Bird: Fantastical Thoughts – Garden of Eve II

Overview

The work, in which 'for much the performance the dancer moves from right to left along the two black walls intersecting at a right angle', evokes for the viewer a 'movement in stillness' and 'exudes a forceful energy, reminiscent of a bird attempting to stretch its wings and fly to the heavens, but unable to do so' (Yoshizawa Denzaburo, Modern Thought). This work was inspired by the words of Roger Caillois, 'illusion first and foremost means anxiety and destruction'.

-Uesugi Mitsuyo Butoh Performance
-The above quotations are taken from the January 1983 issue of Modern Thought magazine.

Details

Title

Bird: Fantastical Thoughts – Garden of Eve II

Performance creator(s)

Mitsuyo Uesugi

Direction/Choreography

Created by: Mitsuyo Uesugi

Venue

KID AILACK HALL

Performance date(s)

3 December 1982

Performer(s) and staff

Performer: Mitsuyo Uesugi
Cooperation: Reiko Sawa, Atsunari Hosoda

Genre

Butoh