Katsuko Orita – Dance Alone “Home”

Overview

The carefree skips of a young girl. In contract to these simple, dashing movements, the performer slowly puts on layers of clothing, demonstrating the passage of time. The girl becomes an overdressed and restricted adult, finally clad in a 'dotera' [padded jacket]. The depicted world is humorous, where adults do their best to move while dressed in this way. Orita Katsuko uses Ishii Midori's Eurhythmics for Dancers to create a work that conveys freedom and restriction using basic movements.

Orita Katsuko often used artwork and costumes by Maeda Tetsuhiko to set the scene in her pieces, and this was no exception. This is the first piece in which Maeda's 'dotera' [padded jacket] was used, which Orita would go on to use often.

Details

Title

Katsuko Orita – Dance Alone “Home”

Performance creator(s)

Midori Ishii and Katsuko Orita Dance Studio

Direction/Choreography

Created by: Katsuko Orita

Venue

ABC Hall

Performance date(s)

20 April 1978

Performer(s) and staff

Performer: Katsuko Orita
Staff：Keiji Uzumi, Yuji Sawada, Chiaki Sei, KM Kobo, Deborah Ray

Genre

Modern

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