Dean Smith and I saw Sankai Juku at YBCA yesterday, performing Hibiki: Resonances From Far Away. Sankai Juku is a butoh performance group from Japan, their movements characterized by highly stylized articulated intensity, accompanied by music of such beautiful complexity and a cloud of powder as they move about the stage. They’re like Baroque Martians.
After, we strolled along the Embarcadero and settled down at Plant for organic veggie burgers and martinis, then onto the CocoPlex for Todd Solondz’ Happiness. Rape, pedophilia, suicide, dirty phone calls and a dead body in the freezer—ah, the perfect end to a perfect day.