Danse de Gozansu, a monthly dance performance at the Kyoryukan, ran full speed on April 22nd. The line-up was a hurdy-gurdy player, the gaijin dance group Tricycle performing "333", a pantomime, Peter Golightly on the trapeze, and Ima Tenko-sensei. The hurdy-gurdy-ist talked and played forever; the gaijin group was me and my two friends being supernatural people; the pantomime demonstrated the relationship between dracula and a morning glory; Peter did some modern dance stuff; and Ima-san was startlingly and amazingly beautiful. Her dance, entitled "Quo Bodis- doko he iku?" was inspired by conversations with retired prostitutes. The first half seemed to be her as an old woman, and it contained more conventional movement to traditional Japanese music. The second half was more experimental, modern-butoh fusion, as she portrayed a young woman.
I saw all of it from the viewpoint of Tricycle, as I sought to portray the demon-goddess Lucy and her interactions with the demon Choranzon and the bodhisattva Vajrasattva. Below are some visual aides of the day:
Cara is painted white ...
...by Ima-san!!! Someday I hope to have a "shironuri" (white makeup) experience.
Choranzon, by Adam Rose.
Tricycle! Cara Conroy as Vajrasattva, Adam Rose as Choranzon, and me as Lucy.
...by Ima-san!!! Someday I hope to have a "shironuri" (white makeup) experience.
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