Minotaur Disco

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Video ID number: V00517
Recording date: 2021

Overview

A new piece choreographed and directed by the Tokyo Real Underground artistic director Takao Kawaguchi, performed by butoh dancer Daisuke Yoshimoto and contemporary dancer Naoyuki Sakai. Divided by several generations, the two performers form a new dance as monsters of a labyrinth. Filmmaker Akihiro Suzuki invites us into a world reminiscent of the 1960s underground film scene, of something more than a simple recording of a stage performance.

-- Holding your breath in the deep, dark labyrinth as footsteps approach. Ah, mon amour!
Unable to suppress your emotions, you run and take them into your arms, singing and dancing. Je t’aime, je t’aime.
You don’t realise the footsteps were your own. -- Takao Kawaguchi

-Takao Kawaguchi Selection: Un Certain Regard
-Tokyo Real Underground (Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Special 13): 1 April - 15 August 2021

Details

Title: Minotaur Disco
Performance creator(s): NPO Dance Archive Network
Direction/Choreography: Choreography & Direction: Takao Kawaguchi
Venue: Filmed at the former Hakubutsukan Dobutsuen Station [Museum Zoo Station]
Performance date(s): 15 May 2021 - 15 August 2021 (online viewing)
Performer(s) and staff: Performer: Daisuke Yoshimoto, Naoyuki Sakai, Takao Kawaguchi
Film & Edit: Akihiro Suzuki
Sound design: Hajime Takagi
Costume Designer: Noriko Kitamura
Costume Assistant: Tomomi Tanabe, Yumi Tateishi
Photography: Rokka Ando
In cooperation with: Tenku-Yoran
Stage Manager: Takahi Kawachi, ROSHI (Sunagumi)
Lighting Designer: Noriyuki Mori (balance,inc.DESIGN/LIGHTING)
Film cooperation: LAND FES
Photography: Tatsuhiko Nakagawa
Special thanks to: End Cycle Project
Publicity Design: Young Soul
Organiser(s): Organisers: Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture)
Planning and Production: NPO Dance Archive Network
Genre: Butoh、Contemporary、Performance