HELL CABARET II

NIGHTPARADE was invited to create a performance for Battles:SS3 Post-Butoh Festival.
HELL CABARET II
“The backstage of the cabaret is the birthplace of butoh”--Hijikata
From rotten bodies
Skeletons step out
Assembling as an army

Bone party
pulling feet from the ground
Dancing to victory

Dancing to defeat
The skeletons don't care
they have no problems

That showgirl
Do you know her
She doesn't know you

She read a book
once
about raising the dead

At the end of the night
skin comes off
she doesnt remember you

She dances below the earth
The hell courtesan is a party girl. 


Music by chien-an yuan, performed by holly chernobyl.
​Photo: ji yang