Tokyo Story (World Premiere) [ _english , topics ]

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Kakuya Ohashi and Dancers' new piece "Tokyo Story" will be performed in Germany and Poland, as a world premiere, in a tour "Dance from Japan".

Kakuya Ohashi and Dancers have created many pieces which depict the internal and external bodies of people of contemporary Japanese society by using an original creation method based on Butoh. For our new piece, we have chosen our home city Tokyo to be its theme.

The following will be the details.
* All the performances will be double features with KENTARO!!

[Performing Dates]
15, 16 Sep. 2010 Pumpenhaus, Münster
18 Sep. 2010 Tanzhaus, Düsseldorf
25, 27 Sep. 2010 Imaka Theatre, Warsaw

[Performance Time]
Approximately 35minutes (for Kakuya Ohashi and Dancers)

[Synopsis]
The plot is located in the city. In this space, there are five men and women, continuously passing by each other, unaware of the others. Their values and principles they once had are quietly and gradually, but without doubt, fading away. They are caught in the middle of the ordinary and the extraordinary life, where the border is always blurred.
As it was for the old couple who appeared in the movie “Tokyo Story” by Yasujiro Ozu, Tokyo never shows its true picture to us. Tokyo swallows them and they are lost. Their lost bodies, bodies that have nowhere to return, are drifting endlessly.

Dancers: Masazumi Minaki, Naoko Maeda, Shiori Tada, Akino Miyao, Masahito Karakama

Choreography: Kakuya Ohashi
Music: Yow Funahashi
Costume: ROCCA WORKS

Lighting: Kiyotoshi Endo
Sound: Kyoko Yamada
Stage Management: Yoshiko Haraguchi
Technical Coordinate: Makoto Kawaguch
Tour Management: Marie Takimoto

Tour Coordinate: An Creative Inc.

Inquiries: office@dancehardcore.com

English materials of Kakuya Ohashi and Dancers