Event

INTO THE GARDEN

a site-specific dance performance featuring Japanese Butoh Masters Hiroko and Koichi Tamano of Harupin-Ha + Arizona Dancer and Choreographer, Delisa Myles.

THE DINNER PORTION OF THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THERE IS NOW A PERFORMANCE ONLY, BEGINNING AT 7PM.

Internationally touring artists of Butoh & Harupin-Ha creators, Koichi & Hiroko Tamano, were dancers in the first company of Tatsumi Hijikata (the founder of Butoh). They have been performing and teaching for over 30 years and are noted for bringing the dance form to the west. Koichi Tamano, who was the principal dancer of Hijikata's company, was named by him "the bow-legged Nijinsky". We are honored to host the final U.S. workshop and performance of the duo before they make their pilgrimage back to Japan (after 25 years of living in San Francisco).

Delisa Myles, a choreographer and dance educator from Arizona's experientially-based and ecologically progressive Prescott College , has had a pervasive influence on some of Portland's most interesting local talents, including Kathleen Keogh of Woolly Mammoth Comes to Dinner, Kestrel Gates of HiiH Gallery and Mizu Desierto of Water in the Desert. Delisa's choreography and collaborations in recent years have investigated feminine archetypes, intergenerational work and environmental performance. She holds an MFA in Performance and Choreography from University of Colorado.

Into The Garden will be held at Prior Day Farm in St. Johns (the site of a future urban art/ecology center) | 9233 N. Bristol Ave. PDX 97203

INFO: www.WITDpresents.com

7PM: Site-Specific Performances