Paradoxes which oscillates between life and death, eros and thanatos, grotesque and illuminating beauty.
A dance inspired by the kusozu (graphic depictions of the nine stages of a decaying corpse). Often portrayed as a female body in Buddhist art, the kusozu presents a challenging view of fleeting existences for contemplation. In nine layers of inner and outer transformation, the work finds it own physical metamorphosis of flesh and bone, water and calcium, air and dust. A cat has nine lives, then dust. The destination of dust is a new cat. The performance is part of a series begun in 2013 in collaboration with composer and musician Kazuhisa Uchihashi to investigate the relationship between body and sound and their transformations in performance.
Direction, Choreography, Costume, Dance: Yuko Kaseki
Live Sound: Kazuhisa Uchihashi
Following the performance 9 steps to dust by ITAKO / Yuko Kaseki & Kazuhisa Uchihashi on Sunday, 27 October 2024, we cordially invite you to Language & Art Lovers, a lively exchange about art, languages and life in the Foyerbar. After all, what better way to practise a language than by talking about shared experiences?