feetwashing: idea, background & vita |
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Artistic Concept and How I Developed it During my many years as a performer of Butoh-dance on stages all over the world, I experienced audiences mostly from a distance. Eventually, mere applause was no longer enough for me. Then with my ritual feetwash ceremony, a form of performance was born which reduces the distance from the audience to a minimum and opens up a whole new level of tactile experience. Most stage performances engage the senses of sight and hearing, while the basic senses of feeling, smell and taste almost always get neglected. Of course, concentration on a single person as audience is at the expense of quantity, but it makes for a very high degree of personal quality. With my ritual feetwash ceremony I make a decision in favour of this interactive, sensory quality in a solo performance. |
delta RA'i -->> detailed my roots are in dance theatre and performance art -->> tatoeba-TDG I also still work as a dance performer (butoh), choreographer and director and as stage and lighting designer for various dance and theatre projects both in Germany and abroad |
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And what has the feetwash ceremony to do with dance and Butoh? And why feet in particular? Under 'Feet & Philosophy + Feetwash Tradition' you can read more interesting facts, philosophical considerations and practical observations relating to feet |
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