Melancholia – A Portrait of M

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Video ID number: V00642
Recording date: 9 October 2021

Overview

A collaborative piece featuring butoh dance by Uesugi Mitsuyo and film by Takamatsu Makiko. The performance took place in autumn 2021, under the still-restrictive circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was created with the intention of reexamining the meaning of "reality" in a world where, in order to prevent the spread of infection, most performances were not being held in real-life spaces, and audience interaction was largely digital. The venue was a plaza beneath the railway tracks in Koganecho, Yokohama, which served as a special open-air venue where passers-by could come and go.

-DANCE DANCE DANCE @ YOKOHAMA 2021
-DIGITAL//REALITY International Butoh Festival

Details

Title: Melancholia – A Portrait of M
Performance creator(s): Mitsuyo Uesugi
Direction/Choreography: Choreography , Composition , Direction: Mitsuyo Uesugi
Performance date(s): 9 October 2021 - 10 October 2021
Performer(s) and staff: Butoh: Mitsuyo Uesugi
Screen holder: NEIRO, Yohei Asano
Video Design: Makiko Takamatsu
Stage Manager: ROSHI（Sunagumi）
Lighting Designer: Atsuko Uno
Sound Designer: Yukio Saegusa
Sound Operator: Makiko Takamatsu
Video Documentation and Editing: Hiroyoshi Takishima (PLASTIC RAINS）
Stage Photo: Makoto Onozuka
Stage Support: Mutsumi Yamamoto
Planning and Production: Maï Burns
Organiser(s): Organisers: DIGITAL//REALITY Project, NPO Koganecho Area Management Center
Genre: Butoh