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the rite of spring festival/tokyo

The Rite of Spring

date

November 12th - November 16th, 2014

venue

Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Playhouse

ticket

Adv. ¥3,500 / Day ¥4,000

schedule

11/12 (Wed)19:30
11/13 (Thu)19:30
11/14 (Fri)19:30
11/15 (Sat)15:00*
11/16 (Sun)15:00

*Post-performance talk: Momoko Shiraga + Yuko Mohri + Yasuno Miyauchi
Box office opens 1 hour before.
Doors open 30 minutes before.

Duration: 60 min.

Three young female Japanese artists reinterpret a modern ballet masterpiece

 
Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” is one of the most famous works of twentieth-century music and was originally staged with choreography by Vaslay Nijinsky for the Ballets Russes. It has since been reinterpreted by the likes of Pina Bausch and Maurice Béjart. Now three young Japanese artists in the fields of dance, art and music bring their creative talents together for a radical new revision of the work. Momoko Shiraga is known for her unique blend of humor and movement. Yuko Mohri utilizes junk and everyday objects to make elaborate spaces. Yasuno Miyauchi composes raw music interweaving organic sounds of human breathing and voices. Their “The Rite of Spring” is a contemporary take on the themes of primitive rites and sacrifice through a Tokyo context of rebirth.

Artist Profile

momoko shiraga©Masumi Kawamura

Momoko Shiraga

Choreographer, Director, Dancer, Leader of Momonga Complex

Born in Tokyo in 1982. She leads Momonga Complex, the unit for which she conceives, directs and choreographs all its work. As a performer she has appeared in a musical and has co-directed a production for Kinoshita-Kabuki, as well as directing a parade for the Kitakyushu Theatre Festival.

yuko mohri©Masumi Kawamura

Yuko Mohri

Artist

Born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1980. As an artist she creates installations recomposing everyday objects, junk and machinery from around the world to sense invisible forces of magnetism, gravity, light and temperature. Major exhibitions include “Orochi” at waitingroom gallery in Tokyo in 2013, as well as “Circus” at the Bloomberg Pavilion at Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo in 2012. She heads Moremore Tokyo, a fieldwork project examining methods for dealing with water leaks in Tokyo Station.

yasuno miyauchi©Masumi Kawamura

Yasuno Miyauchi

Composer, Leader of tsumugine

Born in 1980 in Kanagawa Prefecture and raised in Tokyo. Her unique composition style eschews musical scores for stripped-down rules weaving sounds based on organic rhythms such as respiration. She won the top prize at Tokyo Wonder Site’s Experimental Sound and Art Festival in 2008 and an Honorary Mention at Prix Ars Electronica 2008 (Linz, Austria). She won the 6th JFC Composition Prize in 2011.

Cast, Staff

Direction, Choreography:

Momoko Shiraga

Stage Design:

Yuko Mohri

Music:

Yasuno Miyauchi

Composition:

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky

Cast:

Kaori Itoh, Yu Kitagawa, Nozomi de Lencquesaing, Kaoru Norimatsu, Masami Hanada, Ai Hamada, Chinatsu Hara, Kenta Funatsu, Takahiro Hosotani, Yuiko Masaoka, Kentaro Miura

tsumugine (ArisA, Akiko Urahata, Nao Oshima, Fumio Tsutsui, Marimi Morito)

Music Dramaturge:

Miho Watanabe

Stage Manager:

Saori Banno

Assistant Stage Manager:

Akira Kajiwara

Stage Assistants:

Haruka Suzuki, Hiroya Touma, Haruka Hirano, Fumiko Baba

Lighting:

Nami Nakayama

Sound:

Daisuke Hoshino (Sound Weeds Inc.)

Costumes:

Rie Usui (Momonga Complex)

Production Co-ordination:

Yumina Kato (Steep Slope Studio), Yuko Uematsu, Toshifumi Matsumiya (Festival/Tokyo)

In co-operation with

Steep Slope Studio

Presented, planned and produced by

Festival/Tokyo

Map

Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Playhouse

1-8-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo

 

Tel: 03-5391-2111

 

http://www.geigeki.jp/

 

2 minutes’ walk from West Exit of Ikebukuro Station on JR Line, Tokyo Metro, Tobu Tojo Line, and Seibu Ikebukuro Line. (Direct connection to the theatre from Exit 2b.)

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Tickets

Tickets on general sale from 10:00, September 28th, 2014

Early bird discount: All general tickets 30% off between September 20th and September 27th

 

General Tickets (+¥500 for tickets purchased on day) ¥3,500
Early Bird Discount ¥2,450
Pair ¥3,150
5 Performance Set ¥2,800
3 Performance Set ¥2,975
Student Tickets (show ID when collecting ticket) ¥2,300
High School & Under Tickets (show ID when collecting ticket) ¥1,000

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