Dancing Gozu-Mezu-Yata (Takamura 8mm Edition)

Isamu Osuka

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Dancing Gozu-Mezu-Yata (Takamura 8mm Edition)

Video ID number: V00695
Recording date: Around 1980

Overview

A record of Byakko-sha’s first outdoor performance in Kumano. The exact date, time and location of the performance cannot be ascertained, but it is believed to have been performed around 1980. The original was filmed on 8mm, and parts of the performance have been edited together with other music. It includes scenes such as Isamu Osuka being carried in on a kite, and also features Sanae Hiruta and Karuko Aiyama performing “Jagatara Oharu - Angry Chicken, Crying Chicken”, though their voices are not audible. From 1980 onward, Byakko-sha held annual summer butoh workshops and performing arts and cultural seminars in Kumano, and the customary presentations by the participants were given under the same title as this performance.

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Title: Dancing Gozu-Mezu-Yata (Takamura 8mm Edition)
Performance creator(s): Byakko-sha
Direction/Choreography: Composition, Choreography and Direction: Isamu Osuka
Venue: Kumano
Performance date(s): Around 1980
Performer(s) and staff: Performers: Isamu Osuka, Ryuta Gan, Norikazu Sato, Happa Iwamoto, Ikki Taoka, Torio Nogi, Sanae Hiruta, Karuko Aiyama, Ritsu Minatama, Rin Shibata
Filming: Takamura
Genre: Butoh