Vier Tänze [Four DANCES]

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Video ID number: V00585
Recording date: 1986

Overview

Furukawa Anzu dances in the garden of the Akademie der Künste in Berlin after participating in the first European butoh festival 'Die Rebellion des Koerpers' in 1986. The text, narrated in German by Miriam Goldschmidt at the beginning of the video, is an extract from the 1985 lecture by Hijikata Tatsumi "Suijakutai no saishu" [Collection of the Emaciated Body]. The dances, which start in a pond, are named "MARY CAKEWALK", "FOR A.X." and "Last Tango in Berlin".

German title: 4 Tänze in der Akademie der Künste Berlin von Anzu Furukawa

Details

Title: Vier Tänze [Four DANCES]
Performance creator(s): Anzu Furukawa
Direction/Choreography: Choreographed and Directed by: Anzu Furukawa
Venue: Berlin Academy of Arts
Performance date(s): 1986
Performer(s) and staff: Performer: Anzu Furukawa
Voice (narration): Miriam Goldschmidt
Direction, Camera, Sound and Editing: Regina Ulmer, Ingrid Wewerka
Genre: Butoh