Butoh Medea

Performed by an incredible physical actor, the story of Medea is courageously taken on in the true depths that it deserves. Most of the time when this story is told, It is half told; the directors and actors who fear having to "go there" to the dark, terrifying and devastating reality of Medea's story, circumstances and experience just simply "tell" the story instead of SHOWING it to us. Yokko is an actor that does not go half way; she works through Medea's challenges physically and emotionally and we root for her the whole way as she slowly transitions from loving mother and wife to a beast. We all know how it ends, but still we wish and hope for this character because Yokko pulls us in on that journey so that the story is so new to us that... full review