Ruri Mito

Matou & Where We Were Born

Saturday, Jan. 4 & Sunday, Jan. 5, 3pm

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PS21
Black Box Theater
2980 Route 66
Chatham, NY 12037

The Japanese word “matou” denotes wearing, putting on, tangling, and rolling up. Figuratively, it also refers to the process by which the outer layer of our skin is continually renewing and replacing itself, much as snakes shed their skin.

In her solo performance Matou, dancer-choreographer Ruri Mito explores the body as a mysterious, haunted vessel, impressively contorted across multiple forms, impossible to comprehend or observe in its entirety because it is in constant flux. Kim Dunphy, in the Sydney Morning Herald, called Matou “an extreme sport…. a mesmerizing spectacle, ghastly and grueling, but also gorgeous.” 

Where We Were Born — Co. Ruri Mito

In Where We Were Born, Mito continues to scrutinize and explore the body as the defining element of human existence. Choreographed by Mito and performed by the seven dancers of her Co. Ruri Mito, the piece weaves and unravels the delicately and intricately connected dancers, creating one kaleidoscopic body.

Read a review of Matou here.

Each matinee performance of Matou and Where We Were Born runs one hour total.