Contemporary dancers from Japan and Vietnam will showcase theircollaboration in a multimedia dance/theatre project in HCM Citythis week.
The project, featuring A Flower and Chroniclesof a Soundless Dream, was developed by Japanese visual artist MikuniYanaihara, choreographer Keisuke Takahashi of the Off-Nibroll group, andVietnamese-American contemporary artist Tiffany Chung.
The trio were first brought together by Theatre Works Singapore in its2007 edition of the Flying Circus project. They have said that theyimmediately felt a profound artistic connection with one another andbegan exchanging ideas about potential collaborative projects. The firstresult of this long-term process was an exhibition and performanceentitled Fugawaga Shokudo, which received support from Art Matters NewYork and Fukagawa Tokyo Modan Kan Gallery in early 2011.
This week's HCM City performances, which will be presented toVietnamese audiences for the first time, feature their secondcollaboration.
Their energetic and thought-provokingperformances will bring together contemporary dancers from Japan andVietnam on one stage to further explore the concept of humanstruggle, endurance, life, death and everything in between.
Choreographed by Mikuni Yahaihara, the 40-minute A Flower is about thetsunami disaster on March 11, when thousands of lives were lost inJapan . The piece represents how people should re-think theirassociations and what they face in ordinary life.
The35-minute Chronicles of a Soundless Dream, directed by Chung, is a storyabout a young Japanese man who explores his own country's history.Working as a dancer, he re-imagines life in Japan towards the end of19th century and early 20th century through powerful choreographedmovements and mesmerising sounds as described by his grandmother. As theman immerses himself in reinventing these narratives, he is taken on anemotional roller coaster to revisit Japan 's glorious past and tolearn about its decaying present.
Co-organised by theJapan Foundation Centre for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam andArabesque Dance Company, the performances of A Flower and Chronicles of aSoundless Dream, will take place at Le Thanh Theatre, 25 Phan PhuTien street , district 5, on Sept. 15 and Sept. 16, at 7.30pm.
Free tickets are available at Galerie Quynh, 65 De Tham street, district 1, HCM City, Tel: (08) 38368019. /.
The project, featuring A Flower and Chroniclesof a Soundless Dream, was developed by Japanese visual artist MikuniYanaihara, choreographer Keisuke Takahashi of the Off-Nibroll group, andVietnamese-American contemporary artist Tiffany Chung.
The trio were first brought together by Theatre Works Singapore in its2007 edition of the Flying Circus project. They have said that theyimmediately felt a profound artistic connection with one another andbegan exchanging ideas about potential collaborative projects. The firstresult of this long-term process was an exhibition and performanceentitled Fugawaga Shokudo, which received support from Art Matters NewYork and Fukagawa Tokyo Modan Kan Gallery in early 2011.
This week's HCM City performances, which will be presented toVietnamese audiences for the first time, feature their secondcollaboration.
Their energetic and thought-provokingperformances will bring together contemporary dancers from Japan andVietnam on one stage to further explore the concept of humanstruggle, endurance, life, death and everything in between.
Choreographed by Mikuni Yahaihara, the 40-minute A Flower is about thetsunami disaster on March 11, when thousands of lives were lost inJapan . The piece represents how people should re-think theirassociations and what they face in ordinary life.
The35-minute Chronicles of a Soundless Dream, directed by Chung, is a storyabout a young Japanese man who explores his own country's history.Working as a dancer, he re-imagines life in Japan towards the end of19th century and early 20th century through powerful choreographedmovements and mesmerising sounds as described by his grandmother. As theman immerses himself in reinventing these narratives, he is taken on anemotional roller coaster to revisit Japan 's glorious past and tolearn about its decaying present.
Co-organised by theJapan Foundation Centre for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam andArabesque Dance Company, the performances of A Flower and Chronicles of aSoundless Dream, will take place at Le Thanh Theatre, 25 Phan PhuTien street , district 5, on Sept. 15 and Sept. 16, at 7.30pm.
Free tickets are available at Galerie Quynh, 65 De Tham street, district 1, HCM City, Tel: (08) 38368019. /.
