Aboriginal

Overview

First solo performance by Namerikawa Goro (1950-2012), one of the founding members of Sankai Juku. The performance was in memory of Takada Yoshiyuki, a Sankai Juku dancer who died in an accident during a performance in Seattle the previous September. This performance lead the way for Namerikawa's career after he left Sankai Juku in 1987 to become an independent dancer. A large stage was built in the huge underground space of Oya Museum using 650 stones, 200 bamboos and other materials and the audience (in order to protect them from the cold as well as see the stage as a whole) watched as they moved around the stage wearing costumes designed by Koshino Junko.

Details

Title

Aboriginal

Performance creator(s)

Goro Namerikawa/Austro Arts Association Co.,Ltd.

Direction/Choreography

Directed and Choreographed by: Goro Namerikawa

Venue

Oya Stone Underground Quarries

Performance date(s)

July 1986

Performer(s) and staff

Performers: Goro Namerikawa, Musical performance ：Akira Inoue, Akio Suzuki
Music Director: Akira Inoue
Stage Designer: Yasushi Ono
Stage OBJ Designer: Yoji Matsumura
Audience Costume Design by: Koshino Junko
Producer: Hiroyoshi Ueda
Stage Manager: Yuji Kobayashi
Stage Construction: Kaname Matsushita
Lighting Designer: Jun Ogasawara
Sound Designer: Katsuyuki Uno
Assistant Director: Jun Yokoyama
Camera Operation: Sumikatsu Arima, Fumiko Hirata, Ren Makabe
Rope Installation: Naoya Araki
Flower Material: Kazuko Oki
Production Manager: Hiroyoshi Ueda
Executive Producer: Noboru Kawakami

Genre

Butoh