Over the course of the past 40 years, the work of Ushio Amagatsu and Sankai Juku has become known worldwide for its elegance, refinement, technical precision, and emotional depth. His contemporary Butoh creations are sublime visual spectacles and deeply moving theatrical experiences. His 2015 work, Meguri: Teeming Sea, Tranquil Land, is an exquisite poetic meditation on the passage of time as symbolized by the circulation of water and the seasonal transformation of the earth, set against an upstage relief of sea lily fossil images.