Thursday, June 12, 21.00 / Riga Doms courtyard
Yukio Suzuki company (Japan)
„Waltz” (60’)
Choreography: Jukio Suzuki / Yukio Suzuki
Performers: Nao Ashimine, Taeko Horii, Haruka Akagi, Yukio Suzuki
Lights:Izumi Kato
Sound: Umeo Saito
Stage director: Takaši Kava?i/ Takashi Kawachi
Supprted by: Agency for Cultural Affairs Government of Japan in the fiscal 2014
The waltz resounds simply because
I am missing
I sense a quality with a whole body
I hear breathing subtly
I hear a sign faintly
Invisible waltz
Premiere: 2013.08. Theatre TRAM, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Yukio Suzukibegan his training in butoh at the Asbestos House in 1997. In 2000 he started the group Yukio Suzuki company KINGYO.
Widely reviewed in Japan, Suzuki’s dance pieces disregard established ways of bodily expression, allowing for the maximization of the dancers’characters.Recently he has choreographed for other companies including the Tokyo City Ballet. He has led workshops on butoh and has participated in such events as Asia Dance Conference, Hong Kong Art Festival, TBA Festival (USA), Dance Triennale TOKYO, Sibiu International Theatre Festival (Romania) etc.
Yukio Suzukihas received numerous honors: Audience Award at the Toyota Choreography Awards (2005), his work, “Confronting Silence”won the Grand prix at the Toyota Choreography Awards (2008). He was nominated among the 10 finalists of Danse Elargie contest at the Theatre de la ville in Paris (2012).
www.suzu3.com
