Daizaburo Sakamoto x Yuko Okubo x Yasutake Shimaji
New Dance Performance "Three Worlds"
Yamabushi Sakamoto Daizaburo, together with up-and-coming dancers Okubo Yuko and Shimaji Yasutake, creates a story that connects nature and humans.
A new dance performance that brings the history of ancient performing arts and festivals into the modern world.
Script, performance, and artwork: Daizaburo Sakamoto Direction, choreography, and performance: Yuko Okubo Choreography and performance: Yasutake Shimaji Music: Shuta Hasunuma
Date: Saturday, July 23, 2016
Doors open: 6:00 PM
Start time: 18:30-19:00 (scheduled)
*After the performance, there will be an after-talk by the performers
venue:
Moerenuma Park: Glass Pyramid 2F Atrium 2
Admission fee: 1,500 yen
Organized by: Sapporo City Park and Greenery Association, a public interest incorporated foundation
Supported by: Asahi Group Arts Foundation, Public Interest Incorporated Foundation, Sponsor: Shiseido, Supported by: Sapporo City, Sapporo City Board of Education, Hokkaido, Hokkaido Board of Education, Cooperation: Sapporo Tenjinyama Art Studio, Shiretoko Rausu Town Tourism Association
It is believed that in ancient times, "mono" was a word that represented spiritual things that resided in nature.
"Mono" are silently standing beings. Listening to their words and speaking them is "storytelling," and primitive dance was born from the movements of those who perform storytelling festivals. With people exposed to the fury of nature following the earthquake and nuclear accident, the question of how to build a relationship with nature in the future has emerged as a major issue. In primitive beliefs, it was believed that performing arts such as dance and singing at festivals connected people with nature, or that the cycle of life and death was carried out. In today's world, where religion and faith are disintegrating, we must find new stories that connect people with nature. I believe that there will emerge festival spaces that connect people with nature and circulate life and death.
-Daizaburo Sakamoto