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What If We Were the End Ones? — Collapse, Butoh Mutations and Cosmo-technics in the Swedish Arctic
Photographer: ProduktivaProduktioner How do we live out our personal myths when the modern world demands only our hyper-efficient, capitalistic utility? What is the ritual of a life lived at the threshold of collapse and rebirth? Myth and Ritual as Threshold These questions anchored a profound 9-day somatic journey at the Moskosel Creative Lab in northern Sweden, taking place in April 2026. Led by facilitator Dominique Savitri Bonarjee, ten somatic adventurers gathered in the

Elspeth Chan
4 days ago7 min read


Camden Fringe: Flamenco through the eyes of a balletomane
Image: FlamencoDanza Flamenco – the flair is almost audible in its name. You might find it in an unsuspecting tavern in Seville, or so I...

Janejira Matthews
Sep 28, 20255 min read


Announcement: Scratch Renaissance with Chisenhale Dance Space
Image: Scratch Renaissance , courtesy of Chisenhale Dance Space During a time marked by scarce funding and few opportunities for artists...

Janejira Matthews
Mar 8, 20252 min read


What kind of embodied vessel or cage image was in Hijikata Tatsumi’s mind?
This article is predominantly based on Elspeth Chan's presentation ‘ Butoh Metaphorical Images – from Tensegrity to Cubism’ delivered at...

Elspeth Chan
Feb 2, 20258 min read


Cubism — A Tool for the Extension of Body Image & Spatial Continuum
I never had a chance to associate Cubism with butoh until I encountered Pablo Picasso’s painting, Femme en pleursfrom, in person in Tate...

Elspeth Chan
Nov 18, 20246 min read
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