Marie-Gabrielle Rotie was commissioned by Kew Gardens to create a promenade performance through the Temperate House, taking inspiration from the surrounding plants and from the enormous hanging sculpture by internationally celebrated artist Chiharu Shiota. Butoh-informed dancers and live artists, under the artistic direction of Marie-Gabrielle Rotie performed a series of vignettes.

They embodied the flower in its stages of blooming, fragrance and decay, to underscore the transience of all existence. the work draws from Japanese Aesthetic philosophy.
The work builds upon Rotie's current work investigating gardens, transience, decay and performance

Invited solo dancers
Eeva Maria Mutka
Yumino Seki
Yuka Negoro
Yuliya Krylova
Hollie Miller
Athina Vahla
Angelina Kornecka
Marie-Gabrielle Rotie

Composed and live sound by Nick Parkin
Costumes by Yuliya Krylova
Photography by Keiko Ikeuchi

Funded by Kew Gardens as part of their Japan Event.

https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/35591