Paradoxes which oscillates between life and death, eros and thanatos, grotesque and illuminating beauty.

A dance inspired by the Kusozu (graphic depictions of the nine stages of a decaying corpse). Often portrayed as a female body in Buddhist art, the Kusozu presents a challenging view of fleeting existences for contemplation. In nine layers of inner and outer transformation, the work finds it own physical metamorphosis of flesh and bone, water and calcium, air and dust. A cat has nine lives, then dust. The destination of dust is a new cat.


The performance is part of a series begun in 2013. In collaboration with composer and musician Kazuhisa Uchihashi to investigate the relationship between body and sound and their transformations in performance.

Yuko Kaseki is a Director, choreographer, Butoh dancer, performer, and teacher in Berlin. She has performed and taught in over 30 countries. Those creations are the accumulation of poetic and vivid images that incorporate the spirit of Butoh, performance, and live art. Her performance aims to reflect the outsider’s existence. She has been searching for a way to penetrate the space between physical and spiritual expression. Collaboration with mixed-ability artists overturns the concept of her dance and has a great influence on subsequent activities. Her strong interest in breaking borders of physical expression.
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