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Los Angeles Times, July 22, 2006 (Victoria Looseleaf)
Los Angeles Times, April 28, 2006 (David C. Nichols)
Backstage West, April 27, 2006
The Oregonian, March 1, 2006 (Catherine Thomas)
San Francisco Bay Guardian, June 26, 2003 (Rita Felciano)
The Voice of Dance, August 12, 2002 (Allan Ullrich)
KCRW Dance Notes, July 11, 2002 (Sasha Anawalt)
LA Weekly, September 29, 2000 (Luis Reyes)
LA Weekly, August 6, 1999 (Luis Reyes)
Los Angeles Times, August 3, 1999 (Lewis Segal)
Los Angeles Times
July 22, 2006
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
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.