Open-Air Butoh Performance
“Sehpurpur” is an open-air butoh performance at sunset. Between visibility and dissolution, a space emerges for perception, the body, and silence—a production by 4RUD.
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Open Air Butoh Performance
Open Air Butoh Performance
The performance begins at sunset. As daylight fades, spaces emerge from shadows and artificial light. The changing light becomes part of the staging. In a world of increasing instability and contradictory realities, the piece asks how a body can endure when certainties crumble.
“Sehpurpur” draws on the physical practice of Butoh to create a space between perception and dissolution. Gravity, breath, silence, and precise control shape the body and its movement.
What remains when seeing begins in the dark?
ABOUT THE PRODUCTION
This production concludes the “20 Years of 4RUDE” series, which has presented monthly performances showcasing various facets of 4RUDE’s work since October 2025
Artistic Direction / Concept / Choreography / Direction:
Hikaru Inagawa
Concept / Choreography / Costumes:
Maco
Performance:
Maco
Hikaru Inagawa
Rareș Grozea
Adina Mohr
Yoshihiro Shimomura
Julia Kühn
Yaz
Lighting and Sound Design:
Hikaru Inagawa (Artistic Director)
Tickets HERE
*Tickets are not available at the box office
- Date: September 5, 6, 2026
- Location: Courtyard of the Scharf-Gerstenberg Collection, Berlin-Charlottenburg
- Start: 8:00 p.m.
- Duration: 60 minutes (no intermission)
The performance will take place even if it rains. In that case, it can be viewed from a covered area
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Dates
September 2026
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