Canceled] Kogure Kaho & Hara Saori / “Post Ghost” Work in Progress
We have decided to cancel the event due to the approaching typhoon No. 10, which may affect safety and traffic.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause to those who have been looking forward to the event, and ask for your understanding. (Updated 8/29)
Date: September 1(Sun), 2024 17:00
Venue: Dance Base Yokohama
A work-in-progress for “Post Ghost” to be performed in the Aichi Arts Center x Dance Base Yokohama “Performing Arts Selection 2024” will be held.
After this work-in-progress, rehearsals will be held at DaBY and other venues, with the first performances at Aichi Arts Theatre on November 30 and December 1, followed by a YPAM collaborative program (KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre) the following week from December 7 to 9.
In “Post Ghost,” Saori Hara and Kaho Kogure focus on sexual expression in the traditional performing arts, particularly reinterpreting cross-dressing and ghostly figures in Kabuki.
Kabuki is a performing art started by a female dancer named “Akuni,” but during the Edo period (1603-1868), women’s participation on stage was restricted, giving rise to onnagata, in which men play female roles. The cross-dressing essential to this art of acting has a meaning beyond mere technique, and today we sense a social context in which women were restricted in the public sphere.
The motif of ghosts has also been used as a medium to express repressed female emotions and desires. However, since the Meiji period (1868-1912), with the spread of electricity, “mystery” and “darkness” have been illuminated by light, and the existence of ghosts has been banished from literature and art.
Two contemporary dance artists will explore the presence and absence of these media bodies.
Director：Hara Saori
Choreographer：Kaho Kogure
Cast：Kaho Kogure, Saori Harasaori
Dramaturg：Aojin Niwa
Publicity Photo：Yulia Skogoreva
◆ Schedule
Sunday, September 1, 2024, 17:00
*Doors open 16:30
*Performance time is about 30 minutes
◆Rates
Free of charge (throw-in money required)
◆Application Method
Monday, August 26, 12:00 – Registration begins at
https://postghost-wip.peatix.com
*DaBY members registration is required to purchase tickets. Please register here in advance.
◆Venue
Dance Base Yokohama (https://dancebase.yokohama/access)
3F KITANAKA BRICK&WHITE BRICK North, 5-57-2 Kitanaka-dori, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Bashamichi Station, Minatomirai Line Exit 2a “Yokohama Kitanaka Knot Direct connection
◆Inquiries
Please contact us at the following e-mail address or by filling out this form.
contact[at]dancebase.yokohama
*Please change [at] to @ when you send the form.
◆Artist Profile
Dancer and choreographer. While presenting works in Japan and abroad, he has developed an aesthetic of movement in various fields such as theater, music festivals, and media. In recent years, he has collaborated with artists from other fields, choreographed and performed in films, and appeared in the Paris Collection.
Artist, choreographer, dancer. With the theme of “environment and body,” he creates performance-based works using a variety of media including his own body, light, sound, text, and drawings. After a 10-year residency in Berlin, he will be active in Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe, Kyoto, and other cities in Japan from 2023.
◆Credit
Organized by Dance Base Yokohama
