Dance Piece No. 3: Naoya Shiga “At Kinosaki”
Ayaka Ono Akira Nakazawa Spacenotblank

Ayaka Ono Akira Nakazawa Nakazawa Spacenotblank is a collective of stage artists who have explored all the values of the performing arts and developed a new movement mechanism for the body called “physical catharsis. This work is the third in a series of dance works that attempt to establish the practices that emerge from this mechanism. For this creation, they used Naoya Shiga’s novel “At Kinosaki” as their original idea, and engaged in research and creation through a residency at the Kinosaki International Art Center. While referring to the content of the novel, the background of writing, and the context of the writer’s act of transforming his experience into creation, we will explore the form of “expression” for those of us living in the present age.

Credit

Original draft: Naoya Shiga, “At Shirosaki” (1917)
(Reference: Naoya Shiga, “At Shirosaki”, “Annotations, At Shirosaki”, NPO Hon to Onsen [2013])
Choreography / Direction: Ayaka Ono, Akira Nakazawa
Created with and Performed by: Hokuto Kodama, Ayako Saitoh, Sayaka Tateyama
Rehearsal Director: Shizuka Yamaguchi
Music: mmm
Scenography: Takuya Kamiike
Producer: Eri Karatsu (Dance Base Yokohama / Aichi Prefectural Art Theater)
Technical Coordinator: Yoshinori Sekoguchi (Aichi Prefectural Art Theater)
Technical Director: Chikage Yuyama
Stage Manager: Rio Moribe
Sound: Kakuranai Koukai
Lighting: Nami Nakayama
Production Coordinator: Yuka Kamimura (Dance Base Yokohama)
Production cooperation: Space Knot Blank

Premiere: October 2025 (Aichi Prefectural Art Theater) *Performing Arts Selection 2025 Festival Edition

Planning and production: Dance Base Yokohama [Sega Sammy Foundation for Arts and Culture]
Co-production: Dance Base Yokohama [Sega Sammy Foundation for Arts and Culture], Aichi Prefectural Art Theater [Aichi Culture Promotion Agency]
Support: Fund for Strengthening Infrastructure for Arts and Cultural Activities (Program for fostering creators, etc. and supporting high value-added facilities) Supported by: Japan Arts Council
Residence Cooperation: Kinosaki International Art Center (Toyooka City)
Residence Cooperation (Chef): Natsurai Ota
Research Cooperation: NPO DANCE BOX, Kinosaki Onsen Mikiya, Sueyozan Onsenji
Cooperation: Iwaki Ballet Company, Saito DANCE KOUBOU, Ayako Watanabe