Direction & Choreography: Ayako Kato
(Movement collaboration with dancers)
Dance: Julia Rae Antonick, Asimina Chremos, Angela Gronroos, Margaret
Morris, Mary Willmeng, Ayako Kato
Music: Jason Roebke (double bass), Brian Labycz (koto/electronics), Josh Berman (cornet)
Installation Art: Nobuki Yamamoto
Lighting Design: Chris Wooten
Costume Design: Carol Genetti
Stage Manager and Production Support: Rachel Damon
Poster and Publicity Design: Nadine Y. Nakanishi
Publicity Support: Asimina Chremos
Box Office Manager: Rachel Damon
House Manager: Aurora Tabar
Stage Photo: Nadia Oussenko
Publicity Photo: Magali Rangel
Video Documentation: Carl Wiedemann, Ania Greiner, Justin Gears
Installation Material Cooperation: Dennis Wise
Lighting Support: Jessi T Walsh
Art Installation Support: Jesse Coffelt, Chelsea Meyers, Josh Weckesser
Volunteers:
Amy Ornee, Jenna Rieker, Elisa Foshay
This performance was generously supported by the Chicago Dancemakers Forum, Epiphany Episcopal Chicago, and the Japan Foundation, NY
Photo: Nadia Oussenko
The production embraces western and eastern cultural perspectives through dance, music and installation art. The performance is arranged as a mandala, a Buddhist geometric figure representing the universe. Mandala also means “circle” or "completion" in Sanskrit. Audience members are invited to contemplate the Japanese traditional aesthetic of furyu—the ephemeral, yet eternal cycles of nature—while experiencing this contemporary performance from different viewpoints.
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