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Anima Dance
Theatre
Director: Laurence Rawlins
It is the soul's restlessness with the body from
which dances are born. It is an expression of the soul's need to seek flight in
an earth bound prison. In this body all
the experiences of life are recorded in the soul/body. We must go to the soul
level, the place between shadow and light, and the point between inhalation and
exhalation. Here we find a place of release, and expression for the soul's
discomfort.
Butoh known as the "the dance of darkness" is the
realm where this meeting can take place. Anima Dance Theatre is a Post-Butoh dance company that explores an art form between dance
and theatre. When butoh unleashed its powerful
artistic vision on the west, modern dance had to change. How could it not? We
say “Post-Butoh" because this is after butoh. The dance company is a hybrid of butoh
and modern dance.
“Mr. Rawlins a powerful dancer with a commanding stage
presence...His style blended modern dance with the experimental and often grotesque
Butoh of
Anima Dance Theatre is located in
E-mail rawvor@mindspring.com
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