Point, Distant View and Cantata; Wave; Fiume

Overview

'Wave' was the first of Katoh's performances, and has a simple structure, expanding and returning to single point with surges of energy.
'Point, Distant View and Cantata' features black spots on white costumes, inspired by Calder's paintings, with chanting and bell players sitting on both sides of the stage. It is a minimalist dance, performed with Asian footwork.
'Fiume' means 'river' in Italian. It is an eternal stream that flows from a single point to the sea, swallowing everything in its path. Movement, sound and voice merge to weave in the workings of life.

- Presented at the KATOH MIYAKO DANCE SPACE 1982
-'Wave' was premiered in 1980.
-'Point, Distant View and Cantata' was awarded Grand Prize for the 1982 Japanese Creative Choreography Competition

Details

Title

Point, Distant View and Cantata; Wave; Fiume

Performance creator(s)

Miyako Katoh Dance Space

Direction/Choreography

Created by: Miyako Katoh

Venue

Sogetsu Hall

Performance date(s)

14 November 1982

Performer(s) and staff

Performers:
WAVE:
Dance: Miyako Katoh
Music Director: William Hawley

FIUME:
Dancers: Miyako Katoh, Michito Kataoka, Yuichi Suzuki, Takashi Ichii, Yukie Okuyama, Mikiko Oguro, Kiyoko Tsubokura, Hiroko Serizawa, Keiko Suzuki, Kumiko Yamaguchi, Yuko Kihara, Mitsuko Yamaguchi, Shizuko Uchino, Yuko Minami, Chizue Saito, Nobuko Inoue, Fusae Uchida, Kyoko Nagao, Mieko Asahina, Masayo Kawarazaki, Naoko Iwabuchi, Yuko Yamanaka, Kazuhiko Wada, Akiko Akashi, Harumi Okura, Kiyomi Maeda, Nobuko Ota, Michiko Natori, Tomiko Doi, Kozue Sugimura, Shioko Hidaka, Atsuko Shigeta
Fusae Uchida (solo vocal)
Music Director: Hiroshi Yoshimura, Yukimasa Morimoto, Kiyoshi Matsumoto

POINT, DISTANT VIEW AND CANTATA:
Dancers: Miyako Katoh, Mikiko Oguro, Hiroko Serizawa, Nobuko Inoue, Keiko Suzuki, Kumiko Yamaguchi, Mitsuko Yamaguchi, Fusae Uchida, Yuko Minami
Vocal: Fusae Uchida, Nobuko Inoue
Music: Javanese Gamelan

For all pieces:
Stage Designer: Takuji Azechi, Keiko Miyake
Costume Designer: Tsuneko Toriumi, Haruko Takeda
Lighting Designer: Kaori Saito
Sound Designer: Minoru Noguchi
Stage Manager: Shigehiro Ito

Organiser(s)

Produced by Katoh Miyako Dance Space, Tsuchiya Tomoko and Kuchiki Yuriko

Genre

Modern

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  Program (cover)

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  POINT, DISTANT VIEW AND CANTATA

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  FIUME