SINSAI BAKABON

Overview

At the end of April 1995, three months after the Great Hanshin Earthquake, a group of butoh dancers and musicians formed Moonlight Kabudan and visited tent villages serving as emergency shelters in Kobe’s Higashinada and Nagata districts. They interacted with residents, built makeshift stages, and brought music and dance to lift people’s spirits. The performances were made possible through the support of many people, including former members of Byakko-sha, which had disbanded the previous year; the butoh dancer Rosa Yuki; students and rōnin from Ashiya City; and above all, the people living in the shelters themselves. With laughter, torchlight and movement, the stage briefly conjured an otherworldly space amid the disaster-stricken landscape.

Performances were held at:
Uozaki Hachimangu Shrine on 21 April
Mori Park in Higashinada-ku on 22 April
Hommachi Park in Hyogo-ku on 23 April
Nakanominami Park in Higashinada-ku on 25 April
Iwaya Park in Nada-ku on 28 April
Kobe City Mikura elementary school and Minamikomae Park in Nagata-ku on 30 April

Details

Title

SINSAI BAKABON

Performance creator(s)

Tsuneo Ogura

Venue

Kobe city

Performance date(s)

April 1995

Performer(s) and staff

Performers: Tankuro, Naoko Takahashi, Tsuyoshi Kadota, Tomoaki Sugimoto, Masashi Takeuchi, Hisashi Tanaka, Kadounaru (Naruhiko Kadowa)
Music: Sari (Saxophone), Naoshi Knodo (Saxophone),Ryuichiro Oka (Keyboard)
Music: Nagata Madang, Fear gorta
Planning, Production, Filming and Editing: Tsuneo Ogura
Constructed "Musicycle": Takashi Yamamiya
Camera: Hiroyasu Ueno, Sato, Mizue Horikita

Genre

Butoh、Others、Performance