Rent a Body- The Last Night of Ballhaus

Overview

A site-specific performance held through the whole of the Ballhaus Theater in Berlin just before the fall of the Wall, where tensions were rising on a daily basis.
Furukawa Anzu was invited as director and choreographer to realise Delta RA'i's idea of transforming the entire venue into a dance space. With 46 dancers chosen through audition, performances went ahead after a month of rehearsals. The shows were packed out every day, and it became a legendary piece that became a talking point among Berlin artists for a while.

-Butoh dance/theatre project
-51 performers in total

Details

Title

Rent a Body- The Last Night of Ballhaus

Performance creator(s)

tatoeba

Direction/Choreography

Directed and Choreographed by: Anzu Furukawa

Venue

Ballhouse Naunynstrasse (Berlin)

Performance date(s)

1989

Performer(s) and staff

Performers: Minako Seki, KOICHI Ito, Yumiko Yoshioka, Kisako Hagiwara, Chokuichi Nakayama and other 46 performers
Original Plan: Delta Ra'i
Assistant Director: Minako Seki, Koichi Ito, Yumiko Yoshioka, Kisako Hagiwara, Chokuichi Nakayama
Composer and Live Performance: Dudu Tucci, Jaime M. Zenamon
Lighting Designer: Bernd Voss, Tom Zunk, Herbert Kadatz
Costume Designer: Henriette Heinrichs
Video: Gloria + Futuro

Organiser(s)

Organizer: tatoeba TÉÂTRE DANCE GROTESQUE
Production: delta RA'i and tatoeba TÉÂTRE DANCE GROTESQUE

Genre

Butoh