Personal Statement
Photo:Peter Giordano
"As human beings used the energy of nature to survive, they created the first primitive forms of movement. In the Butoh dance we relive the sense of these primitive forms as a way to rescue all the lost parts of the human being. Butoh challenges us to empty our ordinary judgements, expectations, habitual actions and needs, to allow the emergence of a deeper self, propelling us to awaken and explore all human qualities, both subtle and outrageous, beautiful and ugly, to touch, if only for a moment, our inexplicable matter - the human soul. Through this process we can transform our dance and our daily life, to offer more creative energy to our community." Diego Piñón