The Butterfly Dream

Overview

New solo work by Satoh Pechika, an artist admired by many for her introspective performances. After going down the stairs of the Former Hakubutsukan Dobutsuen Station carrying a fish tank, she plays with water in the underground space, and eventually transforms from a larva into a butterfly wearing a giant sunflower, and heads up to the surface. A quiet, thrilling video performance that transforms the relationship between ground and underground, life and death, and inside and outside.

-Created as a video piece. The venue indicates where it was filmed, while the performance period refers to the dates the work was available for online viewing, from its release date until the conclusion of the Tokyo Real Underground festival (1 April - 15 August 2021).
-Takao Kawaguchi Selection: Un Certain Regard
-Tokyo Real Underground (Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Special 13)

Details

Title

The Butterfly Dream

Performance creator(s)

NPO Dance Archive Network

Direction/Choreography

Choreography by: Pechika Satoh

Venue

Filmed at Former Hakubutsukan Dobutsuen Station [Museum Zoo Station]

Performance date(s)

5 June 2021 - 15 August 2021（online viewing）

Performer(s) and staff

Dance: Pechika Satoh
Guitar: Hayato Mochizuki
Cameraman: Ryo Sakemoto
Stage Manager: Takashi Kawachi
Lighting Designer: Noriyuki Mori (balance,inc.DESIGN/LIGHTING)
Filming: Masabumi Kimura
Sound: Ryotaro Miyasaka
Post Production: Ryo Sakemoto
Filming Coordinator: Dai Matsuoka
Filming Cooperation: LAND FES
Photography: Tatsuhiko Nakagawa, Tsubasa Wada
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

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  Festival flyer

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  Photography: Tzvasa Wada