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LA TIMES REVIEW
NOW is the time to create
The third annual New Original Works Festival adds L.A.-inspired theater and music to the performance mix.
By Victoria Looseleaf
Special to The Times
July 22, 2006
"Particularly impressive was "Sacred Cow," Michael Sakamoto's audacious 20-minute butoh solo set to the
seductive sounds of Amy Knoles, performed live by the composer on computer and keyboard, her mallet-swinging as riveting to
watch as to hear. Sakamoto, shedding an array of Carry Kim's breakaway attire, alternated from loose-limbed gangliness to
frozen-faced smiley dude.
With shredded pantaloons and oddball hat, Sakamoto was a soldier in the war of life. Fluttering under white tulle, he
became a gawky caped crusader, a Ginza flapper. Haughty, Sakamoto unleashed his ponytail into a swirling flamenco flip, Knoles
thumping with sticks a la Ginger Baker; together their volcanic eruptions created a perfect bravura blend."
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