We have been creating and developing Butoh Medea since 2014. The show traveled many places, and this year is the 10th year of the show and finally we are finishing the developing period. I just went to SUNY Potsdam to share this show with college students as part of an artist residency. It was a wild ride. I felt that the final dress rehearsal was smooth; however, my designer/collaborator said I was all over the place during the final run. I was having a nightmare in the actual show, but he said the actual performance was solid. After 10 years, and the 49th public performance (100 + run through), I am still discovering, and "surviving in a moment". It has never gotten easy. Every time, I challenge myself physically, energetically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. I am trying to ride the rough wave; the wave which the audience, the tech team and I are creating a show in the moment. I cannot rehearse that. It is chemistry in the moments in our lives. Live performance is a ritual. Theatre is sacred. | Butoh Medea at SUNY Potsdam, March 1st, 2024 |
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The sun is rising from the horizon;
The golden warm powerful light Moves over the sky. When the sun is setting, The world is painted by multiple colors; orange, pink, yellow, red and blue. And the moon appears in the sky, The stares appear in the dark blue canvas. When air is getting cold and leaves are falling, The sun is setting quicker. The dark blue night Is embracing us for longer time. Different clouds, Different stars, We can see our breaths in the air. When the night is over, and the moon says good-bye, The gentle warm light is coming to the horizon. The sun is waking up slower than yesterday. The season is changing Nature dances. -Yokko Our bodies-minds Have been receiving words Since our births; Or even before our births. Family, culture, community, society, Ancestor, history, memory, Imaginations, fantasy and metaphysical world... Words are in us. The moment when Those words are coming out from the body, The moment when The words express How our body-mind experiences; Those Moments... Shake my soul. I fall in love with such a moment. Yokko
What I am supposed to do on earth in my life time? Such question I have been asking time to time since I was dying myself at the age of 19. I did survived the time, but it made me live with the illness. There were several moments I had to ask the question to the universe such as the moment when I was defeated, challenged and limited. I got lost, and asked the reason for my existence on earth. I believe that every souls have a mission. Some could be a parent, and some would be a scientist, a leader, and a public service --- what is my dharma? This on going dialogue with the universe is getting clearer- yet not solid. But every day morning meditation and prayer have been helping me to live simply and serve people I work with, and opportunities I have received. I do not know the clear answer for my dharma, but I do know I want to do my best to live every moment. I guide people age group 17-84 years old. And I perform to tell a story in front of audience. I may have had not be able to be a parent, but maybe this is my spritual mission in this life time. Every morning, I face the question of Dharma, and surrender to the Universe. I decide to live fully till the moment comes. - Yokko
June 16, 2023 (edited June 20)
Santa Fe, New Mexico Yokko
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