Sasayaka ni Shiawase [A Little Happiness] / ELCK

Overview

Sasayaka ni Shiawase' [A Little Happiness] premiered in 1988. 60 minutes long, it is a drama following five groups, inspired by a poem by Bertolt Brecht. In this world, things happen unexpectedly - let us be happy with our current reality.
'ELCK' premiered in 1989. 40 minutes long, it is inspired by the painting of the same name by Pieter Bruegel and means 'each' or 'everyone' in Dutch. 'People stand on a broken earth, and greedily desire objects of the world.' If only Eve hadn't eaten the apple...

- Sasayaka ni Shiawase': Winner of the 20th Dance Critics Society Award (1988)
- Yonei Sumie Dance Performance 1991
- Video recorded 24 May. 'ELCK' was performed along with other works at a matinee, while 'Sasayaka ni Shiawase' was performed at the soirée on 25 May.

Details

Title

Sasayaka ni Shiawase [A Little Happiness] / ELCK

Performance creator(s)

Sumie Yonei

Direction/Choreography

Directed and Choreographed by: Sumie Yonei

Venue

Sogetsu Hall

Performance date(s)

24 May 1991 - 25 May 1991

Performer(s) and staff

Performers for 'ELCK': Yumi Ishimaki, Mami Kitamura, Hideko Sasaki, Sumie Yonei
Performers for 'Sasayaka ni Shiawase': Yuko Kimbara, Takashi Kohara, Akio Kimura, Masanobu Omae, Yoshihiro Matsuyama, Keiji Tagawa, Kazunobu Ochiai
Stage and costume designer: Tetsuhiko Maeda
Lighting Designer: Hishiaki Sato
Sound Designer: Toshio Fujii
Stage Manager: Hajime Morioka
Supervisor: Kyoko Makino
Dance Mistress: Fumiko Chujo
Production Coordinator: An Creative Inc.

Genre

Contemporary

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