From Darkness to Light

Overview

There are two types of death dances: Danses des Morts, rooted in religion, and Danses Macabres, where the living also have a little fun with death. There is a legacy of 'death-loving cultures' all over the world. Population booms always follow mass deaths caused by famine and war. I began to realise that life is valued only through death after experiencing the death of several of my own loved ones, and that the performing arts are about identifying pain.
My dance has recently become less an art for the gods or the Absolute, and more an art for human beings and their fragility in fleeting life.

- Participated in the ACA National Arts Festival 1979
- Awarded the ACA National Arts Festival 1979 Excellence Award

Details

Title

From Darkness to Light

Performance creator(s)

Wakamatsu Miki & Tsuda Ikuko Free Dance Performance

Direction/Choreography

Direction and Choreography: Miki Wakamatsu, Ikuko Tsuda

Venue

Yomiuri Hall

Performance date(s)

8 November 1979

Performer(s) and staff

Performers: Miki Wakamatsu, Ikuko Tsuda, Free Dance Company
Music Director: Kazuo Yura
Sound Designer: Nao Yamamoto
Lighting Designer: Inagaki Katsuhiko
Stage Manager: Sadayuki Inoue
Stage Designer: Tetsuhiko Maeda
Set production: Sota Mori, Hajime Ota

Genre

Modern

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