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The Second Year / Kats I gave my final performance and that concluded my study here for this year. When I stepped in the school this year, I knew exactly what I needed to do – to sway the subtlest way possible. It was strange how immediately and clearly this idea came to my mind. And that was all I did for the last three months. After going back to the US from Subbody School last year, I had to literally change my life around. The experiences I had here transformed my perspectives in life so much that I couldn’t conduct my life the same way. During the nine month in the US, I performed constantly. I decided to pursue shiatsu in order to continue to resonate with people while earning some income. This also gave me time to practice every morning. I gave my first Subbody Butoh workshop in the US and met many people who were interested in this method. However, it was difficult to keep up with the intensity of the study while dealing with the daily life in the US. I was so glad to be back here. Last year my main goal was to learn to go into the subbody mode through various conditioning and to explore various subbodies. This year I was seeking the path to go deeper into the darkness of body through swaying the most subtle way possible. Sometimes this meant that I had to separate myself from the class and be alone. In a way I didn’t even care if I created anything this year. All I wanted to do was to explore this subtle and dark part of my body and experience everything without any intension. Creating a solo piece required a conscious will and focus, but all the information I needed was stored in my subbody. So, my final performance piece came together rather quickly. Everything I experienced and discovered this past year was in the piece. I felt that my subbodies have grown so much since last year. I enjoy this feeling of constant transformation. Maybe that is why I haven’t hit a major “edge.” I believe that a person hit an “edge” when what he experience is in a direct conflict with his “notion” of himself or “I”-ness. If one can suspend this “notion,” the person is free to transform into anything. That is what subbody means to me. I am intending to come back next year and I am looking forward to it. Every year there are progresses. Every year there are new transformations. I am ready to shed this skin to find what inside that layer. |
A necessary dance for living Kats danced at the Himalayan valley as the first performer of ten days subbody cobody theater 2008. He found a special place where a cliff sliding every year by big monsoon water. There are some huge rock which fallen down and became a small mountain. He paint the mountain by red color, and there are a cave between rocks. This is the constellation which his subbody found this year. He started from the cave as the male subbody. He appeared as his own proto creature with collapsed crawl. Kats's weakened body technique has deepened conparing with last year. It's so subtle physical and mental technique, for my eyes the difference is so big, but for others they may not notice the difference. This year, Kats has created new women's body. It is swaying between lovely and "Numeri". "Numeri" is special Japanese term which means the creature's peculiar taste like as slime. He swayed between an adolescent girl and "woman with Numeri". Why does he need to transform another gender, maybe he himself doesn't know, but his life need it. There is a life which he has to live. There is a secret which he has to solve by himself. There is a dance which he has to dance. Kats has met the very necessary dance, and danced it. Only like that dance is worth to dance. |