Dreamtime: Where Do I Come From and Where Am I Going?

Isamu Osuka

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Dreamtime: Where Do I Come From and Where Am I Going?

Video ID number: V00539
Recording date: July 1993
Video length: 2h 5m

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'Dreamtime' is a mythical concept in Indigenous Australian culture, where the past, present, and future exist simultaneously. Starting with the question, "Where do I come from, and where am I going?" this performance was presented as an experimental live experience, featuring a collection of works that explore the layered flow of ancient, modern, and futuristic time. It delves into the various boundaries between Space/Earth, Human/Doll, and Life/Death.

- 1993 Byakko-sha Live: A Collection of Works by Osuka Isamu / Commemoration of the Departure of the 2nd Five Continents World Butoh Caravan (1993: USA - South America, 1994: Taiwan) / In Memory of Aoyagi Michiko.
- The video includes rehearsal footage.

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Title: Dreamtime: Where Do I Come From and Where Am I Going?
Performance creator(s): Byakko-sha
Direction/Choreography: Composited and Directed by: Isamu Osuka
Venue: Chikiriya weaving factory
Performance date(s): 15 July 1993 - 18 July 1993
Performer(s) and staff: Performer: Isamu Osuka, Sanae Hiruta, Torio Nogi, Hideki Nakazato, Naruhiko Kadowa, Ritsu Minatama, Ine Yatsushima, Kao Arahata, Tsuruko Noguchi, Kasumi Muraki, Shoichi Motohara, Haruyo Arita, Tsutomu Suzuki, Naoto Nakamura, Shunjiro Toda
Music: GARDEN
Japanese Flute: Kazuya Yokozawa
Shamisen: Takashi Toyoshige
Chinese Guzheng: Wu-Fang
Chorus: Singing Boys and Girls of Kyoto
Music Director: Yasunobu Matsuo
Lighting Design: Yasuo Daito
Sound Design: Ayumu Okubo (KWAT)
Props Design: Masami Banda
Stage Manager: Kazuya Kushimoto
Production Coordinator: Norikazu Sato
Public Relations: Tsunehisa Kimura
Graphic Design: Mitsuo Fukawa
Phototype Print: Shigeaki Maeda
Photography: Hideo Kazama, PPS, ORION
State (Printmaking): Enic
Organiser(s): Organiser: Byakko-sha
Genre: Butoh