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- Video ID number
- V00101
- Recording date
- February 1990
Overview
""How can we be, how can we erase these bodies that feel warm and cold, and be as a wildflower in the field?""
Butoh dancer Takai Tomiko (1931-2011), who studied under Ohno Kazuo and Hijikata Tatsumi, began her 'Metaphysical Emotion' series in 1967 under Hijikata's direction. Takai presented 'Part II' in 1986, and continued the series for the rest of her life. 'Dew of a Wildflower' is 'Part V', and was performed in Frankfurt and Paris. Several characters make an appearance in the work, including a fiancée, a pregnant woman and an old woman looking back on her past.
Details
- Title
- Metaphysical Emotion V – Dew of a Wildflower
- Performance creator(s)
- Studio 200
- Direction/Choreography
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Created by: Tomiko Takai
- Venue
- Studio 200
- Performance date(s)
- 9 February 1990 ‐ 10 February 1990
- Performer(s) and staff
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Performers at its premiere: Tomiko Takai, Norihide Ishimaru, Masahide Omori, Yasunari Tamai
- Genre
- Butoh
