ANNOUNCEMENT: Natsu will be unable to perform this evening due to an injury. We apologize for this change in programming and appreciate your understanding. We will be contacting everybody who has already purchased a ticket in advance with more information directly.

In lieu of a performance, Natsu will offer a presentation of her work with Ankoku Butoh that includes her personal history with the form as well as some very rare footage of her dancing with Ohno and Hijikata. We will then open up the floor for questions and dialogue with the artist. This may be the last time that Natsu makes her way to Portland, so we are honored to offer this very special evening to our community.

ABOUT NATSU
Natsu Nakajima (b. 1943 Sakhalin) has been one of the most prominent figures in butoh dance since its foundation in Tokyo in the 1960s, and one of its foremost pioneers abroad. Training under both Hijikata Tatsumi and Kazuo Ohno, Nakajima went on to establish her own dance company, Muteki-sha, in 1969, with whom she has been performing and choreographing internationally since the early 1980s. Her highly acclaimed performance of ‘Niwa’ at LIFT ‘83 (London) marked the beginning of this international touring career, and led to performances at festivals such as FIND (Montreal), the Nancy Festival, and the Sydney Biennale. In addition to her performance and choreographic work, Nakajima has over thirty years of experience as a teacher, and has been one of the forerunners of dance for the disabled in Japan.

PAST PERFORMANCES