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Review: Butoh/Cabaret

“DasShoku SHAKE! (by Yumi Umiumare) immerses us in an extreme state in which people have experienced the unimaginable. The butoh-trained performers are compelling. When they shake from their core they seem almost inhuman.”

Real Times, 2013 LINK

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Dance review: Dasshoku Shake!

“Detonating both the orientalist view of Japan and Japan's view of itself, Umiumare gives our city an extraordinary, hilarious and actually beautiful gift.”

The Age, 2012 LINK

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