Buried TeaBowl – OKUNI – Dance Video Index

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Video ID number: V00591
Recording date: May 2022
Video length: 1h 30m

Overview

New work by Australia's leading Japanese artist and dancer Yumi Umiumare, "Buried TeaBowl - OKUNI" was presented at BLACKCAT GALLERY in 2022. This intimate yet grand solo performance installation combines dance, butoh, theatre, song and tea ceremony, with a stunning video (produced by Takeshi Kondo) that was filmed during the COVID-19 lockdown. The piece explores the life of Izumo no Okuni, a historical Japanese dancer and shrine maiden from the early 1600s, who is credited with founding kabuki theatre but remains an enigmatic figure. Umiumare's contemporary interpretation of Okuni appears in various forms, moving between the real and the surreal, drawing the audience into a world of dreams and fantasy.

While evoking the "myths" and power of invaluable women buried in history, Umiumare's unique narrative and humour in "Buried TeaBowl - OKUNI" bring forth a punkish, feminine, and liberated Okuni - one that speaks to the needs of the present day.

- OzAsia Festival 2023

Details

Title: Buried TeaBowl – OKUNI
Performance creator(s): Yumi Umiumare
Direction/Choreography: Creation and Direction: Yumi Umiumare
Venue: BLACKCAT Gallery (Sol Gallery)
Performance date(s): 5 May 2022 - 15 May 2022
Performer(s) and staff: Performer: Yumi Umiumare
Cinematography and Editing: Takeshi Kondo
Composition and Sound Design: Dan West
Lighting Design: Emma Lockhart-Wilson LOCKHART-WILSON
Dramaturg/ Maude Davey
Provocateur : Moira Finucane
Producer : Kath Papas productions
Photographer: Vikk Shayen
Graphic design : Mariko Naito
Calligraphy: Hisako Tsuchiya
Publicity : Diana Wolfe
Organiser(s): Organiser: Yumi Umiumare
Genre: Butoh