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Afternoon of Fauns and Nymphs
NEW NATIONAL THEATRE,TOKYO 2005/2006 SEASON
Contemporary Dance: Dance Planet No.18

Afternoon of Fauns and Nymphs

THE PIT
STAFF
Artistic Director : Maki Asami
Production Director : Miki Yoko
     
Lighting Designer : Sugiura Hiroyuki
Sound Designer : Kawada Yasuo
Stage Manager : Shibasaki Dai
     
Produced by : New National Theatre, Tokyo
CAST
Park Eun-Sung & Kim Sung-Yong
“ Where is my moon ? ”

Hirayama Motoko & Nakagawa Satoshi
“ Butterfly ”

Hanayagi Seira & Ito Takuji
“ Ayakashi ”

Yahagi Satoko & Fujita Kyoko & Sekine Erika & Yamanaka Hisano
“ Rose of Realism in Dali Style ”

Ran Konomi & Shimizu Fumihito
“ Kobo---Nagaki O o Hiki Nagareboshi wa ” (A shaft of light---The tail of a falling star stretches far)

Michael Schumacher & Alessio Silvestrin
“ noon afternoon ”

PERFORMANCES
2005
September 		16 17 18 19
(Fri.) (Sat.) (Sun.) (Mon.)
3:00   X X X
7:00 X      
ADVANCE TICKETS
  Available from wednesday 20 July, 2005 at 10:00am.
To order tickets, please call +81-3-5352-9999 (10:00am-6:00pm).
Internet ticket reservation available through the following Websites.(Japanese only)
http://pia.jp/t
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TICKET PRICES (with tax)
Seat A B
Price(yen) 5,250 3,150
Seat Z (¥1,500) / Same day student tickets (50% off) is sold only on the performance day at the Box Office and a part of Ticket Pia Offices.
handbill [Afternoon of Fauns and Nymphs]

A more powerful version of Afternoon of Fauns and Nymphs will be presented at the NNTT again as a curtain raiser for its 2005/2006 season for contemporary dance. The competitive program brings together outstanding dancers with marked individuality and high technical skill, including medalists at international competitions, artists invited from overseas, and flamenco and traditional Japanese dancers. This production features not only pairs of male and female dancers but also a male duo and a female quartet, enabling the audience to enjoy a wide variety of intense dancing in a single show.


Park Eun-Sung & Kim Sung-Yong
［ Where is my moon? ］
A dance couple who won the silver medal at the Fourth Japanese International Ballet & Modern Dance Competition use both strong and weak body expression to create an atmosphere of infinite melancholy.
 [Where is my moon?] Park Eun-Sung & Kim Sung-Yong
photo:Okamura Masao

Hirayama Motoko & Nakagawa Satoshi
［ Butterfly ］

「 Those who are not busy transforming themselves Everyday
Are busy dying Everyday 」

A gold medalist at the Third Japanese International Ballet & Modern Dance Competition works with a new and powerful dancer in a thrilling performance.
 [Butterfly] Hirayama Motoko
photo:Nanbu Tatsuo/
[Butterfly] Nakagawa Ken
photo:TES

Hanayagi Seira & Ito Takuji
［ Ayakashi ］
Music by Kaji Toshio

「I worry that I cannot but submit to my original sin.」

A traditional Japanese dancer and a contemporary dancer create a tranquil yet powerful performance; a man and woman’s world-view formed by the delicate passage of time expressed by Japanese dance and the strong intensity of Western dance.

 [Ayakashi] Hanayagi Seira
video photo saito

[Ayakashi] Ito Takuji
photo:Tomohiro Kennichi

Yahagi Satoko & Fujita Kyoko & Sekine Erika & Yamanaka Hisano
［ Rose of Realism in Dali Style ］
Music by Kumachi Yuta

Yahagi Satoko who won the grand prize at the 11th Saitama International Creative Dance Contest for her work Rose of Realism in Dali Style, challenges to reproduce “realism in Dali style” again this year. How will her perception of the rose change?
 [Rose of Realism in Dali Style]Yahagi Satoko & Fujita Kyoko & Sekine Erika & Yamanaka Hisano
photo:Tomohiro Kennichi

Ran Konomi & Shimizu Fumihito
［ Kobo---Nagaki O o Hiki Nagareboshi wa ］ (A shaft of light---The tail of a falling star stretches far)
 Music by Someya Hiroshi

「Dust from memories becomes a shooting star and shines. A flame lingers as it disappears far off.」

Collaboration between flamenco and contemporary dancers creates exquisite rhythms and an equally exquisite atmosphere, bringing their world of expression home to the audience.

 [Kobo] Ran Konomi
photo:Tomohiro Kennichi

[Kobo] Shimizu Fumihito
photo:Nakayama Fumio

Michael Schumacher & Alessio Silvestrin
［ noon afternoon ］
Music by Thom Willems

With Thom Willems’s new music, artists who were formerly active in Frankfurt Ballet meet in Tokyo. They talk about the present and future of dance through humorous, tense, and extreme movement.

 [noon afternoon] Michael Schumacher
photo:Joris-Jan Bos

[noon afternoon] Alessio Silvestrin
photo:Nakajima Tsuyoshi



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