Mai 23, 2019

NATURE

Parts of the three works being offered at this day has relevance on Nature. From the etymology of the word “自然Shizen” (Nature in Japanese), the artists are thinking about the ideal way and the purpose of art work. Not trying to CREATE, but trying to GIVE BIRTH to pieces. Choreographers who were mainly active in Japan will meet again in Berlin inevitably on this day. And it will bring fruitful time.

 

Hita-Hita  

 

Hita-Hita is a special word in Japanese that has some meaning as follows:

a sound that the water hitting / a situation where water approaches step by step /  a situation where something will soak / a situation that tightly adheres to something / a smooth movement of water.

 

This choreography is inspired by the word Jozen Wa Mizu No Gotoshi of Laozi Tao Te Ching.

※ If one could have and imagine a lithe mind like water, it can be that all ones relations will go well. 
 
※Chapter 8 in “Laozi Tao Te Ching” Jozen Wa Mizu No Gotoshi  ［The Best Good is like water. Water never competes with others even though it benefits all things. Water always stays at the lowest place. So water resembles “the way”. The ground is good for houses. Depth is good for mind. Benevolence is good for friendship. Faithfulness is good for words. Peace is good for politics. Efficiency is good for projects. Timing is good for action. If you do not compete with others, you will not commit an error.］ 

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Choreographie: Takayoshi Tsuchida Dancers: Aya Nakagawa | Keisuke Sugawara | Marie Akashi | Aika Tsuchida

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Tiefer als das Meer

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Trying to think about DEPTH, not BREADTH. It means rather than getting lots of things, staying in one place. “Tiefer als das Meer” is a choreography born from the doubt about “How one can image that one cannot see directly with eye”. Sometimes, we assume that everything we saw is all.  ……Believing that we can feel the depth of heart voice, relationships, and possibilities. 
 

Choreographie:  Takayoshi Tsuchida | Aika Tsuchida  

Dancers: Aika Tsuchida | Takayoshi Tsuchida 

Photo & Credits: ©keitanaka

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Flora

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Flora means "flower" in Latin, and all the plants of a particular region or period of time in history. Also in Roman mythology, Flora is a goddess of flowers and of the season of spring. It is not only a symbol for nature and wildflowers but also being as one of the fertility goddesses. This work inspired by "Flora"  is a dance or a ceremony to revive "something" sleeping like a fossil deep inside our memories.The word "Flora" has the meaning of a list of plant species of a specific region or period and the meaning of the goddess who controls flowers, springs and fertility appearing in myths. This work inspired by "Flora" is a dance and ceremony to revive "something" asleeping like a fossil in human memory. 

 

Choreographie: Yu Yamamoto 

Dancers: Kokoro Funaki  | Yu Yamamot

Photo & Credits: ©drk-tokyo | ©bozzo

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