December 12 and 13, 2014 8:00 PM Flash - Featuring Rennie Harris + Michael Sakamoto at The Painted Bride Art Center

In Flash butoh meets hip-hop, they try out each other’s language, and discover their commonalities, personally and culturally. – Fabrik Magazine

A dance theater duet written, choreographed, and performed by Rennie Harris and Michael Sakamoto, Flash combines their dual approaches to manifesting a body in crisis. The work is conceived as a “conversation” between the artists’ respective aesthetics (butoh and hip-hop), cultural backgrounds (Japanese-American and African-American), and personalities. Hip-hop and butoh were born from marginalized, postwar urban subcultures, and each embodies a philosophical approach to the creation of cultural identity through dance. Flash is an interdisciplinary performance, project combining butoh and hip-hop dance, multimedia, and other theatrical elements to address the intersection of urban and environmental crisis, social resistance, and corporeal identity.

The Painted Bride Art Center
230 Vine St.
Philadelphia, Pa
Ticket Prices
$25 in advance/$30 day of show
Members: $17.50/$21
This show is eligible for Student Rush.