Clear-Eyed Spirits

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Video ID number: V00679
Recording date: 21 December 2017

Overview

This collaboration between Ohno Yoshito and Anohni is deeply rooted in mutual respect, with Anohni holding both Ohno Kazuo and Ohno Yoshito in high regard. The two first performed together in 2010 in "Antony and the Ohnos", and later shared stages in London and São Paulo, before this performance in Tokyo. At the beginning of "Clear-Eyed Spirits", photographs taken by William Klein in 1961 of Hijikata Tatsumi, Ohno Kazuo, and Ohno Yoshito are projected onto a screen above the stage, offering a vivid glimpse into the early days of butoh. Against this historical backdrop, Ohno Yoshito takes the stage. He selects costume pieces and dances in response to Anohni’s songs, while Anohni plays the piano and sings, drawing inspiration from Yoshito’s movements. Together, they create a free and improvised performance marked by a quiet tension.

Details

Title: Clear-Eyed Spirits
Performance creator(s): NPO Dance Archive Network
Direction/Choreography: Created by: Yoshito Ohno, Anohni
Venue: Warehouse TERRADA G1-5F
Performance date(s): 21 December 2017 - 22 December 2017
Performer(s) and staff: Piano/Vocals: Anohni
Butoh: Yoshito Ohno
Stage Manager: ROSHI (Sunagumi)
Assistant Stage Manager: Naohiro Yoshida
Costume Designer: Etsuko Ohno
Costume Assistant: Keiko Kanemitsu
Sound Design: Taizo Tsuruoka
Lighting Design: Daichi Kutsumi, Atsushi Saegusa, balance,inc., Rio Takagi
Publicity Design: Young SOUL
Video Documentation and Editing: Hiroyoshi Takishima (PLASTICRAINS)
Photography: Katsuyuki Matsumoto
Producer: Toshio Mizohata (Dance Archive Network/Kazuo Ohno Dance Studio)
Organiser(s): Organiser: NPO Dance Archive Network
Genre: Butoh