LA PARTIDA

Overview

Chilean artist Víctor Jara was loved around the world for his songs about people's joys, sorrows and their right to live. With a strong will he resisted violence and sang of courage and hope, but was massacred in a coup d'état in 1973. The people's will to live and the universal soul. What was his message? In this work, the artists tackled this question with a live performance of Jara's famous song 'La Partida', together with a group of disabled members of the general public who crawled out of the community, expressing it with their bodies.

Details

Title

LA PARTIDA

Performance creator(s)

Performance Troupe TAIHEN

Direction/Choreography

Created and directed by: Manri Kim

Venue

Aster Plaza : Midium Hall

Performance date(s)

16 May 1999

Performer(s) and staff

Performers: Tomoko Inoue, Toshio Kimura, Manri Kim, Yusuke Koizumi, Keinosuke Fukumori, Satomi Matsuba, Extras from the general public
Live Music: Masahiro Saeki, Junichi Matsuzaki, Yayomi Imori, Chie Masamoto
Stage Manager: Himajin
Stage Designer: Masahiro Murakami
Illustration: Mikiko Mera
Flyer Design: Kaori Kodama

Organiser(s)

Organised by: Gekidan Taihen Hiroshima Performance Executive Committee
Supported by: Hiroshima City, Hiroshima City Board of Education, Hiroshima Prefecture Dowa Education Research Council, Hiroshima Prefecture High School Dowa Education Promotion Council, Chugoku Shimbun, TV Shin Hiroshima, Hiroshima Home TV, Chugoku Broadcasting, NHK Hiroshima Broadcasting, Hiroshima TV, Hiroshima FM Broadcasting."

Genre

Contemporary

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