14/11/2024
š La Stella
The Star is a card of healing, guidance, and hope that emerges after the storm, often represented as a beacon of renewal and cosmic alignment. Connecting it to this fourth space in The Bloody Poetās show, the Star becomes a symbol of the revelation brought forth by .berlinās Butoh performance which mirrors the Starās promise of clarity after chaos and embodies a mythic returnāone that channels Sicilyās primal and spiritual energies.
This dance opens a portal between the past, the present and the future through Butoh, which choreographs the individual as well as the collective shadow. The myth bursts into our reality. It comes from the underworld, from the volcano. It has been summoned. Let it enter. It appears in the form of the Trinacria (trio of Gorgons who founded Sicily), takes the form of Demeter, who carries the torch after Persephoneās liberation, and dances with the volcano that watches it from afar.
The myth is contained in the Trojan women who were distributed as spoils of war. The dance takes place in the same garden where it has been confirmed that the soldiers are now distributing the empty houses to their friends. In another war.
Troina contains a war wound, the machinery of which has prevented Leiaās fiancĆ© from returning. Just as the Gorgon petrified the men who looked at her, the camera that recorded it did not resist the image, so there is no recorded video of this moment. The Gorgonās revenge remains.
š· Matthew Hobbs
