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Simon Taylor

Simon Taylor

https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6687-4647

the classics

the classics

eros I The angel came again Past the ivy-shelled house Only a day after The photograph was taken In this embrace Can't you see? We're dying In certain pictures of the ascension She looks at him Over the shoulder of a lover Invisible The only clue

revisiting butoh

revisiting butoh

Marisa C. Hayes on Butoh Workshops at the Kazuo Ohno Dance Studio Walking Towards Authenticity: Butoh Workshops at the Kazuo Ohno Dance Studio Emotion must be ever present, full blooded emotion. This finger here can provoke an emotional response. - Kazuo Ohno Throughout the 1960s Kazuo Ohno, alongside Tatsumi Hijikata,

recoil—a kind of record: in 31 weeks*

recoil—a kind of record: in 31 weeks*

I. we all looked and could see nothing what are we supposed to see what are we supposed to see the inexhaustible the inexhaustible horizon torn from our hands Valéry said I cannot repeat don’t be so dramatic the sun fell in time the sun fell we spoke of

1984 - 1998

1984 - 1998

catachronological clearing-house cry all you want (c. 1998) cry all you want when the stars plough like cars into the Pacific cry all you like for the long machines hanging like canals and candle- flames and pale arms search in the long searing lines of traffic and the sunset look

theatre manifesto from the 90s

theatre manifesto from the 90s

(1) Theatres don’t make money. Don’t expect them to. (2) Theatres are patronised, not patronising. (3) Theatres are compromised – in this town, in this country, in this economy, in this culture – not compromising. (4) A company shares responsibility, not liability. (5) A company subsidises its artform artistically, not

Slavoj Žižek & Mr. Kežiž

Slavoj Žižek & Mr. Kežiž

fragment {Feb 22, 2013} Slavoj Žižek's idea revolves around the negative disavowal. His thought turns on the negative disavowal. You say, Sometimes I feel life is going on somewhere else without me; I think that life is elsewhere. Slavoj Žižek says, Life is not elsewhere; life is not

theatre | . . . : first half in epistolary form

theatre | . . . : first half in epistolary form