100 Light Years of Solitude

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Video ID number: V00287
Recording date: 3 July 2017
Video length: 65 min.

Overview

Inspired by García Márquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude" to explore a state of solitude,
Yumiko dances the life of a unique creature, born on a planet 100 light years away from ours.
Imagining that this creature is the only one of its species on that planet,
it enjoys unfolding its life until it realizes its destiny... to exist in solitude.
If only we excavate and evolve the uniqueness of our own presence in the solitude,
we can fully unify with the collective and ultimately with the Universe.

-Premiered in October 2006 in Porto, Portugal. Special Thanks to Paulina Almeida, Armazem22 in Porto for the residency.
-Filmed in Mexico City in 2017.
-Supported by Escénario Danza Teatro Ritual (Mexico City)

Details

Title: 100 Light Years of Solitude
Performance creator(s): Yumiko Yoshioka
Direction/Choreography: Directed / Choreographed by: Yumiko Yoshioka
Venue: Teatro de la Danza
Performance date(s): 3 July 2017
Performer(s) and staff: Performer: Yumiko Yoshioka
Assistant Director: Miguel Camarero
Music: Tomas Tello, Zam Johnson
Costume Design: Pablo Alarcon
Lighting Design: Spiros Paterakis
Video: Jaime
Organiser(s): Organiser: Yumiko Yoshioka
Genre: Butoh