New Solos by Joan Laage and Katrina Wolfe

Friday, February 7th
8:00 pm
Chapel Performance Space
4649 Sunnyside Ave. N. Seattle
$15-$25
More info:
https://www.waywardmusic.org/event/joan-laage-katrina-wolfe/

Joan Laage/Kogut Butoh – Mortal Magnetism
with James Falzone (clarinet, penny whistle, shruti box), Jackie An (violin) & Aaron Harmonson (acoustic bass)

Katrina Wolfe – Intricacies Expanding
with Michael Shannon & David Stanford (electro-acoustic instruments)

+ a film by Michael Shannon

With two new solos, Joan/Kogut & Katrina return to the Chapel collaborating with well-known local musicians in an evening celebrating the richness and fleetingness of life in all its colorations.

Katrina’s solo will feature a three-piece sculptural garment made from hundreds of dried melon skins, which she has been slowly constructing for the last several years. Her movement and interaction with the garment and various other materials will integrate with a dynamic soundscape created by Micheal Shannon and David Stanford (see bios in the Dark Leaves Disintegration series below).

After studying with the Ohnos and Yoko Ashikawa in Tokyo in the late 80s and performing with Ashikawa’s group Gnome, Joan Laage/Kogut Butoh settled in Seattle directing Dappin’ Butoh. Known as the Northwest butoh pioneer, she is a co-founder of DAIPANbutoh Collective. Joan has performed at the first New York butoh festival, and in Amsterdam, Paris, Vienna and Warsaw. With a Ph.D. from Texas Woman’s University - who wrote on the butoh body - she is featured in Tanya Calamoneri’s Butoh America. She directs her annual site-specific performance Wandering & Wondering at the Seattle Japanese Garden and Kubota Garden, and tours Europe every year. Joan frequently attends events at the Chapel and has been producing her own work there for many years.