Fat Man (folded) and Little Boy (folded) will be showing at Centennial Play – “Words That Burn” – Portland, OR/There will be a per-show performance —Suspended Moment:Desperate Bid For Life –with a Butoh dancer, Meshi Chavez, on Sep., 27th

Suspended Moment: Desperate Bid For Life —-FREE EVENTS BEFORE WORDS THAT BURN PERFORMANCE
7:00pm – 7:30pm
(the performance space open 30 minutes prior to showtime)

Location
Milagro Theatre
Location525 SE Stark Street
Portland, OR

Event Site Contact Info:
Name: Milagro Theatre
Phone: 503.236.7253
Email: julieth@milagro.org

A free pre-show performance–Words That Burn– is a first collaboration of Butoh dancer/ artist/choreographer Meshi Chavez and visual artist Yukiyo Kawano. Both artists are modern-time storytellers who embody the telling in a way that relates to his/her language and body.

In this one-night performance, slow-moving butoh bodies take off the illusion of ‘the Human’ and start to resonate with the infinite world with all of them as Life.

The audience (and performers’ third eye) will be surrounded by the history, the present memory, and results of histories, as the dance/story develops and a life-size soft sculpture of Fat Man, the atomic bomb, rises and suspends in mid-air.

…in imagining, the (re)telling takes place in the memory of the audience.

(Sponsors: Oregon Nikkei Endowment, Portland JACL and Japanese Ancestral Society of Portland). This performance will also include dancers: Tracy Broyles, Stephanie Lanckton, Douglas Allen, Nathan H.G., Maya Victorine, Teresa Vanderkin, Joe McLaughlin, & Una Barrett

followed by

The William Stafford Centennial Play –WORDS THAT BURN:

Words That Burn is a powerful performance that brings to life the words of three distinct voices from World War II: conscientious objector William Stafford, Japanese-American internee Lawson Inada, and Chicano Marine Guy Gabaldón. This dramatic work juxtaposes the history and perspectives of three World War II figures through a blend of poetry and monologue written in their own words. Commemorating the William Stafford Centennial, Hispanic Heritage Month, and the rescindment of Executive Order 9066 (Japanese-American internment), the intent of Words That Burn, according to playwright Cindy Williams Gutiérrez, is “reconciliation, to hold multiple points of view and generate community dialogue that spans politics, cultures, and generations.”

*Please note; there is $20 admission fee for Words that Burn

$20 in advance, $23 at the door, or $17 for students/veterans/seniors 70+.

To purchase, call 503-236-7253 or visit www.milagro.org