A Table, or A Dream of Fetus

Overview

A group dance piece first performed in 1980 by Ohno Kazuo and some of his students at the same Nancy International Theatre Festival where Ohno had made his international debut. It is thought to have been performed to a select few people after returning from the month-long tour at Ohno's studio in Yokohama, but the date of this performance is unknown.
The cast as listed in the program for the performance at the Nancy International Theatre Festival is as follows:
Fetus / Horse: Ohno Kazuo
Grim Reaper: Ikebe Tokuji
The Sun: Nakamura Moritsuna and Hideshima Minoru
Madwoman who gives birth to the Sun, mother of the fetus: Uesugi Mitsuyo

- Presumed to have been staged around July 1980.

Details

Title

A Table, or A Dream of Fetus

Performance creator(s)

Kazuo Ohno Dance Studio

Venue

Kazuo Ohno Dance Studio

Performance date(s)

Around July 1980

Performer(s) and staff

Performers: Kazuo Ono, Minoru Hideshima, Moritsuna Nakamura, Tokuji Ikebe, Mitsuyo Uesugi

Organiser(s)

Organized by Kazuo Ohno Dance Studio

Genre

Butoh

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  The same piece was performed at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, May 1980