Brandenburg Concerto and 5 short pieces

Overview

British choreographer Anton Dolin said he had never seen anything like it, claiming that the music by Bach must have written for this piece; that was the effect of Ishii Midori's Brandenburg Concerto. Ishii's particular way of finding rhythm - moving from 'hold' (off-beat), having 'stolen sounds' and being 'still in the midst of movement' - these are also traditionally Japanese ways of finding rhythm. This is one of Ishii's signature pieces, which exemplifies these ideas.

-The first section of Ishii Midori's 50 Years of Dance anniversary performance, including Brandenburg Concerto, and five short pieces: 'Southern Moon' (6'22"") / 'Golliwog's Cakewalk' (2'22"") / 'Udaru' (5'32"") / 'Three Themes' (0'32"") / 'Four Walls' (7'35"") / 'Brandenburg Concerto' (18'33"")

Details

Title

Brandenburg Concerto and 5 short pieces

Performance creator(s)

Midori Ishii and Katsuko Orita Dance Studio

Direction/Choreography

Composition & Choreography: Midori Ishii
Assistant: Katsuko Orita

Venue

National Theatre of Japan : Small Theatre

Performance date(s)

23 December 1981

Performer(s) and staff

Performers: Katsuko Orita, Midori Ishii, Sachiko Aritomi, Sadako Sohara, Yasue Naito, Utako Hamada, Taeko Morijiri, Hideko Kobori, Ruri Koreto, Takae Shiroya, Takako Teshiba, Keiko Nakano, Chizuko Noma, Yukari Hayakawa, Shigeko Matsunaga, Yasukoc Miyamaru, Yumiko Yamaoka, Rei Otsuka, Yuka Kanokogi, Noriko Kumagai, Naoko Kochi, Miki Sasaki, Keiko Sahara, Yuriko Takamiya, Kumiko Minamikawa, Mika Hashimoto, Chie Hayashi, Yoshiko Shiraki, Naomi Akita, Katsushi Izumi, Seyao Kansui, Isao Gokita, Takahiko Nakamura, Hirotaka Nagata
Lighting Designer: Kunio Matsuzaki
Stage Designer: Tetsuhiko Maeda
Costume Designer: K.M.Kobo
Stage Set Creator: Nhk Art Center
Sound Designer: Nao Yamamoto
Stage Manager: Kensuke Aokata
Recitation: Hanshiro Iwai
Planning and Production: Tsunehiko Takao
Planning and Production: Midori Ishii Dance Studio

Organiser(s)

Organisers: Contemporary Dance Association of Japan, Ishii Midori Dance Studio

Genre

Modern

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