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| What is a human being? What is the body? An acute look at human society through physical expression |
| Images of Asia / Gekidan KAITAISHA performance |
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| Aarhus, Copenhagen (Denmark) |
The KAITAISHA, based in Tokyo and active in Japan and overseas,
participated in the Aarhus Festival, part of the Images of Asia project in Denmark, as a leading Asian company
in the "theater of the body". Their "Bye Bye: The New Primitive", the work presented in Aarhus, directly confronts
such themes as gender, civil war, refugees, domestic violence, surveillance and the family in a bid to survive our present age.
The distinctive tension of their performance and their presentation of the shared issues of our times
inspired the full house to tremendous applause that filled the hall after their performance.
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Gekidan KAITAISHA
KAITAISHA raised its standard in 1979, led by Shinjin SHIMIZU. Seeking to develop a theater of the body,
KAITAISHA presents intense acting in a thoroughly physical style of theater on the themes of the ceaseless violence and
strains in society. Since 1985 KAITAISHA has been forming original methodologies, with roadside, riverbed, public park and
other open-space performances and "mobile theater" in which the players move with the audience through multiple spaces.
KAITAISHA actively takes part in overseas performances, including a joint production with an Austrian company, and
is winning attention in Japan and overseas.
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Date: 4 - 6 Sep.2003
Venue: Kasernescenen, Aarhus
Workshop
Date: 6 Sep.2003
Venue: Kasernescenen, Aarhus
Direct by Shinjin SHIMIZU
Support by Agency for Cultural Affairs Japan
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