Kinpun Dance

Isamu Osuka

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Video ID number: V00683
Recording date: 1986

Overview

Footage shot for the film "Halber Mensch" (released in 1986, directed by Sōgo Ishii), which depicts a live performance by the West German industrial noise band Einstürzende Neubauten. The 16mm positive kept in Osuka’s possession was not used in the finished film. Filming began in a multi-tenant building in Shibuya and continued through the night at a location near the Arakawa River, a place with the smell of a slaughterhouse, which became the setting for this footage. The dancers are covered in kinpun (gold powder), but perform movements normally danced in white body paint. It is rare to see these movements performed while holding torches.

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Title: Kinpun Dance
Performance creator(s): Byakko-sha
Direction/Choreography: Choreography: Isamu Osuka
Performance date(s): 1986
Performer(s) and staff: Performers: Naruhiko Kadowa, Shoichi Motohara, Norikazu Sato, Karuko Aiyama, Ritsu Minatama and other Byakko-sha members
Genre: Butoh