Dance Video: The Kingdom of Light

Seigen Kyu, Jun Abe, Isamu Osuka

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Video ID number: V00532
Recording date: September 1987
Video length: 26m

Overview

An experimental dance/art video with three parts ("Chimera," "hyoryu-kyoshitsu," and "The Kingdom of Light"). It was filmed in September 1987 in the Red Desert, a sacred site in Indigenous culture, following Byakko-sha’s performance at a festival in Melbourne. The video was awarded the Grand Prix Fund at the 1987 Tokyo International Video Biennale.

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Title: Dance Video: The Kingdom of Light
Performance creator(s): Byakko-sha
Direction/Choreography: Directed and Edited by: Seigen Kyu
Concept by: Jun Abe, Isamu Osuka
Venue: Filmed in Australia
Performance date(s): September 1987
Performer(s) and staff: Performer: Isamu Osuka, Sanae Hiruta, Norikazu Sato, Torio Nogi, Norio Imanishi, Hideki Nakazato, Naruhiko Kadowa, Yoichi Mori, Karuko Aiyama, Ritsu Minatama, Tenko Ima, Ine Yatsushima, Kao Arahata, Tsuruko Noguchi, Yukara Nakai
Music: ZABADAK
Camera Operation: Hiroshi Ito
Costume: Byakkosha
Genre: Butoh