Butoh Ballet of a Pipeline

We painted bodies toxic green to represent the radon infested, fracked gas produced and transported to marked via the Spectra Pipeline. We performed a Butoh dance at the site where this pipeline is being drilled into Manhattan. (You can find the vocabulary of the piece at the end of this description.) This action celebrated the human body, but also exposed the vulnerability of our flesh, lacking the armor to withstand the toxins from fracked gas. More than a protest in opposition, this is a manifestation