TUMBLING
TUMBLEWEED
by
Irem Calikusu and John Schneider Irem Calikusu's life as a dancer started in Istanbul, in Theater Research Lab with Mustafa Kaplan in 1995. Being deeply moved by a butoh performance she saw in Istanbul, she went on to complete a Master's thesis on Butoh and postwar politics at the Anthropology Department of Umass, Amherst while training with Maureen Fleming. She has studied with Akira Kasai, Ko Murobushi, Su-En and Setsuko Yamada. Her biggest inspiration was the five months she spent training with Min Tanaka at the Body Weather Farm. She has performed in various venues in Istanbul and in New York including Cave Gallery, Chashama and Merce Cunningham Studio. John Schneider
began his dance training with Orchesis African Dance Ensemble, performing
with Onye Ozuzu's Pangea Panacea. His dance work grows directly from
his trips to Min Tanaka's Body Weather Farm. He has trained in Butoh
with Anzu Furukawa, Akira Kasai and Ko Murobushi. John has most recently
performed at Cave Gallery. |