Artslandia at the Performance: Portland Playhouse Nov/Dec 2014 | Page 45

In Wobbly Dance's new film, Grant Miller, Yulia Arakelyan and Erik Ferguson practice butoh — a meditative, gestural Japanese dance form — in a natural setting. The film will also feature an original score by independent northwest duo Sweetmeat. Photo by Kamala Kingsley. Yulia was looking for a way to control the time duration, and for the freedom to go back and refine things without dangerous physical exertion.” Arakelyan found the solution after participating in a long-distance collaborative project in ٽ