Charila

In ancient Greece, dolls - Charila - were buried in the earth where they
were transformed into godesses ...

What do we bury in our soil?
A ritual anticipating the outbreak of spring ... resurrection ...
Human- divine nature ...
bones clothed in blossom

Photography © Fia Wiedersheim-Paul and SU-EN Butoh Company

 
Solo butoh dance
    by SU-EN
Costume and space
    by SU-EN
Music
    by Rob Angus, nature and others

Premiered in Uppsala
Performed in Stockholm - Malmö - Århus - and Copenhagen