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In its 8th year, the series continues
to evolve as a platform for the development of new and important dance
explorations by a variety of local and international artists. Yearly these
dancers are chosen to train together at Body Weather Laboratory, developing
individual interpretations of a common vision. Flower of the Season has
indeed become a pilgrimage - drawing dancers, choreographers and musicians
to a seasonal offering of blossoming creativity.
Dance and performance are transitory arts.
They exist in the present. Just as the splendor of a flower is fleeting,
so is each remarkable moment of a dance performance - always passing into
the next. A flower seeks the light, growing and developing accordingly.
It finds just the right time and place to blossom.
Flower of the Season is the extension
of the Earthbeat series Oguri and Steinberg began eleven years ago to
foster collaborations between visual artists, musicians, writers and dancers.
Together, with the work of percussionist Adam Rudolph, sculptor Stephan
Glassman, artist Hirokazu Kosaka, musicians Wadada Leo Smith, G.E. Stinson
and Nels Cline and dancers Roxanne Steinberg, Melinda Ring, Mia Doi Todd,
Jamie Burris,Sherwood Chen, Boaz Barkan, Claudia Lopez, Lillian Barbeito,
Benjamin Jarrett, Eric Losoya, Jesske Hume, Magali Gajan, Heyward Bracey,
Asher Woodworth, Ariadna Rodriguez Cima, Joyce Lu, A.Dola Baroni, Meyu Kobayashi,
Rosemary Candelario, Heather Ehlers, Kim Nakakura, Yasunari Tamai and Oguri
has continually explored boundaries between audience and stage, creating
fresh contexts for the presentation of art and performance.
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