The
word Syzygy comes from the Greek σύζῠγος (syzygos),
"yoked together." The essence of this word means “not-one-not-two”
or a non-dual way to say no-duality. It is the dance between the particular and the universal where one
becomes the other in an endless play of suchness. The personal is a gateway into the universal.
In fact this may be the point of the personal. How else could we actually come to terms with the
immensity of our universe than through a personal doorway? This our bodies can do. They
are the gateways into vast perception and compassion because through them we can actually experience the infinitude
we call the manifest world. The trillions of cells that live in our bodies have no conception of us.
The thing we call the personal self is such a fragile perception and it is my belief that the true dancer should
learn to move beyond this narrow veneer. This is the goal of Syzygy Butoh.