Faintly Here
Moto Takahashi

Exploring a style that fuses hip-hop and classical ballet, Takahashi Moto toured abroad for the first time in two U.S. cities last year with his dance company MWMW. Inspired by a Japanese ghost story, Takahashi wrote a poetic tale from scratch as the core of this dance work, which is composed through physical expression that transcends words. The space changes its form from moment to moment, and time and space flow with their own breath. Memories that you have shared with someone else, moments that you may have shared with someone else. To touch it without averting the eyes and ears. A touch. The approaching presence tests the extent to which one’s senses are open. This work depicts a ghost story for the sake of a small communion with the things that appear in the world around us.

Credit

Direction, Choreography, Performance, Music：Moto Takahashi
Performance：Yuria Onishi, Yuki Nakatani
Performance Vision Enabler：Chieko Ito
Producer：Eri Karatsu（Aichi Prefectural Art Theater / Dance Base Yokohama）
Technical Director：Yoshinori Sekoguchi（Aichi Prefectural Art Theater）
Technical Director：Chikage Yuyama
Stage Manager: Hiroo Nakai
Sound Design: Raku Nakahara (KARABINER inc.)
Lighting Design: Akiyo Kushida
Production: Miyuki Sakaguchi (Dance Base Yokohama) / Kazuki Sugai (Dance Base Yokohama)
Planning and Production: Dance Base Yokohama [Sega Sammy Foundation Sega Sammy Foundation for Arts and Culture]
Co-production: Dance Base Yokohama [Sega Sammy Foundation for Arts and Culture], Aichi Prefectural Art Theater [Aichi Arts Foundation]
Grant from: Fund for Strengthening Infrastructure for Cultural and Artistic Activities (Support Program for Fostering Creators and Cultural Facilities with High Added Value)