For the first time in nearly a decade, Anohni will embark on a North American tour, this time backed by her group, the Johnsons. Last year, Anohni and the Johnsons released one of the most arresting albums of the year, My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross, which contained the single “Why Am I Alive Now?” — whose music video was directed by Hunter Schafer. Rolling Stone dubbed the LP one of the 20 best albums of 2023. The tour dates mark Anohni’s first tour with the Johnsons since 2010.
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- 6/5/2024
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Kazuo Ohno was a Japanese dancer who became a guru and inspirational figure in the dance form known as Butoh, of which he was the co-founder. In 1969, he also starred in his first film, “A portrait of Mr O”, during a period in which he had retired from public performance, and just before he began touring the world as a solo dancer with his celebrated work “Admiring La Argentina”.
” Portrait of Mr O” is screening at Japanese Avant-Garde and Experimental Film Festival
Ohno’s effort was to “resist fixity”, a pursuit that is quite evident in the film, with the grotesqueness and an overall absurdity in terms of characters and movements being the rule here. In that fashion, the movie begins with a ragtag, deformed individual, moving in a setting that could be described as dystopian, towards a well, from which he helps another similar individual get out from. A bit later,...
” Portrait of Mr O” is screening at Japanese Avant-Garde and Experimental Film Festival
Ohno’s effort was to “resist fixity”, a pursuit that is quite evident in the film, with the grotesqueness and an overall absurdity in terms of characters and movements being the rule here. In that fashion, the movie begins with a ragtag, deformed individual, moving in a setting that could be described as dystopian, towards a well, from which he helps another similar individual get out from. A bit later,...
- 9/18/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
“Anma” is a classic piece of Butoh dancing, by creator and legendary figure of the particular style, Tatsumi Hijikata, who performs along with a number of other dancers, including co-creator Kazuo Ohno, Yoshito Ohno and Akira Kasai, among others, under the experimental/noise music of Tomomi Adachi. The particularly film by Takahiko Iimura is an effort to capture the performance of “Anma” but at the same time, it is realized as cine-dance, essentially filming choreography and choreographing film at the same time, through a meta approach, that also has the director performing with his camera among the dancers on the stage and includes footage from the audience watching the whole endeavor.
“Anma” is screening at Japanese Avant-Garde and Experimental Film Festival
Multiple texts on black screen split the movie into various segments, while explaining where the dancers got their inspiration from, each time, in regard with the concept of anma,...
“Anma” is screening at Japanese Avant-Garde and Experimental Film Festival
Multiple texts on black screen split the movie into various segments, while explaining where the dancers got their inspiration from, each time, in regard with the concept of anma,...
- 9/18/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Japanese Avant-garde and Experimental Film Festival announces full programme for Jaeff 2021: Bodies in advance of ticket sales on 22 July. Jaeff 2021: Bodies will be held at The Barbican from 16-19th September, and online from 20th-30th September.
Jaeff 2021: Bodies explores how we interact with other beings, spaces around us, and how expressions of the unutterable become vital means of communication and connection.
This third edition of the Japanese Avant-garde and Experimental Film Festival considers the body and sensation, and features work from directors Kon Ichikawa, Toshio Matsumoto, Susumu Hani, Chiaki Nagano, Takahiko Iimura, Tatsumi Kumashiro, Shuji Terayama and more.
In a time where words, facts and logic are increasingly ineffectual, powerless and absurd, this year’s programme attempts to make sense of the nonsensical. Finding that sometimes, the most powerful form of expression is often what we feel, rather than what we can say, write, or even think.
Jaeff 2021: Bodies explores how we interact with other beings, spaces around us, and how expressions of the unutterable become vital means of communication and connection.
This third edition of the Japanese Avant-garde and Experimental Film Festival considers the body and sensation, and features work from directors Kon Ichikawa, Toshio Matsumoto, Susumu Hani, Chiaki Nagano, Takahiko Iimura, Tatsumi Kumashiro, Shuji Terayama and more.
In a time where words, facts and logic are increasingly ineffectual, powerless and absurd, this year’s programme attempts to make sense of the nonsensical. Finding that sometimes, the most powerful form of expression is often what we feel, rather than what we can say, write, or even think.
- 7/19/2021
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
By MoreHorror.com
Possibly the single most interesting contribution to noir horror/scifi epic Way Down in Chinatown has been made by actress and Anoku-Butoh expert, Nicol Razon. Casting Razon was most definitely a coup for WDiC producers, Eric Kochmer, Angel Corbin and Maria Olsen (both of MOnsterworks66) and Jonathan Haloossim (22Mm Productions).
Razon plays a denizen of the weird and wonderful world that is to be found way down beneath Chinatown, and the film gives her a much needed opportunity to showcase her stunning Anoku-Butoh dance skills. For those not in the know, Anoku-Butoh – Dance of Darkness – is the performance art dance style developed by the Japanese specifically to help them express their horror at the devastation caused by the atomic bombs that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the Second World War.
Razon, who was born in Vina Del Mar, Chile, was first introduced to Anoku-Butoh by University of...
Possibly the single most interesting contribution to noir horror/scifi epic Way Down in Chinatown has been made by actress and Anoku-Butoh expert, Nicol Razon. Casting Razon was most definitely a coup for WDiC producers, Eric Kochmer, Angel Corbin and Maria Olsen (both of MOnsterworks66) and Jonathan Haloossim (22Mm Productions).
Razon plays a denizen of the weird and wonderful world that is to be found way down beneath Chinatown, and the film gives her a much needed opportunity to showcase her stunning Anoku-Butoh dance skills. For those not in the know, Anoku-Butoh – Dance of Darkness – is the performance art dance style developed by the Japanese specifically to help them express their horror at the devastation caused by the atomic bombs that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the Second World War.
Razon, who was born in Vina Del Mar, Chile, was first introduced to Anoku-Butoh by University of...
- 8/7/2012
- by admin
- MoreHorror
Antony and the Johnsons have debuted a music video to support "The Spirit Was Gone", a song taken from their newly-released studio album "Swanlights". The clip pays homage to Kazuo Ohno, a pioneer of Japanese dance form known as butoh, and director Peter Sempel made the tribute using archive footage.
This is not the first time the group pay tribute to Kazuo Ohno. In 2009, they used an image of the late dancer performing in 1977 as cover art of their album "The Crying Light". They were deeply saddened when Kazuo died in June this year. Offering condolence, Antony said, "I want to express my sorrow at the passing of Kazuo Ohno, who died today in a hospital in Yokohama at the age of 103. He was my hero and my teacher."
"I feel so honored to have had the opportunity to meet him and get a little closer to his family and...
This is not the first time the group pay tribute to Kazuo Ohno. In 2009, they used an image of the late dancer performing in 1977 as cover art of their album "The Crying Light". They were deeply saddened when Kazuo died in June this year. Offering condolence, Antony said, "I want to express my sorrow at the passing of Kazuo Ohno, who died today in a hospital in Yokohama at the age of 103. He was my hero and my teacher."
"I feel so honored to have had the opportunity to meet him and get a little closer to his family and...
- 10/13/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
The Ifp's Independent Film Week (September 19-23rd) perfectly fits into the fall schedule of busy film activity sliding in after the Toronto Int. Film Festival and a focal point of the week is of course, the Project Forum. This year, Ifp has named a whopping 150 feature film and documentary film projects in all stages of development. I'd pay close attention to the crazy list below - I see a lot of future Sundancers and SXSWers. Here are a few that grabbed my attention: Among the feature scripts in development, we have Joan Stein's Beauty on the Vine - the project to be produced by Anne Chaisson has Olivia Wilde and David Straithairn attached. Lance Edmands' Bluebird and his producer Kyle Martin were both feature in our American New Wave 25 profiles - as is the case for Dash Shaw who is working on The Ruined Cast. Actor Ryan...
- 8/13/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
While Jack Goes Boating at Sundance, Philip Seymour Hoffman wants to get in another role, one with a funny name, Mr. Crumpaker. During the festival, Hoffman announced plans to make Mr. Crumpaker And The Man From The Letter. The comedy is from writer and director Kazuo Ohno. Hoffman starred in several scenes already shot at the film festival by Ohno for Sundance Filmmakers Lab. The actor hopes to get financial backing off the strength of the scenes. The project was bought by Seymour's...
- 1/29/2010
- by Niki Stephens
- JoBlo.com
At the same Sundance event where he announced The Well, Philip Seymour Hoffman has announced plans to make Mr Crumpaker and the Man From The Letter, a new comedy from writer and director Kazuo Ohno.Oh yes! It's the story of an overbearing boss who starts a personal quest to discover the meaning of life, despite having absolutely no capacity for introspection or self-examination.Hoffman's already starred in a few scenes from the film, shot as part of the Sundance Filmmakers Lab, and is now trying to get financial backing to make the whole thing on the strength of those snippets. Hoffman will produce the result as part of his Cooper's Town Productions, which he runs with Emily Ziff. ...
- 1/29/2010
- EmpireOnline
- In a unique blend of art and structure, famed New York architect Peter Himmelstein has collaborated a second time with L.A. based Occupant films for Peep World, a voyeuristic look into a day in the life of a darkly comedic family tormented by fact, fiction, and mortality. The pic, penned by Himmelstein, was one of the “Luck 13” chosen for the 2004 Sundance Institute’s Filmmakers and Screenwriters Lab. Occupant Films has signed on to produce the project, with Himmelstein again holding the helm. Occupant’s previous collaboration with the director was the recently completed thriller The Key Man, which Himmelstein again scripted and directed. Himmelstein’s talents range from bold designs in construction peppering the Northeast United States, to such an ever-growing film base including "The Lost Boys of Sudan," "Beautiful, Baby," "Electroboy" and "A Memoir of Mania." The young director’s collaboration with Occupant is rather appropriate as
- 2/9/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
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