Tao

Overview

Orita Katsuko is a creator of innovative contemporary dance. This new work 'Tao', bring the ceremony of her 1979 piece 'City of Memory' and transforms it in a more open space. It is an exploration of what can occur when the internal mechanisms and inherent drama of human beings intersect, which has been externalised and manifests in work of the dancers and choreographer. Tao shows ancient dreams to heretics whose memories are stuck in the past, opening their minds to the future. (Taken from the performance program)

-Presented at the Orita Katsuko Dance Performance as part of the Dance Performance Tokyo '85 Festival of Tao.

Details

Title

Tao

Performance creator(s)

Midori Ishii and Katsuko Orita Dance Studio

Direction/Choreography

Created by: Katsuko Orita

Venue

Haiyuza Theater

Performance date(s)

30 April 1985 ‐ 1 May 1985

Performer(s) and staff

Performers: Katsuko Orita, Katsushi Izumi, Isao Suzuki, Takako Teshiba, Keiko Nakano, Takae Shiroya, Hideko Kobori, Erika Tsukamoto, Yuriko Takamiya, Kumiko Minamikawa, Kyoko Hirata, Keiko Ishikawa, Atsuko Kaneko, Mako Watanabe, Kiyomi Yoshii, Yumiko Urano, Kaori Tanaka, You Kusakabe, Nakao Ikemiya
Script: Yuichi Konno
Stage Designer: Tetsuhiko Maeda
Lighting Designer: Yuji Sawada
Sound Designer: Norimizu Ameya
Stage Manager: Noriyuki Shirato

Organiser(s)

Organised and produced by the Festival of Tao Committee and Dancework-sha

Genre

Modern

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  Flyer (backside)

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  From the program