph: Ujin Matsuo (SuperDeluxe)