Karole Armitage
Dance company: Armitage Gone! Dance
Choreographer: Karole Armitage
Live music: Burkina Electric and band member Lukas Ligeti
Costumes designer: Peter Speliopoulos
Set designer: Philip Taaffe
Bachir and John (photo by John Kruth)
by John Kruth
It had been quite some time since THE MASTER MUSICIANS Of JAJOUKA last came to town. In fact they hadn’t been around much at all once W laid siege to the White House. For most Americans the Bush “error” came to an end when the fat lady (Aretha Franklin) finally sang at Obama’s inauguration on the cold morning of January 20, 2009. But for a couple hundred New Yorkers the deal was finally sealed on Saturday, February 28th when THE MASTER MUSICIANS climbed on to the small stage of the Knitting Factory, draped in green djellabas, wielding their piercing pipes and thundering drums.
PLUS Book Release & U.S. Theatrical Premiere Run
Robert Palmer & young Bachir Attar (photo by David Katzenstein)
This is really something to check out. Especially for Japan culture feaks! The Samurai life style and spirit are really something special. Even present Japanese can’t relate to it. American culture unfortunately killed it.
Although in this exhibition the arms and armor of the samurai is the principal focus, you will find out by yourself what the spirit of the samurai was about.
