Collaboration Across Japan, Central Asia, and Ireland
Echoes of Calling – Gushland –
A heaven-sent body writhes on earth
To whom does the heaven-sent earth belong
After the map of avarice has collapsed
Those arriving at the land so barren
Hear the sounds of a small one crooning
All sorts of holes in the body turn into ears
Voices come in waves, surging and crashing
The spirited body fights and resonates, again and again
The rhythm’s pulses turn into the land’s seeds and flowers
About
Echoes of Calling is a performing arts project that is part of a long-term international collaboration, which advances from Ireland to central Asia.
How will Celtic traditional culture and Japanese traditional physical expression and sounds, which are intangible, speak to our memories?
How will it be possible for something traditional and current to relate to each other past their differences in forms of expression, cultures, nationalities, and languages?
We travel across “cultures of lands”, which tend to become obscured by globalizing societies, in time and in space for a pulse of traditional cultures and to create a dance that opens to the future.
We have taken on “prayers” of communities, which have a strong connection to humans coexisting with nature in changing natural environments, as a modern theme, embodying natural rhythms, breathing, and echoes of voices that transcend languages in a dance, leading to a hope that we are coexisting with something that is beyond us.
◉Date
18 (FRI)February 19:00
19 (SAT) February 14:00 / 18:30
20 (SUN) February 14:00
◉ Venue
Spiral Hall(Spiral 3F)
5-6-23, Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo (Tokyo Metro, Omotesando Station (Ginza line, Hanzomon line, Chiyoda line))
◉ Admission fee (including tax) Seats are not numbered
General ¥5,000 Students ¥3,500
Residents of Minato-ku ¥3,500
* Please refrain from bringing preschool children and younger childs.
* Student tickets are for elementary school students and above.
◉Ticket Handling
eplus Reservation page
https://eplus.jp/sf/word/0000124712
◉Inquiries : Office ALB
info@akikokitamura.com 070-7528-7065(10AM-8PM)
Planning / Composition / Direction / Choreography by:Akiko Kitamura
Music by:Hiroaki Yokoyama(agehasprings)
Video by:Akihiko Kaneko
Scenario by:Daisuke Araya
Dancer:Minte Wolde, Tatsuki Okamura, Naoto Katori(Condors), Llon Kawai, Akiko Kitamura, Yu Kuroda, Ayaka Kondo, Yuki Nishiyama
Singer:Dominic Mac Giolla Bhríde, Diane Cannon
Stage direction by:Mahito Kawaguchi(Lerayonvert)
Sound by:Yuichi Tanaka(Sound wedge)
Lightning by:Takeaki Iwahin(with Friends)
Costumes by:Michiyo Sato
Interpretation by:Noriko Yamada
Construction by:Satoshi Fukuoka(Catalyst)
Design by : GOAT
Organized by:Office ALP
Under the auspices of:Embassy of Ireland
Supported by:Agency for Cultural Affairs, Arts Promotion Subsidy (Performing Arts Creation Activity, Revitalization Project) Japan Arts Council/ Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture, Arts Council Tokyo / Reiwa 3rd year Minato-ku Cultural Arts Activity Project Support Grant
Venue provided by:Wacoal Art Center