Butoh Blowout in LaLaLand

This event is orchestrated by the Corpus Delecti collective, with whom (I am embarrassed to admit) I performed only once, on the occasion of the first Iraq anti-invasion rally, on Hollywood Blvd. It was an unforgettable occasion. A few dozen bodies in white tatters flocking back and forth in slomo across the Blvd at the tail end of the march, taunting cops, and weirding out standers by. Vividly remember the texture and smell of Hollywood Blvd asphalt on my skin as we crawled, skanked, wobbled, drifted, ran, clustered and contorted, echoing the harrows of war. . . reflected in shopwindows. . .

These two evenings, then, I dub their "Butoh Blow-Out." Not just because it may well be their last hurrah, but because they've reeled in one of the first gen butoh masters from Japan, Katsura Kan, plus Black Stone Ensemble from Frisco, plus an installation, two photo exhibits, and videos and films documenting their performances.