" Tanagokoro (The palm)"
Atsushi Takenouchi group
performance (70-80
minutes)
Premiere
2000 Paris Orient Extreme Festival 2000
( Espace Culturel Bertin
Poiree, Paris )
Million of
shining light powder is falling down onto "the palm" from far sky. This
particle of light is telling the memory of Universe, which has started
from the big bang. "The palm" communicates with this light telling of the
human origin. It is a dance of " Tanagokoro", a dance of " The palm". This
is a dance of life and death, of creation and destruction, of light and
darkness.
Choreograph : Atsushi Takenouchi
Dancer : Atsushi
Takenouchi, Keiji Shimizu, Aya, Keiko Wakamoto, Yum, Kazunori
Tokida
Director: Iku Otani
Music : Hikitama ( Kora - African harp -
, Kalimba, Percussion, Voice)
Kensuke Mela ( Djambe, Percussion,
Sampling, Voice )
Hiroko Komiya ( stone, bells, bamboo, shell, Voice )
Costume: Naomi Nishino, Hitoosa, Ikuko Yoshiya
Mask: Akemi
Minamide
Lighting plan: Yasuhiro Fujiwara
PHOTO by Yayoi Ogata
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