SANKAI JUKU

Directed, Choreographed, and Designed by Ushio Amagatsu

Music by Takashi  Kako, Yas-Kaz, Yoichiro Yoshikawa

Dancers: Ushio Amagatsu, Semimaru, Sho Takeuchi, Akihito Ichihara, Ichiro Hasegawa, Dai Matsuoka, Nobuyoshi Asai, Norihito Isii

Over the course of the past 20 years, the work of Ushio Amagatsu for his company Sankai Juku has become known worldwide for its elegance, refinement, technical precision and emotional depth. His contemporary Butoh creations are sublime visual spectacles and deeply moving theatrical experiences.

The starry sky that appears silently in front of us, a small galaxy that emerges as we look down, the dry ground, and the shining blue darkness Amagatsu creates a new world with dense shadows and flickering light. The performance is filled with the sequence of birth, death and rebirth and invites the audience into the cosmos of life. Emotional changes; seasonal shifts; the flow of time Tobari imagines the universe as a beautiful current that advances in a single direction without stopping.

Co-produced by Theatre de la Ville (Paris, France), Kitakyushu Performing arts center (Fukuoka, Japan), and Sankai Juku (Tokyo, Japan). World Premiere: Theatre de la Ville, Paris, May 2008.

Production Management: Pomegranate Arts, Linda Brumbach

Supported by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan, for fiscal 2010