BODY CONCERT
AGE: Adults and children (11+)
Oversized body limbs stripped of their skin become a hauntingly romantic moving sculpture of muscles, tendons and bone. Achingly animated in an extremely rigorous choreography, Lone Wolf Tribe´s  Kevin Augustine performs solo bringing his  puppets to unusual life with his hands, feet and outstretched legs.
Inspired by Japanese Butoh dance and performed to a bittersweet electroacoustic score, this minimalistic spectacle partners exquisitely sculpted foam-rubber puppets in a wordless exploration of life´s beautiful impermanence. 
At 50 minutes, a series of dream-like vignettes elevates our shared human journey, highlighting our vulnerability and resiliency as the boundaries of puppetry itself are expanded. Performed without a text and accented with heartbreaking hints of nature,
BODY CONCERT poetically resonates: we are alive with life all around us.
A co-production with Canadian company Les Sages Fous, BODY CONCERT was developed at artist colonies Yaddo, Djerassi & Wildacres; performance residencies at Ella Fiskum Danz (Norway), Les Sages Fous (Quebec) & St. Ann's Puppet Lab (NYC). It was supported by The Jim Henson Foundation, The Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation & The Brooklyn Arts Council.
CREDITS: Musical Composition: Mark Bruckner; Lighting Design: Ayumu Poe Saegusa; Masks & Moldmaking: Gloria Sun; Technical wizard & Set design: Ilya Vett; Puppets/direction/performance: Kevin Augustine
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Kevin Augustine's Lone Wolf Tribe (LWT) offers a new multidisciplinary work where oversized body limbs stripped of their skin become a hauntingly romantic moving sculpture of muscles, tendons and bone. Achingly animated in an extremely rigorous choreography, Augustine performs solo—bringing his puppets to unusual life with his hands, feet and outstretched legs.  
Puppet company Lone Wolf Tribe crosses into the dance world the first time with this puppet hybrid. Inspired by Japanese Butoh and performed to a haunting original score, BODY CONCERT is a minimalistic spectacle coupling exquisitely sculpted foam-rubber puppets to wordlessly explore life's beautiful impermanence. Dream-like vignettes (50 min) elevate our shared human journey, highlighting our vulnerability and resiliency as the boundaries of puppetry itself are expanded. Performed without a text and accented with heartbreaking hints of nature, BODY CONCERT poetically resonates: we are alive with life all around us. 
https://www.lonewolftribe.com/