The Peacock Boat

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Video ID number: V00619
Recording date: 21 March 2010
Video length: 1h 18m

Overview

Based in Kyoto, the butoh company Kiraza was founded in 2000 by former Byakkosha member Ima Tenko, with the aim of reviving the power of tamafuri [reinvigoration of the soul through swinging] found in the origins of performing arts through the modern avant-garde form of butoh. From 2007 to 2016, the company performed annually at a theatre in a former hanamachi [entertainment district]. Their third work, "Kujaku-bune" [The Peacock Boat] is based on Kujaku Myōō, a peacock god that dispels evil. Held in a traditional Japanese theatre and with live nagauta music, the performances attracted large audiences.

-Gojo The Power of Sisters series vol.3

Details

Title: The Peacock Boat
Performance creator(s): Butoh Company KIRAZA
Direction/Choreography: Choreography and Direction: Tenko Ima
Venue: Gojo-rakuen Kaburenjo
Performance date(s): 20 March 2010 - 22 March 2010
Performer(s) and staff: Butoh: Tenko Ima, Caitlin Coker, Yuna Koyabu, Bonoko, Maki Tahahashi, Mitsu Salmon, Takiko, Himeko Narumi, Yumiko Minami
Nagauta shamisen: Mayumi Hayashi
Nagauta vocals: Ryoko Miyoshi
Wadaiko: Kenichi Makiura
Stagehand: Kouji Hirose, Kasumi Matsuno, Syouhei Komiya, Takeshi Shimazaki
Lighting: Yuriya Shiomi
Sound: Natsumi Kodama
Stage Supervisor: Genta Iwamura
Costume: Mayumi Gonda, Nahoko Kitao, Sachiko Hirakawa, Shiori Tanimoto
Flyer Photography: Izumi Murota
Flyer Design: Ai Kaitori
Photography: Hiroshi Mimura
Filming: Tsuneo Ogura, Hiroshi Fujii
Management: Chihiro Ueda
Management: Ai Kaitori
Organiser(s): Organiser: Butoh Company KIRAZA (former Butoh Company Ima Tenko + KIRAZA)
Genre: Butoh