The 16th Asheville Butoh Festival - Performance by Yumiko Yoshioka
Acclaimed solo butoh work “100 Light Years of Solitude” brings slow, sculptural, and emotionally charged movement to an intimate black box setting as part of the 16th Asheville Butoh Festival.
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