The 2nd night of the Gala Performance to Celebrate Kazuo Ohno’s 100th Birthday: “Hyakka Ryouran”

Overview

Starting in October 2006, when dancer Kazuo Ohno turned 100 years old, a year was dedicated to "100 Years of Kazuo Ohno", with exhibitions, performances and other events around the world to celebrate his 100th birthday. Among them was the gala performance "Hyakka Ryoran", which brought together 23 dance groups from Japan and abroad, including a video performance by Pina Bausch, and two highly-charged days of performance were held. On both days, Ohno Kazuo appeared during the curtain call in a wheelchair pushed by Yoshito Ohno.

Second night performers and the titles of their works:
Fujima Takou's "Heisei Banzai" / Himawari Dance Troupe's "Scarlet Burning Flame, Transformation" (choreography: Yamaguchi Naoe) / Endo Tadashi's "Homeward" / Kei Takei's "The Woman Washing Rice" (music: Tsuji Yukio) / Takai Tomiko's "Dedication to Kazuo Ohno" / Ismael Ivo's "As Galinhas" [The Hens] / Amagatsu Ushio's "From HIBIKI" / Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch's special video work "To Kazuo Ohno" / Kasai Akira's "Death and the Maiden" (live music: Pyrrhula String Quartet) / Kanze Hideo's "Sotoba Komachi" (flute: Isso Hisayuki, drums: Okura Genjiro) / Carla Fracci's "Dance of Fate: Three Solos" from "Isadora Duncan" (pianist: Francesco Sodini) / Ohno Yoshito / Kazuo Ohno Dance Studio students

-Arts Fusion 2006 in KANAGAWA Part1

Details

Title

The 2nd night of the Gala Performance to Celebrate Kazuo Ohno’s 100th Birthday: “Hyakka Ryouran”

Performance creator(s)

Kazuo Ohno Dance Studio

Direction/Choreography

General Director: Yoshito Ohno

Venue

Kanagawa Prefectural Youth Center : Hall

Performance date(s)

28 January 2007

Performer(s) and staff

Performers: Takou Fujima, Dance Troupe Himawari, Tadashi Endo, Kei Takei, Tomiko Takai, Ismael Ivo, Ushio Amagatsu, Akira Kasai, Hideo Kanze, Carla Fracci, Yoshito Ohno, Workshop participants of Kazuo Ohno Dance Studio
Live music for Kasai Akira: Mika Hasegawa (1st Vn.), Chihiro Takayanagi (2nd Vn.), Shoko Okazaki (Vla), Akiko Yamazaki (Vc.)
Pianist for Carla Fracci: Francesco Sodini
Film Appearance: Pina Bausch
General Director: Yoshito Ohno
Stage Managers: Eiji Torakawa, Karasuya
Assistant Stage Manager: Kazuhiko Nakahara
Lighting Designers: Toshio Mizohata, Kazutoshi Sano
Sound Designers: Toshiyuki Ochiai, Joan Soler
Video Documentation and Editing: Hiroyoshi Takishima (PLASTIC RAINS)
Dressing room manager: Miki Amano
Foyer production: Moritsuna Nakamura
Photo documentation: Naoya Ikegami, Munesuke Yamamoto
Production Coordinator: Canta Co., Ltd.
Production supervisor: Kanagawa Prefecture Cultural division

Organiser(s)

Organisers: Kanagawa Prefecture, The Arts Fusion Steering Committee, Kazuo Ohno Dance Studio, Japan Center for Local Autonomy

Genre

Butoh、Contemporary、Modern

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