Flexible Silence © Akihito Abe
Chain of sound.
Music not as a definition, but as physical reception.
As a natural phenomenon.
Music is a transparent stone found in the universe.
It must be caressed by silence and protected.
That is what I feel when I listen to the music of Takemitsu.
This silent yet strong relationship creates a stream within the body expanding to
the exterior.
How can we tranquilize excessive energy, boost and control it.
Sometimes it is called dance.
Silence and body are always questions, which give an answer by themselves.
A transformation of time.
The embodiment of the sense of time of transformation.
Saburo Teshigawara
Premiere: 23 February 2017, Théâtre national de Chaillot (FR)
Choreography, set, lighting and costume design: Saburo Teshigawara
Artistic collaborator: Rihoko Sato
With: Rika Kato, Maria Chiara Mezzadri, Junya Okazaki, Rihoko Sato, Saburo Teshigawara, Eri Wanikawa (dancers), Ensemble intercontemporain and Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse of Paris
Musics: Toru Takemitsu, Olivier Messiaen
Production and coordination: Karas Co Ldt & Richard Castelli – Epidemic
In partnership with Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse of Paris
Co-production Chaillot – Théâtre national de la danse / Ensemble intercontemporain
Supported by: Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture)
and Pianos HANLET