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| Photo: Suncan Stone |
RHIZOMAS, Improvisational Music and Movement
Ryuzo Fukuhara + Wormhole Superette
New Central Baptist Church
2139 Lombard St.
Philadelphia, PA
19146
September 22nd & 23rd: 7:30pm
September 24th: 4:00pm & 7:30pm
Price: $18 / Duration: 60 minutes
Ticket Info: fringearts.com
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| Credit: Tracy Lisk |
Rhizomas is a performance piece conceived by Ryuzo Fukuhara and in collaboration with Philadelphia Improvisation outfit Wormhole Superette,
a free improvisational quartet. Ryuzo, who comes from a tradition of
Japanese Butoh, visualizes the relationship between the aural and
spatial environment and his body as rhizomes, a horizontal subterranean
stem system that sends out both roots and shoots from it’s nodes at
serendipitous intervals. The imaginary rhizomes penetrate the space and
people, becoming the connections between the bodies of the audience, and
the body of the dancer. Using this concept, the musicians and Fukuhara
make bridges between gaps in every object/human present in the
performing field. The rhizomes, conveyed through the body of the dancer,
are the conduit to understand, recognize and accept sound in the space.
Ryuzo Fukuhara began to dance with two significant Butoh dancers,
Semi-Maru of Sankaijuku and Min Tanaka. He obtained his Butoh technique
while studying with the two masters. In 2000, Ryuzo started work as a
dance/artist in Europe. During his residency in Europe, he was awarded
2nd prize for the solo dance contest in 11MASDANZA, the International
Contemporary Dance Festival of Canary Islands, Spain in 2006. Ryuzo was
invited as a teacher of a dance master class at directed by Ismael Ivo
in La Biennale di Venezia in Italy in 2010. He is currently teaching
Butoh as a faculty member in the Art Department of the University of
Ljubljana, Slovenia since 2013.
Wormhole Superette is a Philadelphia based improvisational unit consisting of four individuals from diverse backgrounds (post-punk, extreme metal, experimental, jazz, visual art). The finished product is unique, flexible and often extremely unpredictable. Members include: Tracy Lisk: MFA, exhibiting visual artist, curator, percussionist. Christian Moehring: BFA drummer, composer, teacher. I (Domino) Peck: electric bassist, self taught writer. Travis Woodson: composer, arranger, improviser, multi-instrumentalist.
Wormhole Superette is a Philadelphia based improvisational unit consisting of four individuals from diverse backgrounds (post-punk, extreme metal, experimental, jazz, visual art). The finished product is unique, flexible and often extremely unpredictable. Members include: Tracy Lisk: MFA, exhibiting visual artist, curator, percussionist. Christian Moehring: BFA drummer, composer, teacher. I (Domino) Peck: electric bassist, self taught writer. Travis Woodson: composer, arranger, improviser, multi-instrumentalist.
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