Moving Mountains for dance of death
Jacqui Stockdale has been making costumes and theatre props for the latest dance festival ButohOut 2021 that happened between lockdowns. The process was inspired by the methodology of local fashion designer, Kiki Ando, who is an expert on Boro - a type of Japanese textiles that have been mended or patched.
New Ab/Normal invites audiences to celebrate the surreal, the absurd and the diverse in a contemporary Australian, post-pandemic time. Through the anarchic form of Butoh, the workshops and performances question what is normal and explore the paradoxical nuance that an abnormality can become ‘normal’. Led by the Australian-Japanese ‘high priestess’ of Butoh, Yumi Umiumare, ButohOUT! encompasses dance/physical, theatre, vocal, visual, and aural arts. Yumi is joined by Creative Producer Takashi Takiguchi; Sound Designers Ai Yamamoto and Dan West; Vocal Creator Emma Bathgate; Visual Arts/Set Designer Jacqui Stockdale; and Forum/Writing leader Helen Smith.
Photography of Odd Hours by Andrew Coulter
