Performance 日本語
DANCE COMPANY LASTA: NARAKU 奈落 (ABYSS)
18–20 Sep
JAPANESE CONTEMPORARY Dance
The gripping portrayal of a man’s internal struggle with illicit desire. From internationally acclaimed Japanese Dance Company Lasta.
Choreographer and dancer Yoshimitsu Kushida plunges the audience into a dark and surreal dream world where the choreography, erotic and violent, beautiful and grotesque, speaks to the shadow self that lurks beneath his civilised veneer.
“Reality and fantasy are like two mirrors, reflecting each other and easily transcending the boundaries between them. The question is how to return from the fictional world to the real world, and how to connect the two.”
As his dream self battles with his real self, his fantasies become increasingly extreme until he reaches the edge of the abyss. Mysterious characters guide and persuade, finally pulling him back from the void.
Naraku was first performed in 2020 in Yokohama. In 2022 Kushida adapted the work for film, receiving multiple accolades and nominations across European art-film festivals, with screenings in Paris, Venice, London, and Athens.
Dance Company Lasta is a contemporary dance company based in Tokyo, formed by the founder and former principal Noism dancer Yoshimitsu Kushida in 2013, with the ambition of creating work as an ensemble that lingers in the cultural memory.
CAST AND CREATIVES
Artistic Director: Yoshimitsu Kushida
Dancers: Satoshi Nakagawa, Miwa Motojima, Yumika Yasuoka, Mana Tazaki, Riku Ogawa, Aoi Okamoto
Composer: Motoi Matsuda
Costume Design: hitoha.nasu, Grelot Arbre Co.,Ltd.
Production Manager: Kumiko Yamamoto
Understudy: Azuri Kawamura
Additional Information
Photos: Hiroyasu Daido
Dance Company Lasta
Dance Company Lasta was founded in 2013.The company has received numerous awards at dance competitions both in Japan and internationally.
They were finalists for two consecutive years at the SFC Seoul International Choreography Festival and were invited to perform at the Busan International Dance Festival in South Korea.
Their dance films Succession, Naraku and Room have received awards in Germany, Sweden, Italy, Paris, London, Spain, and Greece.
Genre
Dance
Performances
Thu 18 - Sat 20 Sep; 7:30pm
Auditorium
Running Time
Approx 80 mins with no interval
Content Advisory
TBC
Tickets
£40, £30, £20 standard
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