Mushi no Hoshi is a work premiered in Tokyo as to cerebrate the 42nd anniversary of the founding of Dairakudakan.
Believing that human being is the only thing on the earth that could acquire intelligent and sapient, human being have been struggling onwards in the quest for progress and development. However, as human being sought progress and development, human being survived by changing surroundings, rather without attempting to change themselves or do things differently. On the contrary, insects have been evolving by changing themselves in adaptation to diversity on the earth. Perhaps contacts from other stars have really been transmitted to insects, not humans…
This piece is a Butoh dance work showing the world of human being and insects, weaving Akaji Maro’s peculiar imagination and wild fancies.

Choreography, performance and stage art: Akaji Maro
Performance: Akaji Maro, Takuya Muramatsu, Ikko Tamura, Atsushi Matsuda, Emiko Agatsuma, Akiko Takakuwa, Naomi Muku, and other (22 performers in total)
Music: Kesuke Doi, Jeff Mills