ABSTRACT
The exquisite journey of each soul was honored as a flower-like gift worthy to offer to our greater human family through performances. Sensei was a living example of how butoh artists can embrace and include the full spectrum of our human condition while maintaining the integrity of an individual soul on a mysterious voyage through this embodied life. Sensei reveled in public exposure of his inner face through his art. When photographers or interviewers would come, he would light up and allow them full access to his soul. Sensei's health and mental condition continued to deteriorate further with Alzheimer's. Ohno-sensei believed that within the cells of every human being lies the same material and information as in all of creation. The simple exchange provided the gateway and fertile ground to cultivate primary vocation of mentoring those who feel called to train, offer performances, and live in a way that fosters the eternal flowering of the Ohnos' exquisite lineage of butoh.
