Tag: Mark of a Woman

At the start of the performance Chisato Minamimura introduces herself as a deaf Japanese woman.  She is also a beautiful contemporary dancer and mime artist.   Using dance, mime and sign language (with a pre-recorded audio) she explores and celebrates the history of women and tattooing.  The show also uses something called woojer straps, a vibrating belt designed to offer an additional sensory experience.  While the reviewer did not partake, her companion did and has offered their thoughts. During the performance Minamimura looks at various historic and often personal accounts of female tattooing.  Starting with the Japanese practice of hajichi, a hand tattooing done by the Ryukyuan women on Okinawa island.  Initially done as a rite of passage into adu...