An ongoing study of dance and the human form. This project aims to present how traditional and contemporary dance forms serve as expressions of identity, community, and history within diverse cultures.
“As a child, I danced in the forest. I was not alone there- shadows, the wind, the peeling light, creatures writhing below and above me. There are realms I only touch through movement. Worlds away from anything tangible. I bury myself there, getting lost and digging through glistening soils. I dream and let my bones speak. They carry minerals and sounds unimaginable. I wait and listen. I am their audience. Ferns grow from my skin, I make use of my body as conduit. Dance slips through my existence and creates threads to everything I’ve touched and cannot touch.”
-Eilish Henderson on butoh and contemporary movement.
“This Dance This dance that was already there, This dance that brings me closer To what is really there. I’d always felt alone, always chasing, searching for humanity, My humanity - a wet stone, was there in the shadows. Dance has allowed me to depart the milky film of society and cities and vibrate, Like the animal that I am.”
-Oscar Suh-Rodriquez on Butoh
“This is not a dance. This is a fight for humanity. This is an unheard voice of death. This is endless mourning of slain warriors”
- Mizuho Kappa
“I dance to find the extraordinary. I move to feel what it’s like to transform. My body contains endless stories and people. I let them free through my skin, my muscles, my bones.“
-Taylor Massa