RITE OF THE BUTCHER

A visceral fable about the power of fantasy, as told by the Butcher - refugee, criminal, shaman - through poetry, martial dance, and folk songs in an invented language. This interdisciplinary work opens new doors for solo performance by combining embodied abstraction with contemporary themes.

Creator and Performer
Ben Spatz

Video Design and Mixing
Manuel de la Portilla

Venues
Réplika Teatro, Madrid, Spain (2013)
Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center (2013)
Association for Theatre in Higher Education Conference (2012)
Performance Studies International Conference (2012)
Cave Arts SOAK Festival (2012)
United Solo Festival (2011)
Panoply Lab Conference of Works (2011)
Movement Research at Judson Church (2011)
Movement Research Open Performance (2011)
Medicine Show Theatre (2010)