DAH-DAH-SKO-DAH-DAH © Sakae Oguma
Whilst weaving Miyazawa's poetry around the world, Teshigawara has been investigating its words, getting closer to what came before the birth of music: clusters of sound, sand, noise.
The title DAH-DAH-SKO-DAH-DAH refers to the onomatopoeia expressing the beating of the kenbai taiko drums, the sound of the wind, and the pulsing of the heart.
Sometimes strong, sometimes faint - sound shakes the air, it transforms bodies and space.
Teshigawara will dismantle Miyazawa's poem and create a place where it is reborn. 21 years on from its debut. With his truly global sensibility, he will re-stage and re-create his experiment in listening to Miyazawa's folk poetry and spinning it through the filter of Occidental modernism.
Choreography, set, lighting and costume design: Saburo Teshigawara
With: Saburo Teshigawara, Rihoko Sato, Eri Wanikawa, Kafumi Takagi, Rika Kato, Jeef, Seitaro Hayashi
Technical coordination and Lighting operation: Sergio Pessanha
Stage manager: Markus Both
Sound: Fabrice Moinet
Production: KARAS
Co-production : Festival/Tokyo, Tanzquartier Wien
Production, touring: Richard Castelli - Epidemic