ARAHABAKI: Cave version

Overview

Although originally based in Tokyo, Namerikawa Goro, who performed 'Aboriginal' at the Oya Subterreanean Cave in 1986, moved to Oya in 1996 to focus on his own stage productions. Seeking to create a form of movement which is guided by the space, and stage where the body can be entrusted to the space, he once again created a performance at the Oya Museum, where he felt the breath of ancient times. The flyer read: "The Universe as seen by the Ancients, the Prometheus of the Soul". 'Arahabaki' refers to a mysterious deity, mainly workshipped in the Tōhoku and Kantō regions.

Details

Title

ARAHABAKI: Cave version

Performance creator(s)

Goro Namerikawa/Austro Arts Association Co.,Ltd.

Direction/Choreography

Composition and Direction: Goro Namerikawa

Venue

Oya Stone Underground Quarries

Performance date(s)

1 May 1998 ‐ 3 May 1998

Performer(s) and staff

Performers: Goro Namerikawa, Arabaki-Dan
Music: Hong Jun Liu, Takumi Fujimura & Norikariga Ashwagandha
Live Vocal: Shizuru Otaka, Kenji Tomizuka, GRX
Stage Designer: Toshio Yamamura
Costume Designer: Miki Hirano
Lighting Designer: Tadashi Ashibe
Lighting Operation: Horizon
Hair and Make-up: Akio Namiki
Stage Manager: Yasuhiko Abeta
Sound Designer: Kazuo Oaku
Production Coordinator: Misao Shoji, Kazuo Sekiguchi

Genre

Butoh