Integrating butoh with elements of storytelling and illustration, Impermanent Flower explores ideas of happiness, impermanence and beauty. It is inspired by a prominent image in butoh -the wilting flower; the beauty of the flower is not in its blossom but in the process of dying.
To Fernando and Gael in memory of their mom Violeta
Concept, Choreography & Performance: Salome Nieto
Charlatan Man English Adaptation and Performance: Adam Farnsworth
Original Text: Maria de Jesús Nieto
Visual Design: Natalia Renteria
Lighting Design: Phillip Birkby
Music, Photography and Graphic Design: Carl Craig
Costume Design: Salome Nieto
Bata de Cola and Vest (Flower) Created by: Monica Thorsness
Wings (Owl Woman) Created by: Katherine Soucie
Adaptation, Voice Over and Dramaturgy: Diane Farnsworth
Stage Manager: Anthony Trombetta
Production Assistant: Enrique Mohler
Language Companion: Shauna Paull
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the British Columbia Arts Council, the Province of British Columbia, the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, the KW Studios, the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre and New Works.
With special thanks to Barbara Bourget, Lina De Guevara and Timothy Gosley, Ruth McIntosh, Ann Martineau, Jeannine Miller and Nicole Vieira
https://www.newworks.ca/2020/09/salomenietomay2022/
Photography: Carl Craig