Poetry Restaurant Theatre: Shiraishi Kazuko VS Byakko-sha

Isamu Osuka

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Poetry Restaurant Theatre: Shiraishi Kazuko VS Byakko-sha

Video ID number: V00692
Recording date: 2 November 1984

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This footage documents dancers from Byakko-sha appearing in poet Kazuoko Shiraishi’s "Poetry Restaurant Theatre," performing to Shiraishi’s recitation with saxophone accompaniment by Keizo Inoue. Shiraishi frequently collaborated not only with jazz musicians but also with butoh dancers, and also attended Byakko-sha’s summer camps. As a performance of "Television Like Minakata Kumagusu" at Kyoto KBS Hall was scheduled approximately three weeks later, elements such as Sanae Hiruta’s solo and the stone-striking movements performed by the male dancers can also be seen in this work.

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Title: Poetry Restaurant Theatre: Shiraishi Kazuko VS Byakko-sha
Performance creator(s): Byakko-sha
Direction/Choreography: Direction and Choreography: Isamu Osuka
Venue: Yao Seibu Hall
Performance date(s): 2 November 1984
Performer(s) and staff: Poetry Reading: Kazuko Shiraishi
Butoh: Norikazu Sato, Torio Nogi, Sanae Hiruta
Saxophone: Keizo Inoue
Objects making: Noriko Isogai, Keiko Nishikawa
Costume Design: Yumi Shinoda, Atsu Oda
Planning and Composition: Kazuko Shiraishi
Genre: Butoh、Others