Asheville Butoh Festival Performances by Julie Becton Gillum & Scoop Slone
Late-night butoh solos dive into stark, avant garde movement theater with Julie Becton Gillum’s “Dusk” and Scoop Slone’s “To Quarry: Glacial Third Hives.” Expect surreal imagery, slow physical intensity, and experimental stage presence at Be Be Theatre.
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