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Nicole LeGette
lab artist, 2007

I am thrilled to have this generous opportunity and hope to mine the marrow.

Nicole LeGette is the only Chicago-based artist dedicated to performing, presenting, and teaching butoh - a gently-rigorous, lovingly-provocative dance originating in 1960's Japan. She created blushing poppy to encompass these endeavors, including productions/events, body revolution classes/workshops, and the blushing poppy dance club student ensemble. Nicole strives to reveal the essential, the intimate, and the exquisite through her dance work and through her efforts to create opportunities for creative, cultural cross-pollination. The Body Breaks: Butoh, Breakdancing, And Beyond (2006), Groping Towards Dance: Butoh And The Origins Of Movement (2005), and Rubbed Raw: Recent Investigations In Butoh (2004) demonstrate Nicole's curatorial commitment to exposing the dignity of every-body. Nicole maintains an active stage presence as a solo performer and a dedicated cellist. She is a recurring guest artist at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago and Columbia College Chicago.

Landscapes of Uncertainty researched the application of butoh dance practice with people with low/impaired vision. Although not clinically impaired, Nicole has very poor eyesight and has filtered the world, and shaped her being, through corrective lenses since age four. Her intention was to interrogate her many questions through direct engagement of people with low vision in classes/workshops/performances; mentoring with international, master-level dance artists who embrace the untrained dance community; intimate, solo dance explorations; and endless reading, research, etc. She possesses a passionate conviction to refine the highest artistry in service of others.

blushing poppy productions & Rooms Productions present:

Landscapes of Uncertainty
Created and performed by Nicole LeGette
Featuring guest artists Carole McCurdy, David Danyluk

Oct. 8th-11th, 2008
Rooms Gallery
645 W. 18th Street

Landscapes of Uncertainty is a visceral, body-based investigation of vision impairment navigating the endless expanse of perception, receptivity, and deep memory.

ADDITIONAL EVENTS:
Butoh Dance Screening
Oct. 3rd- 4th, 2008

View selections from pivotal butoh artists spanning historic and stylistic developments. Different works will be shown each night. (Light concessions available for purchase.)

Topography of the Subtle Senses
Oct.11th, 2008
11:00AM-3:00PM

Intensive class employing butoh techniques that deeply engage multi-sensorial, synesthesic perception and churn rich terrain as the body negotiates internal and external environments.

The development and performance of Landscapes Of Uncertainty has been generously supported by a 2007-2008 Chicago Dancemakers Forum Lab Artist grant.

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