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BARE BONES BUTOH PRESENTS: SHOWCASE #23!

(Adventurous Shows for an Adventurous Audience)


WHEN:

Friday Nov 18, 2011, and Saturday, Nov 19, 2011
Both performances are at 8:00 pm



WHERE:
Studio 210
3435 Cesar Chavez St (at Valencia)
San Francisco, CA 94110
Studio 210 is located in the former Sears Building, inset from the corner of Cesar Chavez and Valencia Street. Accessible by: BART - 24th St Station; and MUNI - #12, #27, #14, #49. Plenty of on-street parking.


TICKETS:
Performances: $5-$20 sliding scale. No one turned away for lack of funds.
Additional donations are graciously accepted and gratefully appreciated.


WHO:
This time around, the performers are:

Ronnie Baker, Christina Braun (Saturday only), Darya Chernova (Saturday only), Ron Chornow, Michael Curran, Mark Deutsch (Saturday only), Coicoi Duncan, Liz Filippone (Saturday only), David Flaig (Friday only), Wolfgang Heinle, Luku (Friday only), Martha Matsuda (Saturday only), Ri Molnar (Friday only), Jeffrey Mooney (Saturday only), Angela Newsham, and Bob Webb.

Quite a line-up, wouldn't you say? Should be a couple of VERY GOOD SHOWS!

Surprise guest artists may also be performing as well. There are often last minute additions (local, national, and international artists) to the programing, it's that kind of show.


WHAT:
Bare Bones Butoh Presents is a performance Showcase for local, national, and International artists working in the areas of butoh, performance art, and/or ritual performance. It exists for artists to try out new material, show works in process, hone improvisational chops, and redo or revisit previous material. Bare Bones Butoh Showcases employ the grassroots ethic of working together to sustain an artistic culture. We are community building and performance all smushed together into two evenings.


Thank you for your time, and we hope to see you there.


Further info:
Bob Webb
bobwebb20@hotmail.com
510-284-7025

Performance this Weekend!

I'm performing this weekend at this wonderful performance series, Bare Bones Butoh. I'll be dancing with many bodies in a piece I've been working on with my wonderful dance partner, Deborah Butler.

Also, there is a SPECIAL treat: Butoh Master, Katsura Kan of Japan will be performing too (pictured above)!

The details are below. Hope you can make one of the evenings!

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BARE BONES BUTOH PRESENTS: SHOWCASE 20

With our special guests KATSURA KAN, noted Butoh Master from Japan and the World,

and Sharoni Siegel from Boulder, Colo.

WHEN:

Friday Jan 28, 2011, and Saturday, Jan 29, 2011

Both performances are at 8:00 pm

WHERE:
Studio 210
3435 Cesar Chavez St
San Francisco, CA 94110
Studio 210 is located in the former Sears Building, inset from the corner of Cesar Chavez and Valencia Street. Accessible by: BART - 24th St Station: and MUNI - #12, #27, #14, #49.

TICKETS:
Performances: $5-$20 sliding scale. No one turned away for lack of funds.
Additional donations are graciously accepted and gratefully appreciated.

WHO:
This time around, the performers are:

Ronnie Baker, Molly Barrons (Saturday only), Christina Braun (Saturday only), Deborah Butler, Dominique (Friday only), Kristen Greco (Saturday only), Wolfgang Heinle, KATSURA KAN (solo on Friday, duet on Saturday), Anastazia Louise (Saturday only), Luku (Friday only), Ri Molnar (Friday only), Megan Nicely (Saturday only), Liz Saari-Filippone, Sharoni Siegel, and Bob Webb

Surprise guest artists may well also be performing. There are often last minute additions (local, national, and international artists) to the programing, it's that kind of show.

WHAT:

Bare Bones Butoh Presents is a performance Showcase for local, national, and International artists working in the areas of butoh, performance art, and/or ritual performance. It exists for artists to try out new material, show works in process, hone improvisational chops, and redo or revisit previous material. Bare Bones Butoh Showcases employ the grassroots ethic of working together to sustain an artistic culture. We are community building and performance all smushed together into two evenings.


Thank you for your time, and we hope to see you there.

Further info, feel free to contact:

Bob Webb bobwebb20@hotmail.com 510-284-7025

Most recent performance work: Watch my video!

This is a clip of a work-in-progress I'm developing with my moving partner, Kitsune. It's based on the Loudun Possessions. We will be showing more at an upcoming show on January 28 and 29. Check it out!

The Loudun Sketches (WIP) from Liz Filippone on Vimeo.

Bare Bones Butoh Presents: Showcase 19

BARE BONES BUTOH PRESENTS: SHOWCASE 19
A Benefit for Bare Bones Butoh itself.

And A WORKSHOP WITH VISITING GUEST ARTIST LORI OHTANI of TANGENTZ BUTOH from HAWAII


WHEN:
Performances: Friday Nov 5, 2010, and Saturday, Nov 6, 2010
Both performances are at 8:00 pm

Workshop: Sunday, Nov 7, 2010
From 10:00 am to 1:00 pm


WHERE:
Both performances and the workshop will be held at
Studio 210
3435 Cesar Chavez St
San Francisco, CA 94110
Studio 210 is located in the former Sears Building, inset from the corner of Cesar Chavez and Valencia Street. Accessible by: BART - 24th St Station: and MUNI - #12, #27, #14, #49.


TICKETS:
Performances: $5-$20 sliding scale. No one turned away for lack of funds.
Additional donations are graciously accepted and gratefully appreciated.

Workshop: $40
All proceeds from this workshop go to the teacher, Lori Ohtani, in order to help defray her travel costs. Please see below for more info on the workshop.


WHO:
This time around, the performers are:
Ronnie Baker, Zoe Bender (Friday only), Christina Braun (Saturday only), Deborah Butler (Friday only), Darya Chernova (Friday only), Kristen Greco (Saturday only) Chrysalis Hyron (Saturday only), Erika Mark (Friday only), Lori Ohtani, Liz Saari-Filippone (Friday only), and Bob Webb

Surprise guest artists may well also be performing. There are often last minute additions (local, national, and international artists) to the programing, it's that kind of show.

The workshop will be taught by Lori Ohtani, our guest from Hawaii

WHAT:
Bare Bones Butoh Presents is a performance showcase for local, national, and International artists working in the areas of butoh, performance art, and/or ritual performance. It exists for artists to try out new material, show works in process, hone improvisational chops, and redo or revisit previous material. Bare Bones Butoh Showcases employ the grassroots ethic of working together to sustain an artistic culture.

The minimal fee the audience pays at the door allows the Showcases to function as a fundraising platform which supports local Butoh and Performance Artists. Every Bare Bones Butoh Presents show has been a Benefit Performance for an individual or group within the Butoh/Performing Arts community in need. Bare Bones Butoh Showcase 19 is no exception. All proceeds from these performances go towards the organization itself. Sometimes you've got to feed the kitty to keep the purr going. Please feel free to donate as much as you wish.

A Bare Bones Butoh Showcase is community building and performance all smushed together into two evenings.
Thank you for your time, and we hope to see you there.

WORKSHOP:
"Abstracting the Essence" Explore unique body vocabulary through Butoh. Butoh training utilizes imagery and words to help excavate memories and physicalize the inner landscapes within your body"s potential. From this starting point the body is free to interpret a new form of life.
Our class will begin with a moderate physical warm-up leading to what I call neutral walk exercises to develop a strong focus. We will then modify these basic walking exercises to assist us in fine tuning our sensory and spatial awareness, i.e. the feet (sole of the foot) as a vital housing of many nerve cell points, and changing our various perspectives of seeing oneself in the space we are moving. Through our modified walking we will deconstruct and slowly build (little by little) how your body seeks its own unique way of moving, and how it naturally accommodates itself when different forms of limitations, words, and imagery are placed on its existing structure.

Lori Ohtani is a Sansei born and raised on the island of Oahu. She was originally trained as a visual artist, receiving her BFA in painting and sculpture from the Univ of Hawaii at Manoa in 1981. As an abstract artist with a background in Jazz and Modern dance she was drawn to the strongly visual imagery of Butoh dance. An original and former member (1989-1993) of then named Iona Pear Dance Theater - Lori has been practicing the art of Butoh for 21 years, and is presently Artistic Director of Tangentz Performance Group, which she founded in 1994. She has studied with Butoh Masters Katsura Kan, Hiroko and Koichi Tamano, Mitsutaka Ishii, Yukio Waguri, Akira Kasai, Yumiko Yoshoioka, Masahide Omori, BW training with Naoko Maeshiba, and in Japan with Butoh cofounder, Kazuo Ohno and his son Yoshito. As a solo artist, and with Tangentz, she has taught workshops, and performed throughout Hawaii, the mainland US, Canada, and Japan. Keeping in touch with her visual arts roots she has shown her performance art pieces and visual artwork in group exhibits throughout Hawaii since 1995, and became a member of a visual artists group named COJWIA (Coalition of Japanese Women in Art) in 2003. Butoh dance remains her main passion and a major source of inspiratioan in her life and art.


Further info:
Bob Webb
bobwebb20@hotmail.com
510-284-7025

"Ovular" performance piece

Finally got my performance piece, Ovular, up on video. This is a duet with Deborah Butler/Kitsunebutoh. Hope you enjoy! You can play it on my blog or click the word, Ovular, below the video.

Ovular from Liz Filippone on Vimeo.

So I guess I'll...

I haven't really been inspired to write lately. Or maybe I have and I'm just thinking about it too much.  So I guess I'll just start writing and see what happens. 

This past weekend I was suppose to have my last massage class EVER, and it was cancelled. Unfortunately, I wasn't notified, so I showed up and was told that it was canceled. Oh well. But WAITA MINUTE! Then again this is how my school operates sometimes, and everyone knows it.  So that annoyed me, but I was happy I didn't let it ruin my weekend because the weather was beautiful here.  I also got to attend a free two hour workshop on Optimizing Your Health. Another plus! But it's healthy to rant, right? Right!

I'm also preparing an application for a performance series.  I want to present some recent work I did with my friend/collaborator, so I've been kicking myself in the butt to get that done. However, I'm close and it's due this Thursday, so I've got time on my side.

So I guess I'll just rant (which I pretty much just did).  Right now, I wish I didn't have to work my day job.  Right now, I want to teach, connect, share, dance, show, be, run, jog, laugh, cry, scream...I think the list could go on, but I'm gonna stop there before something happens at my work desk right now, where I  scare or trigger someone (like my boss) around me. 

Wow, sometimes ranting can make it all good.

Public Butoh Happening!

I'm am so excited to be dancing with two women, whom I started butoh with back in 2002!  This Thursday, August 19 @ 7:00 p.m-ish Civic Center, San Francisco, the happening will be under the enormous Three Heads Six Arms Sculpture.

Come to witness and experience this beautifully, haunting form of movement.

Bruised art

I realize that when I perform, I really go for it.  In other words, I find myself sacrificing my body in the name of art.  Hey, who said dance or movement had to be pretty?

my poor knees!

This picture shows the evidence, especially the left knee (sorry it might be gross to some).  As a bodyworker, I'm aware of what sides I favor in my body.  This clearly shows I was using my left more when initiating movement.  A week before the performance, I kept re-bruising my left hip (not pictured), then it happened to the knee.  I find stuff like that interesting.

I will be posting a link to the video of my performance soon.  You'll see where these bruises manifested.  Stay tuned!

Bare Bones Butoh Presents 18

I will be performing Friday and Saturday, August 13 and 14 at 8:00p.m.  Come see some of my new work!

Bare Bones Butoh Presents 12 November 2008

Bare Bones Butoh Presents is a performance showcase for local and International artists working in the areas of Butoh, Performance Art, and/or Ritual Performance. It exists for artists to try out new material, show works in process, hone improvisation chops and redo or revisit previous material. Bare Bones Butoh Presents employs the grassroots ethic of working together to sustain an artistic culture.

The minimal fee the audience pays at the door allows Bare Bones Butoh Presents to function as a fundraising platform which supports local Butoh and Performance Artists. Every Bare Bones Butoh Presents show has been a Benefit Performance for an individual or group within the Butoh/Performing Arts community in need. Bare Bones Butoh Presents 18 is no exception.

Bare Bones Butoh Presents is community building and performance all smushed together into two evenings.

Tickets:
$5-20 sliding scale (no one turned away for lack of funds)





Location:
Studio 210
3435 Cesar Chavez Street @ Valencia
SF, CA


Transportation:
Street parking, MUNI lines 14 and 27, and 24th Street stop on BART walk 4 blocks

For more information, contact Bob Webb bobwebb20@hotmail.com

Performing privately in the public

I took a performance workshop/lab over the  weekend.  My friend/collaborator ran the workshop for her research toward her MFA graduate work at UCLA.  We did a series of exercises that investigated relationships, intimacy, witness/viewer/performer, and installation art (placing random objects in space).  Each exercise was specific in its own, but it all meshed together at the end of the workshop when we showed our work to each other and outside viewers.

It's hard to describe the experience in words, so I'll do my best.  For me,  the workshop pushed me to take risks as a performance artist.  This triggered some things inside me as well such as the fear of failure (if those risks are taken), being seen, and belonging.  I've gotten better at accepting these fears through performance, but this was the icing on the cake!

The last two exercises of the workshop were placing objects--both personal and random--in space together.  All 5 of us participated in this in many ways.  We took turns placing the objects and then would view it from all angles and directions.  At one point, one of the participants began to interact with the objects and then became an object with the objects.  After that, we individually set up our own installations in different parts of space, hence bringing that private into the public.  I chose a hallway in back of the theater.  My installation (and I wish I took a picture!) consisted of a sheet of paper with lipstick kisses, smears, and marks. Each mark had a different amount of Rx pills in each one (the Rx was my old anti-depressants) labeled M, T, W, Th, Fr, Sat, Sun and ?. Along with that was a bottle of saki, spray starch can labeled "Faultless", a compact mirror, red lipstick tube, hand santizer, a magic marker and a "to do" list, which read: Breathe, ground, spit, sleep, TP, paper towels.  I had checked off certain items with the lipstick. Also, there were crumpled up paper towels with lipstick marks.  Now close your eyes and imagine all that!

Then, lastly, we had to come up with a 3-5 minute performance that would be done in any part of the space, with any objects, music, sounds, and it was for just one person.  In some way, this intimate performance had to perceive the giving of a gift in some way.  This starts to bring in the intimacy, relationship, private-in-the-public themes.  I did mine in the restroom, which had two public shower stalls.  I placed my installation piece on the sink, and then did my performance in one of the shower stalls with the viewer sitting in a chair in front of it.  I had a plant-watering can in the shower with me. The only instructions I gave the viewer was to open the shower curtain when they heard the water.  I began watering the area around me in the shower.  Then I tipped the watering can over me and let the water splash onto me (I had a stretch pants and an tank top on).  After I set the watering can down in the shower, I gently smoothed the water on me in a specific way each time--like a cleansing ritual.  Then I take a towel and carefully dried myself off and dropped the towel to the floor.  I pick up a red lipstick and compact mirror and applied the lipstick.  I put them down and harshly took off the lipstick with a paper towel, throwing it on the floor violently.  I grab the lipstick and mirror, then go to the viewer, take their hand and bring them just outside the shower stall.  I put the lipstick in their hand to put onto me, which most complied to do.  Then I motioned for them to put it on themselves, which most did comply.  I turn the mirror towards them so they can view themselves with the lipstick on; then I take a paper towel and blot my lips with one end and have them blot the other end. I shape it into a flower, so you can see the lipstick blots.  I step out of the shower and place the paper flower on the shower stall floor.  I pick the watering can up and water the paper flower.  I stop and stare at it with the viewer, and then turn to them and say, "thank you", prompting the end of the performance.  I did this 4 times in a row. 

Again, it's hard to describe how I felt, but it was amazing to hear the feedback from the audience/viewers about every piece.  The feelings and thoughts that came up for people were:

-I felt obligated
-I felt uncomfortable, like I shouldn't be there
-It touched me, and reminded me of what I'm going through in my own life
-I wanted to leave
-I wanted to run away

Everyone loved the experience because they had never experienced a performance like that before, and neither did I!  It effected them in many ways, but it was wonderful how open and honest they were in their feedback.  It was very validating for me because there was one person who didn't comply with the lipstick in my piece, and when he expressed his thoughts and feelings, I felt better about it.  The mind chatter was definitely in full force before, during, and after each viewing.  So after hearing all the viewers speak, I felt acknowledged, heard and seen. 

I've decided to try this out at friend's living spaces to see what happens.  I think it would be powerful, scary, and fun!

Notes for work-in-progress performance piece

Ovular

two energies embodying eaches energies emotions bodies cycles pain mustered unforgiving drawbacks silouhetted paralled engaged acknowledged being women feminine support against conflicted struggle with away we are the same together every time pacing frustration sexual tension ovulating cramping bloated why must it be that way everyone every woman today past future young old youthful dried up it stops it doesn't goes on chemicals hormones sweat tears rage laughter release inside outside wallow abrupt candle flowing air earth water fire ground float or not

When I'm developing new work from new ideas, I usually free write after I play with movement.  It's a process I adopted from teachers and collaborators in my life.  I love doing this exercise because punctuation is not required.  Yes I could edit it after and make it into a crazy poem.  But, wow, the ideas that come out; the way the words are paired or proceed one another; and the context (if there is any).  It's very therapeutic to free-write like this in whatever state you're in.  Try it!

Fresh Start

I start back teaching my Monday night yoga classes tonight.  It's been 10 months since I've taught this class and I'm excited to see a lot of my regular students.  Last June, I had to make the tough decision to take a hiatus from teaching.  2009 was a busy year for me; starting massage school, personal stuff coming up, and now, I'm finishing up with just a few more classes and make-ups.  But I remember how tough it was for me to come to that decision.  I had to really focus on my needs.  Something that I never really did for myself for years.  Now that I practice this more, it comes easier and more fluid than ever.

Performance has also taken a step forward as well.  I will be collaborating with another performer in creating some work for the Bare Bones Butoh performance series in May.  It feels like it's a new, fresh start to a lot of things for me: yoga and performance.  My current goals this year are to teach a movement/performance workshop and a yoga workshop.  Coincidentally, it's Spring! What a perfect time to start fresh!  The rain has been pretty constant and I finally feel like it's having cleansing effects in my life.  Back in the winter, it felt more like a heavy weight.  My day job hasn't changed much and I'm thankful for that.  It's nice to have a job that I don't mind going to everyday and has good financial benefits as I develop my own biz.  As I prepare to move back to the east coast, my developments now are going to be great practice.  Also, as I complete the massage program, I want to begin seeing clients and perhaps, get a part time job at a spa for the experience.

Yes, lots to do! But I don't feel overwhelmed and burdened by it as I would have a year ago.  I feel I have the tools I need to balance my physical and emotional body.  The more I do this, my spiritual body stays intact. It's an ongoing practice.  It's always happening moment to moment, except this time, I want to be there.

Photos of Snake Goddess Performance

Sometimes I feel just like this.....

Video of my performance at Bare Bones Butoh Presents 16

Watch my video, "Snake Goddess" from my performance last weekend

http://vimeo.com/8687572

Enjoy and feel free to share!

weekend of play

it was a full weekend, but of wonderful things. i performed friday and saturday night; saw avatar; taught yoga; took a butoh workshop; went food shopping and made dinner with my hubby.

performing was fun, surprising and exhilarating! i performed to yma sumac, an amazing peruvian singer of the 50s and 60s who can sing in 4 octaves (sorry, mariah but she outdoes ya!). the name of my piece was "snake goddess" in which i did become a snake goddess. i not only had the white, butoh make up on, but something really broke out inside of me. i love it when my playful self comes out, along with my sensual, sexual self. what's even better is that it's so meshed and integrated together. that's what made it so fun!

i'm not going to go into everything i did but i have to share about the workshop for my own needs and for memory. we did this exercise which i absolutely adore. one person represents seaweed and the other represents the current. the seaweed keeps their feet grounded and eyes closed, while the current intentionally touches a part of the seaweed's body. then the seaweed reacts to it. as we really progressed into the exercise, the teacher had us add sound, instead of touching then words or text. the seaweed could now move about, reacting to the stimulus. when i was the seaweed, my current gave me the following words i remember so far:

red, sodium hydroxide

i wish i could remember the others but the images that came up were of hardness, coldness, like branches of a tree in the middle of the artic, but the color red. no leaves or life on this tree because of the cold. yet, my body was there in that space. i can picture it now in the middle of the arctic ocean, emerging as if it wants to escape, yearns for rescue and refuge. a lot of feelings/emotions come up around that image. wanting to move forward but there's fear. fear of what? the unknown? beauty can emerge from the darkness.

i'm going to end there....

Bare Bones Butoh Presents 16 this weekend!

I'll be performing this weekend. Come check it out!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A Benefit for a member of the community who wishes to remain nameless.

WHEN:
Friday Jan 8, and Saturday, Jan 9, 2010 (yep, that's this coming weekend!)
Both performances are at 8:00 pm

WHERE:
Studio 210
3435 Cesar Chavez St
San Francisco, CA 94110
Studio 210 is located in the former Sears Building, inset from the corner of Cesar Chavez and Valencia Street. Accessible by BART - 24th St Station; and MUNI - #27, #12, #14, #49.

TICKETS:
$5-$20 sliding scale. No one turned away for lack of funds.
Additional donations are graciously accepted and gratefully appreciated.

WHO:
This time around: Christina Braun (Sat only), Cheryl Burns, Shelley Cook-Contreas, Michael Curran (Fri only), Mark Deutsch (Sat only), Jennifer Hicks, Henry Kaiser, Mateo Lugo, Luku (Fri only), Martha Matsuda (Sat only), Ri Molnar (Fri only), Jeffrey Alphonsus Mooney (Sat only), Shawnrey Notto (Sat only), Liz Roncka, Liz Saari-Filippone, Sharoni S. Seigel, Bob Webb, and Daniel WrightAbigail.
Surprise guest artists may well also be performing. There are often last minute additions (local, national, and international artists) to the programming, it's that kind of show.

Bare Bones Butoh Presents is a performance showcase for local and International artists working in the areas of Butoh, Performance Art, and/or Ritual Performance. It exists for artists to try out new material, show works in process, hone improvisation chops and redo or revisit previous material. Bare Bones Butoh Presents employs the grassroots ethic of working together to sustain an artistic culture.

The minimal fee the audience pays at the door allows Bare Bones Butoh Presents to function as a fundraising platform which supports local Butoh and Performance Artists. Every Bare Bones Butoh Presents show has been a Benefit Performance for an individual or group within the Butoh/Performing Arts community in need. Bare Bones Butoh Presents 16 is no exception. All proceeds from these performances go towards a member of the community who wishes to remain nameless. Please feel free to donate freely, it's a good cause.

Bare Bones Butoh Presents is community building and performance all smushed together into two evenings.
We hope to see you there.

For further info on the performances, or to register for the workshops, please contact: Bob Webb
bobwebb20@hotmail.com
415-821-7124

Footage from my solo performance

Hope you enjoy this video of my recent solo performance, "MeBardo". It was part of a larger show called Limbo: What Happens Between. It was my first solo at a huge venue and it was 20 minutes long! That's huge for me. It's also a very personal piece, depicting inner struggles and conflicts we have with the self. Resistance vs. Acceptance. Love vs. Hate. Fear vs. Desire. Seen vs. Unseen.

Enjoy!

http://vimeo.com/7364099

After the performance....

So the show I put on with my fellow co-producer/collaborator, Limbo: What Happens Between, was a success! I can't believe it's over. All that work really paid off and then when it's over, one can say, "what now?" or what I say, "Alright! Time to pamper myself!". That is what I'm doing this week. I put my body, mind and spirit through a lot this weekend and it was all very wonderful. But my body is feeling the toll and I could use some bodywork! Today, after work, I'll be getting deep tissue and then Thursday some Vibrational Healing Massage. Overall, I'm very happy with the way the show turned out. We got great feedback from people and people loved it! I'll be posting some video footage of just my piece. I have to say, my work is very personal, intense and cathartic. I had an emotional release after my performance on Saturday night. I really went deep into those dark places with my piece. That's really what butoh is about in many ways. Allowing to let yourself go into those places and let go of what you think you are or how you may look to others. Things really can manifest in this work which is why I would love to teach it. So many things I wanna do! We'll see.

Upcoming New Work: October 23-25

LIMBO: What Happens Between
October 23-25
Friday and Saturday, 8pm
Sunday, 7pm

Dance Mission Theater
3316 24th Street @ Mission
SF, CA
by 24th street BART station

Part of Celebrate: Butoh Dance 50th Anniversary Festival:

Liz Saari-Filippone, Bob Webb of Bare Bones Butoh, and several special guests come together in "Limbo (What Happens Between)", a Butoh performance. Using the extremes of Butoh we delve into the areas between the beautiful and the grotesque, flesh and spirit, light and dark, yin and yang, open and closed, then and now, this life and the next, the inner heart and the outside forces that weigh on it. Where do you come from? Where are you going? Come explore with us that grey area in between...Limbo...and find out what happens.

For other festival events, visit www.BUTOHSanFrancisco.net

I'm peforming this weekend 9/25 and 9/26

BARE BONES BUTOH PRESENTS 15
A Benefit for Bare Bones Butoh Itself! Sometimes you have to feed the kitty to keep the purr going.

WHEN:
Friday Sept 25, and Saturday Sept 26, 2009
Both performances are at 8:00 pm
Please arrive early as we will be starting as close to on time as possible.

WHERE:
Studio 210,
3435 Cesar Chavez St
San Francisco, CA 94110
Studio 210 is located within the Old Sears Building - 3435 Army is writ large over the top floor of the building (yes, there's a story behind that), the building is inset from the corner of Cesar Chavez and Valencia Street. There is plenty of on the street parking. It's four blocks from the 24th St BART Station. MUNI Buses #27, #26, #14, or #49 will drop you off one block or less from our door.

TICKETS:
$5-$20 sliding scale, No one turned away for lack of funds.
Additional donations are always graciously accepted and gratefully appreciated.

WHO:
Both nights: Darya Chernova, Michael Curran, Qayyuma Didominico, Angelina La Miette, Mara Poliak, Liz Saari-Filippone, Bob Webb, and Isabell Zeviar.
Friday only - Addy Bigelowe, Ahron Wheels Bolsta, Christina Braun, Deia de Brito, Mark Deutsch, Martha Matsuda, Ri Molnar, and Constance Taylor
Saturday only - Laurie Buenafe Krsmanovic, Iu-Hui Chua, Joy Cosculluela, Jennifer Gwirtz, Kazoo, Karen Anne Light, William McIntyre, Christian Nagler, Bill Noertker, Terre Unite Parker, David Ryther, Rajendra Serber, Aaron Wacks, Abigail Wick, and Sergey Yashenko.
Quite a stellar line-up!! Lots of bang for your buck!
Plus, there are often last minute additions to the programming - local/national/international - it's that kind of show.

WHAT:
Bare Bones Butoh Presents is a performance showcase for local and International artists working in the areas of butoh, performance art, and/or ritual performance. It exists for artists to try out new material, show works in process, hone improvisation chops and redo or revisit previous material.
Hosted by a veteran group of Bay Area Butoh performers, Bare Bones Butoh Presents employs the grassroots ethic of working together to sustain an artistic culture.

Thus far in its over three year (!) history, every Bare Bones Butoh Presents show has been a Benefit Performance. BBBP serves not only as a performance outlet, but also as a fundraising platform which supports local Butoh and Performance Artists in need. Our 15th presentation is no exception. All proceeds from these performances go towards the organization itself, in order to help these shows to continue. Please feel free to donate freely.

Bare Bones Butoh Presents is community building and performance all smushed together into two evenings.

We hope to see you there.

For more info on Bare Bones Butoh Presents:
Bob Webb
bobwebb20@hotmail.com