Under the Sakura Tree - Dance Ei Kasai -
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Tenjikan General Incorporated Association
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY2 Reiwa 2020 2nd Term Creation Grant [Single-Year Grant Program]
Business Overview
Butou, a body expression that continues to be transmitted from Tokyo to the world, has taken a leap to the post-do stage by combining the physicality of Japan's leading male contemporary dancers. A new work by the dancer Akira Kasai, who was inspired by the novel 'Under the Cherry Tree' by Kajii Motojiro. Shintaro OUE, Yasutake SHIMAJI, Tsuji? Using popular and talented dancers Tomohiko HONTO, Mirai MORIYAMA, and Masahiro YANAGIMOTO, he succeeded in reconstructing a short story that conveys the overwhelming Japanese sense of beauty and view of life and death. It was a work in which Ei KASAI was able to open up a new world of expression after fighting to the death.
- Period of Activity / Project
- Thursday, February 4, 2021 - 7 (Sun) [Online distribution Thursday, February 25 - Wednesday, March 3]
- Venues
- Kichijoji Theater (Musashino City, Tokyo)
Profile
[General Incorporated Association Tenjikan]
Tenjikan was established by Ei Kasai in the spring of 1971. It is not an organization that develops human resources and creates works by the method of Akira Kasai, but a center that researches technology and spirit to approach the human body.