 Director/Choreographer/Arts, Costume and Lighting Effect: Nakao Ikemiya Sound Technician: Hiromi Ishii Ligting Technician: Hiroyuki Sugiura Stage Manager: Noriyuki Shirato Assistant Director: Masako Ueno Costume Adviser: Yoshiko Wakabayashi Photo: Hiroyasu Daido Producer: AN CREATIVE PERFORMANCE RECORD 1997 SPIRAL HALL, TOKYO (Premier)/ Dance Selection '96 LENGTH: 30minutes DANCERS:10 Noriko Kumagai, Isshu Ochiai, Hideyuki Okaniwa, Kazuo Kanibayashi, Ryohei Kondo, Erika Nowada, Masae Sato, Atsuko Hirota, Miho Tamaki /Nakao Ikemiya  The theme of this piece is The Choreography. Ikemiya sets forth the hypothesis that choreography is neither a symbol, a rule, nor a transformation of dance. This is totally contrary to common sense. If choreography is an essential component of dance, what then is the aim of dance? Ikemiya believes that dance is like laying eggs. It is a natural, primitive and essential act which is repeated, no matter if the egg hatch and fulfill their unique nature. Choreography is defined as filling in these elements missing in the dance.  From Choreographer's Note Imagine an object like a large black eyes in the dark. This eye does not watch you but is there only to reflect. Whenever it perceives an invisible light, this eye brings up some very important question. Despite the importance of the question, however, you cannot remember what the question was. But do not worry because it is just a scribbling and the eye is like a chalk board. "Mugijumi [a farming process takes place in the spring of treading wheat to help wheat take root]" is symbolic of heart beats and power. The heart beats give birth to three symbolic hearts: The burning heart, The bleeding and The crazy heart. A window sits in a field without any sign of life. Let's imagine this place were a hotel. Are you ready to leave it for an unknown destination? After all,the eye is reflecting this unrealistic field. |
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