Triskelion Arts Presents a New Butoh Sci-Fi Fantasy by Vangeline Theater: 5TH This Weekend

Butoh meets Film Noir when dancer/choreographer Vangeline presents her Vangeline Theater in the premiere of "5th", a new butoh sci-fi fantasy of 5 dances about the 5th: 5th dimension, 5th element, 5th position, 5th amendment, and 5th of Beethoven. Each dance also represents one of the five elements in Japanese philosophy: Earth, Water, Wind, Fire and Void. Joining the Company for this special season are guests Shoshana Green, San Francisco-based Butoh artist, ballet dancer Sakie Hachiya of New York, and Ysanne Spevack, English composer/performer and member of The Smashing Pumpkins. Three performances, this weekend, February 7-9 at 8 PM at Brooklyn's Triskelion Arts, 118 North 11th Street.

More About the Company:
The Vangeline Theater is a NYC-based dance company firmly rooted in the tradition of Japanese Butoh while carrying it into the 21st century. Since its inception in 2002, the Vangeline Theater has fused the post-apocalyptic vision of Butoh with the aesthetics of 21st century film noir. Dancer/choreographer Vangeline, a native of Bourgogne, France, specializes in the Japanese postwar avant garde movement form Butoh. Vangeline and her company have performed and taught in venues around the world, and brought master teachers from abroad to teach workshops in New York. The ensemble looks forward to more touring, including appearances at the Avignon Dance Festival in July 2014. Their work has been acknowledged with awards from the Puffin Foundation, the Japan Foundation, the NY Department of Cultural Affairs, the NY Foundation for the Arts, the Asian American Arts Alliance, the Actor's Fund, and the Robert Friedman Foundation. Also active in films, Vangeline's recent roles include her critically acclaimed performance as Elizabeth Short in the Los Angeles production of "The Chanteuse and the Devil's Muse," directed by David J. Bauhaus, and a starring role, with actors James Franco and Winona Ryder, in the feature film by director Jay Anania "The Letter (2012-Lionsgate)." She was also featured in an eight-page spread in Vanity Fair Italia in August 2012.

The company includes Margherita Tisato, Azumi Oe, Shiho Tanaka, Madelyn Koch, Maiko Ikegaki, Beatrice Schleyer, Pamela Herron, Sindy Butz, Stacy Lynn Smith, Sakie Hachiya, Juri Nishio, and Vangeline. Guest dancers: Shoshana Green, butoh artist from San Francisco, and Sakie Hachiya, ballet dancer from New York. Guest musician: Ysanne Spevack, violinist/vocalist of the Smashing Pumpkins.

Reservations: 800.838.3006 or http://vangelinetheater2014.brownpapertickets.com .

Photo Credit: Michael Blase