The Captive World – a New Interpretation of Dr Caligari

Overview

The ballet adaptation of 'The Cabinet of Dr Caligari', made famous by film director Robert Wiene.
The story is about the delusions of a mentally ill man. A doctor who experiments on human subjects, and kidnaps a woman. A man comes to save the woman but is also captured. The woman is driven mad by the experiments and the man is mentally manipulated. In the end the sick man believing he is the doctor, kills the doctor and the woman, and is himself engulfed in flames.
How much of this is fact and how much is delusion?

- Participated in the ACA National Arts Festival 1984

Details

Title

The Captive World – a New Interpretation of Dr Caligari

Performance creator(s)

Wakamatsu Miki & Tsuda Ikuko Free Dance Performance

Direction/Choreography

Direction and Choreography: Miki Wakamatsu, Ikuko Tsuda

Venue

Yomiuri Hall

Performance date(s)

13 November 1984

Performer(s) and staff

Performers: Miki Wakamatsu, Ikuko Tsuda, Free Dance Company
Music Director: Kazuo Yura
Sound Designer: Nao Yamamoto
Lighting Designer: Inagaki Katsuhiko
Stage Manager: Sadayuki Inoue
Stage Designer: Tetsuhiko Maeda
Set production: Sota Mori, NHK Art Center

Genre

Modern

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  Program (cover)

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