Julian Barnett
CONTEMPORARY THRESHOLD AND MOMENTUM
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The class focuses on methodologies that prioritize modes of perpetuation infused with principles of Butoh that support and heighten attention and intensities. A combination of improvisational practices and set material pushes the thresholds of momentum and intentions. Influenced by collaborations with Steve Paxton, Jeanine Durning, and Kota Yamazaki, the training offers frames that liberate materiality existing below the skin’s surface, encourage movement between physical qualities and psychological states, and invoke freedom, imagination, and rebellion.
Julian Barnett
abstracts the voice and body through performances that examine social-political experience, musicology, and transformation. He was born in Japan and has worked throughout North America, Asia, and Europe. He was a resident artist at K3 Tanzplan Hamburg, a danceWEB’er at Impulstanz, and received a New York 'Bessie' Award nomination for performance. Julian has performed with Johannes Wieland, Irish Modern Dance Theater, Erik Kaiel, Deufert & Plischke, Steve Paxton, Jeanine Durning, Kota Yamazaki, and Abigail Levine.
(Status: 2014)