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Business Overview
Using The Tale of Genji as a motif, he created and performed a new work that depicts, through the bodies of male dancers, the silence and pain of women, the power structure, aging, death, and the emptiness that Hikaru Genji ends up in, with the question "Can we dance women?".
With a focus on body supremacy and non-verbal expression, he combined choreography, lighting, sound, art, and costumes to bring to the present the physical reality hidden in the elegance of Heian literature. By delving carefully into nonverbal elements such as silence, gaze, breathing, and distance and contact between bodies, he aimed to connect the story of 1000 years ago with modern society through the body and create a stage expression that encourages diverse interpretations for each audience.
■ Choreography, Composition, Direction Ikumi Kurosu
■ Performers Rikito Eguchi, Ikumi Kurosu, Bausch Tezuka (Bushman), Akira Tsujita
■ Staff Lighting/Asako Miura, Sound/Norimasa Ushikawa, Stage Director/Art/Akiyoshi Tsutsui, Costume/Noriko Kitamura, Drama Turku/Takaomi Kuze
Documentary Video/Shunsuke Nakase, Documentary Photography/HARU, Production/Marihide Takimoto
- Period of Activity / Project
- Performance Saturday, May 23, 2026 to 25th (Mon)
- Venues
- studio arty Nakano (Nakano-ku, Tokyo)
Profile
【 AtZOO Godo Kaisha 】
AtZOO Godo Kaisha is an organization in charge of the management and creative activities of Bushman, a dance company led by choreographer and dancer Ikumi Kurosu.
Pursuing physicality thoroughly, he creates and performs his own contemporary dance works with themes of the wildness of man, the limits of the body, and the expressions that reside in various bodies. In addition to performing in various parts of Japan, they also perform overseas, and through workshops for children, seniors, and people with disabilities, they aim to create a place for social inclusion through performing arts and for diverse bodies and expressions to coexist.