Butoh WS

—静けさを踊る—

Next, we will dance to Silent Night.

Once a photographer from Magnum Photos came to this studio to shoot some photographs of me.　Actually, he had just been to Sudan to document the horrors of the savage civil war and he gave me these photos.

In this photo, the children are hiding in a cave in between the rocks. 

And outside, the adults are engaged in violent combat like this.

In the cave, the children are wishing for a silent night. 

They might be saying “I want to eat some delicious food.” 

Children are always the victims of war.

Now let’s dance the silence and the stillness for the children.

It’s not about dancing silently. 

Create the silence itself.

Create the stillness itself.

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In Japanese cultural activities such as the tea ceremony or

Ikebana(Japanese flower arrangement), stillness is highly valued.

Dance the Silence... but move and dance the stillness.