Penitence

Overview

Performed at Butoh Festival '85 in 1985. Words by Goi Teru in the program read as follows:

Flesh dances to / cries of the dreaming taiko drums / the soul dances not / yet in the sunlight and shadows / the body sways in intervals / the shining heat of the present day / and the wrecked body / rises with awakened desires
From the lost dream / the liberated body / becomes a lonely dance exposed to the wind

The title 'Penitence' conveys in it the idea of returning the body to the soil, letting it rot, and digging it up again.

Details

Title

Penitence

Performance creator(s)

Nippon Cultural Centre

Direction/Choreography

Composition and Direction: Teru Goi

Venue

Yurakucho Asahi Hall

Performance date(s)

24 February 1985

Performer(s) and staff

Performer: Teru Goi
Toshinori Kondo (Trumpet player), Shotaro Yamada (Tatoo artist)
Production Coordinator: Yoshiko Hata
Stage Manager: Sota Mori
Costume Designer: Maki Sunohara
Stage Designer: Masayuki Akagawa, Teru Goi
Sound Designer: Nao Yamamoto
Lighting Designer: Hiroyuki Sugiura

Genre

Butoh