Notes from New York

NuVu Festival - RESONANCE III - Limón Dance Company at the Joyce

Thank you for supporting NuVu Festival,Resonance III and

Limon Dance Company season at the Joyce Theatre.

NuVu Festival

was a huge success. I had 6 duets and 1 group work, including

Paul Taylor’s “Duet from LENTO” which was revived recently for

Taylor 2 dancers Rei Akazawa and Irving Amigon.

Rei Akazawa and Irving Amigon dancing P.Taylor's "Duet from LENTO"

©︎Tokio Kuniyoshi

Please visit NuVu Festival to see all other artists and their works.

NuVu Festival 2019 Participants and my team ©︎Tokio Kuniyoshi

They are wonderful artists that I have been watching their works over many years. For NuVu Festival 2020, I am starting to look different artists. If you have any artists who you think I should contact, let me know!

Graphic design by Nobue Hirabayashi

RESONANCE III

it was my dream come true.

Bringing American and Japanese modern dance pioneers works

together with Yuriko’s work was amazing experience.

Four works from 1930’s were very interesting to explore,

style of each artists were very different,

but how to approach these dances

- how i was coached by artists who danced -

were all from the same place

"Inner self"

Sometimes you forget this because you are busy thinking about

how to achieve the movements or positions, how to dance.

Each time I was reminded --- “Don’t dance”.

REVIEW by Christine Jowers - Dance Enthusiasts

Nora playing for Resonance III ©︎Tokio Kuniyoshi

I had great time with an American Japanese pianist

Nora Izumi Bartosik for this journey!!! Thank you!

My immediate dance teacher from my youth, Nanako Yamada

who came to share her knowledge of

Dalcroze 20 Gestures were amazing to learn.

Nanako Yamada teaching Dalclroze 20 gestures

I think I now know the gestures so I could explore with it.

Participants expressed they had a great time leaning it and leaning

a part of Seiko Takata’s “Mother”(1938).

Yasuko Kataoka's short talk about Seiko Takata and Konami Ishii ©︎Tokio Kuniyoshi

Lectures from Yasuko Kataoka(the dance scholar/professor from Japan) and Norton Owen (Jacob’s Pillow - director of preservation) were great

to know what was happening in America and Japan during 1920-1950.

Q&A after the performance, L to R - Miki, Steven Hitt( LPAC) Norton Owen(Jacob's Pillow) Yasuko Kataoka and Julien Frei(Translator) ©︎Tokio Kuniyoshi

They showed very rare films and pictures so that we can see and

compare two countries. I learn a lot and would like to learn more

about it. Our dance history is a new history that if we don’t do

anything, it will go under the grave so even just a small area,

our generation need to share to younger generation.

This concert was inspired by my mentor Yuriko.

Going thru her passage, and danced her work was hard but satisfying.

"The Cry"( 1963) by Yuriko ©︎Tokio Kuniyoshi

“The Cry” - she made this work to experience the universal idea of the cry.

As she told me, every time I danced, I let the cry to take over. I had great experience.

Yuki Nakase ( Lighting designer) ©︎Tokio Kuniyoshi

Maxine Glorsky (Production Stage Manager) ©︎Tokio Kuniyoshi

"Mother" (1938) by Seiko Takata ©︎Tokio Kuniyoshi

"Two Ecstatic Themes" (1931) by Doris Humphrey ©︎Tokio Kuniyoshi
"Moon Desert"(early 1930's) by Konami Ishii ©︎Tokio Kuniyoshi

"Lamentation" (1930) by Martha Graham ©︎Tokio Kuniyoshi

Mr. Matsumoto ( the Japan Foundation), Miki , Nanako Yamada and Julien Frei ( translator but he is also a dancer!)

The dancers from Graham School and Stephen Pier(Yejin, Nikki, Aoi, Yui, Tanguy and Ty- former Hartt School from Graham 2)Bin Bin Factory( Satoshi Haga and Rie Fukuzawa), Yasuko Kataoka, Nanako Yamada, Mr. Matsumoto and miki ©︎Tokio Kuniyoshi
Yuki Nakase, Yasuko Kataoka, Sumie Yonei(Front L), Nanako Yamada, Jacqui Dugal, Erico Platt, Minako Ando, dancers from Nanako's studio and miki ©︎Tokio Kuniyoshi

I took this production to

Theatre of YUGEN in San Francisco, CA and Vancouver,Canada.

Theatre of YUGENhosted our production- a master class and RESONANCE III with short lecture.

Desirée Dumber, the founder/choreographer/dancer of DEZZA DANCE invited RESONANCE III

to be performing with her production Deep Roots. Nora and I had a great time performing at

Annex Theater with her company.

We were welcomed by her Collaborative Creative Dance 55+ Group and gave a workshop.

To watch our workshop and rehearsal video, please visit DEZZA DANCE and RESONANCE III

And last week at the Joyce Theater with José Limón Dance Company,

dancing with my husband Stephen Pier was so nice. We didn’t dance for a long time

and it was great going back to the Joyce Theater with him, especially with Limón Dance Company,

Stephen was a soloist before he left for Hamburg Ballet( Germany) and

Royal Danish Ballet( Copenhagen,Denmark). We danced with Buglisi/Foreman Dance

(now Buglisi Dance Theatre) was the last time we danced together at the Joyce

when he was teaching at the Juilliard School until he became

the director of the Hartt School - Dance Division.

Colin Conner's "The Weather in the Room"

Miki and Stephen ©︎Christopher Jones

We were so happy that were captured by Christopher Jones and Tokio Kuniyoshi

I would love to take RESONANCE III to Japan and other places, I would like to make indigo or Kickstarter

to raise some funds sometime soon. Also we are still open to receive

some tax deductible donation through LaGuardia Performing Arts Center.

Tax deductible contribution made out to

"FH LaGuardia Community College AUX Corporation”, (memo: Miki Orihara) will be gratefully accepted.

For address - please contact

miki3lotus(at)gmail.com

RESONANCE - kyomei.info(at)gmail.com

NuVu Festival - nuvufest(at)gmail.com

Thank you very much for reading and your support!!!

The Japan Foundation Tour Grant 2018/2019 and

LaGuardia Performing Arts Center made possible for us to take

this production to The Hartt School, Barnard College,

RIOULT Dance Center, Theatre of Eugene(SF, CA) and

Vancouver, Canada( Annex Theater with DEZZA DANCE).

I would love to make two more stops ( Madison, WI and Tivoli, NY)

before this grant expires… I am working on it!

Stay tuned!!!

共鳴ーResonance

I have been performing my solo concert series since 2014. And Iam very happy to present my first production of 共鳴ーResonance (premiered 2014)at Warwick Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday 16 February 2019. It is about 2 hours away from NYC. If you live near, or you can take a bus from Port Authority!!!

In 2014, I first started this solo concert series. I have the idea of 5 concerts to full fill my plan.

In 2013, my mentor Yuriko, received the Foreign Minister's Commendation from the Japanese

government, recognized for her outstanding achievements in the field of dance and for her

contribution to relations between Japan and the United States.

Through dance she promotes culture exchanges and inspires collaborations between

different American dance companies, cultural institutions, and government agencies.

Yuriko was born in San Jose, California.

Her father passed away with the break of flu. Her mother sent her to Japan to avoid her catching

this flu. During her time in Japan, she studied with one of the Japanese's pioneer of modern dance,

Konami Ishii.　With Konami, she learn and danced "Dance Poem".

Came back to US after Yuriko finished her school in Japan, then WWII started. She was sent to the internment camp in Arizona. She started to teach dance to women and children in the camp,

and formed a company to perform. This company was the only people allowed to go out side

from the camp to perform!

After WWII, Yuriko decided to come to NY. She was working as a seamstress to make living.

Then she went to Martha Graham studio to take class - there are many interesting story

but I am making it very short. After a short while, she was invited to join the company.

Martha creates her works by using her dancers. Yuriko was very influential to Martha.

There are many works that she created movements which I learn during my time

in Graham company.

I met Yuriko in 1981.

My nick name was "Graham cracker" at the Ailey school.

After finishing my scholarship from the school, I could not get another year because

President changed and government change the regulation for international students changed -

No scholarships to international students!

So I was going back to Japan. During my scholarship year, I didn't see much performances,

since I was taking 4-5 classes everyday, i was so tired... So I decided to stay few more months

before I head back to Japan. I took classes, went to see everything possible

- musicals, theatre, dance, and music.

The last thing I was going to do before I leave, was taking Peggy Lyman and Peter Sparling's

workshop at Kazuko Hirabayashi Studio. There was an audition to get in, they only take

15 dancers to this class. Somehow I passed!!! And I learn so much in this workshop.

Peggy said to us in the end of this workshop, "there will be an audition - Graham company and

school, you all should go and try". So I went too!!! At the door, there was a receptionist,

he looked at me and said "do you have a green card? are you an American?" I didn't even know

what was "green card" so i said "no i don't have, and I am Japanese" then he told me,

" you can not take this audition".

I was shocked... oh well... one thing that I thought America is very open

but not really... it is very limited...

That moment Peggy came down from upstairs, saw me and asked why I am not changed. I told her, and she said to the receptionist " She is ok to take this audition" and said to me " go change!"

So I did. Changed and took this audition.

After the audition, I was told, since I am not an American, they are not able to take me as a scholarship student but if I am interested to come to the school. Then I thought,

I WILL TRY!

I have to call my parents. Collect call to let them know I will stay another year.

My mother was very cool but my father was " I thought you are coming back...". He was very

disappointed by my demand... But he was happy that I wanted to stay to study little more

- - - -well this little more became over ALMOST 40 years now...

So I went to the Graham school.

316 East 63rd Street Studio.

I was told to take Yuriko's class. But she was not teaching regular classes but only for 1 or 2

weeks workshop. Then her workshop happened. The second day, she looked at me said

"are you Japanese?" and I said "yes". Then she started to talk to me in Japanese!!!

Then all students became so nice even though those who stepped on me, or elbowed me!!!

They were wondering what she is saying to me. I was just taking everything possible and it was

so much fun. I had a greatest time learning so much.

Then Yuriko became my NY mother, and her family became my NY family.

Her husband Charlie always asked me what I am doing, when I have some questions he

helped me to think differently and he wrote so many letters to my parents to allow me to

study one more year, and that kept on going... for few years... Her daughter Susan is like

my cousin. We became parters for our DVD project to create Martha Graham Dance technique

video, we released the first level in 2018, and now working on the next level.

　

To be continued...

March 4th, 3:30pm at Sheen Center

My friend, Masayo Ishigure is celebrating her 25th anniversary at Sheen Center on March 4th.

I will be dancing one of the Koto work. I asked Stephen to choreograph this work on me.

琴奏者、石榑雅代さんの２５週記念コンサートが３月４日にあります。

彼女の琴で、踊ります。

MCはフジテレビの久下香織子さんです。とても楽しみ！

Tow projects 二つのプロジェクト

　　　　　　　　　　　　Two different projects are happening at the same time.

　One is filming "Two Women"( title subject to change...) and the other "Kyomei-RESONANCE" in SF.

二つのプロジェクトが同時進行しております。一つはSFにての「共鳴ーRESONANCE」

もう一つは踊りをフィルムにする「Two Women」

　 Right now I am in SF.

just finished my solo concert "Kyomi-RESONANCE" with Senri Oe at Theatre of Yugen,

we performed 4 performance. Had a wonderful time with audiences.

Senri played very different each day,since it is very different space compare to

what we did last year at La MaMa etc in NYC.

The other project, actually happened before SF, is filming "Two Women".

I am pretty certain that I like this title.

This film project is commissioned by CORDA Foudation.

David Rosenman-Taub is a Chilian poet and composer.

I was commissioned by using his beautiful piano work, "Homage a Pedro Humberto Allende".

サンフランシスコにての「共鳴」は無事に終わり、今は数日間サンフランシスコを見て回っています。

友達に会ったり、人を紹介したり、舞台を見たり・・・

と、今日少し風邪っぽいので1日おとなしく。。。

サンフランシスコはニューヨークより寒いです・・・ホットフラッシュ（のぼせ）もあるので、そのあとに体が冷えて、最低。

そのせいだと思う。。。

When I first heard this music, immediately i had an image of two women.

so I asked Andrea Murrilo who danced with me at Graham, and then moved on to Sleep No More.

She has very interesting experiences that i wanted to ask her to work with me.

「Two Women」はチリ出身の詩人であり、作曲家であるデイビッド・ローズマン　ターブの作品を使うということでコミッションをいただきました。彼の作品では前にSPが二つ作品を出しております。

YouTube に行くと見ることができます。

this is one of the location where we filmed.

このプロジェクト、ロケーションとして選んだのは外。

yes it is Brooklyn!Since during last year for my first solo concert Kyomei-RESONANCE , Tomoko Mikanagi who came from Japan to film my concert and my documentary, I really liked her work. She has a sensitive view and her point of view is so beautiful. So I asked her to involve with this project! Yes she lives in Japan...but she was so nice to say yes!

昨年のソロ公演の時に撮影、そしてわたしのドキュメンタリーを作ってくれた御巫朋子さんにどうしても頼みたいと思い、無理いってきてもらいました。

We started to film different places.

いろいろなところでのロケハン。
This is at Barnard College, they were so nice to help us!!! Look at how Tomoko is filming!!! and it was beginning of May so it was GREEN!!! I love it.これはバーナード大学のキャンパスの中。緑の綺麗な時期です。 This is how we were filming. background NYC is beautiful..そしてここ。マンハッタンが一望に・・・.
it changed every minutes of it..毎秒、変わっていく空day on the roof in Hell's Kitchen. We had a little break...次の日にはちょこっとブレークで、屋上にて
Sunset over NJ. Now we have that tall building, we can't see sun goes down but still it is quite nice view...わたしの住んでいるあたりは谷間のように高いビルがないのですが、その周りは立ち始めています。ニュージャージー州に落ちていく夕陽ももう少ししたら全部見えるようになるかなぁ〜
Time between, i have to go to our garden. で、たまにはガーデンにも行かねば！！！
We also filmed at Kaatsbaan International Dance Center.They are always so nice and helpful!!! そしてメインのロケハンはここ、アップステートにあるカッツバン。ここは過去に数回撮影に時に使わせていただいておりますが、今回も！！！ありがとうございます！！！we found really nice places to film this.いろいろなところで・・・
Thank you Greg, Bentley, Prudence, Peter, and Ash!!!
This is Tomoko's notes朋子さんのノート

Then back in NYC, Steven Hitt, the director of LaGuardia Performing Art Center invited me to attend Rioult Dance's New production of Edith Piaf's life. ニューヨークに戻り、リオルトダンスのオープニングに。エディット・ピアフの生涯を題材にしたキャバレーっぽいセットアップ。ラガーディアパフォーミングアートセンターのスティーブンに招待されて行ってきました。My favorite person, Lee!It is always nice to see her!!!リーは、長年の知人。彼女はわたしの大好きな人です。I forgot her name but her Piaf was so perfect!!!とってもよかったです。ピアフのこの彼女が声がそっくり！！！
San Francisco!Visted Japan Town on the day of arrival. Here I am!i saw my post cards!サンフランシスコにやってきて、すぐにジャパンタウンに行きました。わたしのハガキも！！！On the way to Airport to pick Senri up... we saw RAINBOW!千里さんを迎えに行く途中で虹が！
Next morning, the beautiful sun rise!Simply my computer didn't change time... so i thought 8 o'clock was quite dark in SF and went outside and here it is!! it was 5am in SF...時計を持ってこないので、コンピューターの時間を信用して８時だと思ってどうしてくらいのだろうと思っていたら、こちらの時間で５時。日の出も見ました。
At the concert, Lucia brought her son with her. Time passes so fast but somehow it was just like yesterday... Lucia and I, didn't see each other for 34 years!!! we studied together at Ailey school!She is a beautiful woman! and her son is gorgeous!
コンサートへは、友達たちも駆けつけてくれました。このルシア！１９８０年にアルビン・エイリーの学校に行っている時にいっしょにクラスを取っていました。なんと３４年ぶりに会う彼女。１７歳の息子もいて、とても綺麗です！And Koch family! Hilmar and Naoko and their beautiful Yuki!なおこちゃん家族も久しぶり！！！ゆきちゃんはバレエをやっている！足がとても綺麗、顔も可愛いし。。。いいですねぇ〜〜May 19th was our last show. After it, Senri had his session at Yugen. We ask Mariko-san's Aedan Fermented Foods to serve some food for reception/before music. and she brought her team!!! It was amazing!!! Her products, you can find many places in SF.
１９日の公演のあとは、千里さんのコンサートをゆうげんでやりました。パパ・タラフマラにて主演女優をずっとやっていたまりこさん、今は発酵食品を作っております。今回レセプションに彼女のところにお願いいたしました。美味しい納豆、塩麹などなど・・・そしてチームも一緒に来ていただいて、せっせとサーブしていただきました。ありがとうございます！！！And Senri played beautiful. There were few tears on audience's cheeks...千里さんの演奏は迚ハートフルで、ほっぺたに涙の筋が出ることも数回ありました。遠くに離れている日本人の私たちには思うところ、感じるところ、眼に浮かぶ風景などがそれぞれにあります。
We stayed at Yuriko(founder of Yugen) and Jock's place in Sausalito. Jock is volunteering to make this tall ship!they get trees, make wood boards, and make this boat!I simply loved this curve!泊めていただいた幽玄の創始者由里子さんと旦那様のジョックさん。ジョックさんはボランティアでトールシップ（バイキングの船）を作っています。ますとも３つぐらいあるやつです。それを見学に行ってきましたが、このなんとも言えないカーブが素晴らしです。
SF International Art Festival
just opened rite after our show at Fort Mason. Beautiful piers on the bay...そしてサンフランシスコインターナショナルアートフェスティバルのオープニング。フォートメーソンというとても広々としたところに数カ所のパフォーマンススペースを作っての公演。one of the many venues... this is where we were suppose to play The Genji State.本来なら幽玄にて「源氏ステート」という作品を出すはずだったのですが、いろいろありまして・・・残念でした。
I met Robert Kikuchi. When i met him, immediately i thought he looks like Charlie Kikuchi, my mentor Yuriko's husband. I was introduced and he mentioned " my aunt is a dancer..." of course Robert is Charlier's nephew!!! wow small world.Robert and his wife has theater company in SF. I will find out the name !!!遠くの方にいたこのかた、紹介していただいたら、わたしのメンターのゆりこ先生の甥っ子ということが判明！もうびっくり！！世間は狭し！And Mariko-san and I, finally got together to attend one of the play.

ようやくまりこさんと二人で舞台を観に行くことができました。
and this is her product that I found at supermarket in SF when I visited Naoko's family. supermarket's name is Birite. Gourmet supermarket.

なおこちゃんのところに行った時に寄ったスーパーマーケットにて、

まりこさんのお店の商品がありました。塩麹、味噌！
I passed by SF Ballet building near Symphony.

サンフランシスコバレエのビル。シンフォニーのそばです。
Also attended school showcase. Thank you Jim French for organizing my ticket!Jim lit some of the works on the program. He recently( few years ago) moved to SF from NY. He used work for MGDC, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, and he lit Rioult' Piaf!ピアフの照明をやってジムは前、ニューヨークにいた照明家で、今サンフランシスコ在住。チケットを手配してくれてありがとう！the other dance place, ODCi saw RAWdance rehearsal. I will get more detail on their show. Duet works.ロウダンスというカンパニーのリハーサルをODCの稽古場でみる。
I met Shinji Eshima who is a quite famous base player. and this is his base. i will need to explain about this base. so i will write soon!!! but what I am holding is a quite remarkable base!!! えしましんじさんはSFオペラとバレエのベース奏者。彼のこのベース、すごいので、またこれは別に書きます！
In the same building of Theatre of Yugen, here is Z space where LINES BALLET's training program's performance was taking place. ラインズバレエのトレーニングプログラムの発表会。Zスペースで。幽玄と同じビルの中にあります。They danced 6 works. ６多雨の作品を披露。Fanny is graduating!!!私たちの知り合いのファニーも卒業！よく踊っていました。
And here I visited Naoko and her family! Hilmar made a great Ginger/rum drink!! it was really good!!!なおこちゃんのところで、旦那様のお手製の生姜とラムのカクテル。ウゥ〜〜〜美味。
Here Hilmar is a mean chef!!!彼は凄上のシェフのような・・・美味しいです。
We walked up to Twin Peaks but it was quite foggy...
and windy... ツゥインピークにも行きましたが、霧であまり・・・そして風が・・・going up hill... beautiful site of SF
Castelo street is painted as rainbow cross streetカストロのあたりにはこのような横断歩道があります。
and as of my project, i saw this!!!と、オペラではこの作品がプレミアとのこと。見たい！！でもわたしが帰ったあとに始まるそう・・・残念。
SF Opera is premiering "TWO WOMEN" I so wished to see it but not yet premiered yet... next week!!! so I will miss it but I will research bit more about it!
and my SF trip is going to over very soon!Phew this was a long one...もう直ぐ終わりのサンフランシスコの旅ですが、この風邪、どうにかならないかねぇ〜〜〜

共鳴ーRESONANCE in SF @ Theatre of Yugen, NOH space.

またまた長いインターミッションでした。ごめんなさい
again, it was a long intermission...

昨年のちょうど今、ニューヨークのラ・ママ劇場にての初ソロ公演でした。その公演の初ツアー、一年ごと可成りゆっくり動いておりますが・・・
今回はシアターオブユーゲンにて４日間の公演です。

It's been exactly a year ago, my first solo concert "Kyomei-RESONANCE" was at La MaMa Theater was premiered. Since I don't have a manager, it is moving slowly but surely. This is the first tour of my program!!!
at Theatre of Yugen, NOH space for 4 days. we opened it last night!
大江千里さんと私。
マーサ・グラハム、ホゼ・リモン、マーサ・クラーク、私の作品、そして若手の振付家のアダム・バラックの作品５つ。
これは昨年の公演からの写真。アダムの作品を踊る私と千里さん

Senri Oe and I
I dance Martha Graham, Jose Limon, Martha Clarke, my own and young choreographer, Adam Barruch's works. Here is a pciture from Adam's "Memory Current" and Senri playing at La MaMa.
とても良いプログラムなので、日本でもやりたいと思っている公演です。
沢山の方に見て頂きたいです。

５月１９日火曜日の公演は７時開演、終演後、千里さんのソロピアのライブ、あります！
サンフランシスコにいらっしゃる方は是非！！！

This is a wonderful prgoram of modern/contemporary dance. I wish everyone to see, since it shows the bit of history of dance.
We opened last night and three more shows in Sanfrancisco!

and on Tuesday after the concert, Senri will play his Solo Piano. It's a free event,
COME AND CELEBRATE WITH US!

mishmash＊Miki Orihara

mishmash＊Miki Orihara

I am involved with this project "mishmash＊Miki Orihara".
Our first thing was make these two music/dance films.
It is in Japanese but scroll down a bit, so you can watch those two films.
It is wonderuflly made by talented young Japanese team called augment5. They made a short film to
introduce me, "Japanese Dancer, Miki Orihara". The Director Tomoko Mikanagi, Producer Hidetaka Ino were
here in NY, and came to see and filmed my rehearsals, perfomrances, my regular day activities.

今このプロジェクトをやっています。
一番始めにやったのはこのMusic/Dance Filmを制作。
このサイトに行き、少しスクロールすると二つのフィルムをみる事が出来ます。
とても素晴らしい出来上がりなので、是非見てください！
撮影はaugment5という若手の制作チーム。こちらも素晴らしいアーティストがそろっています。
私を紹介するショートフィルムもこのチームが作ってくれました。

These are some interviews but it is in Japanese...
1 & 2... there are many interesting pictures in it!!! Take a look!

mishmash＊Miki Orihara インタビュー記事１そしてインタビュー記事２

Adam choreographed both film and also performed in it too( Reach Out)
we filmed this in December 2013 in Japan and IT WAS COLD! Adam and Chelsea were great. No Complains... I was really surprised... because I was freezing...
このアダムが振付けを担当、そして出演もしています。２０１３年の冬に日本にて撮影しました。その様子、どうしてこのプロジェクトが始まったかのいきさつもこの記事に載っています。寒かったのに一つもモンクも言わずに頑張ってくれました。私の方が寒くてどうなるかと・・・

コペンハーゲン

コペンハーゲンには過去２度来ました。

一度目はカンパニーに入ってすぐのツアー。１９８７年１１月ー１２月ノルウェー、スウェーデン、そしてデンマークのツアー。その時にデンマーク人でマーサの大ファンだったニールさんがアンディー・ウォーホールのこの３つのリトグラフを劇場に。


そして今回はSPがこちらのダンサーにホゼ・リモンの作品で「アンサング」という作品を２年前に振り渡しして、その後公演もした。来年そうそう、この作品を又やるそうで、今、１週間リハーサルに。
セカンドキャストは８人のうち６人が新しく習うメンバー。
リモンはスタイルがあって、これが又難しい。バレエで何もかも上に引き上げているダンサー達は頑張っています。私も横で、一緒にやって入るけれど、なかなか大変。。。

ふぅ〜〜〜
デンマーク王立バレエ団はこの王立劇場の中にあり、学校も、同じ所に。子供達のクラスもここ。子供達が走り回る声もダンサー達のドレッシングルームにいると聞こえます。
カンパニーのクラスを外から眺め、いずれは私もこの中にと思ってい見ているのでしょうね。

初めていった時に、印象に残ったのが、このドアー。ドアーと読んでいいのか？？この劇場、建物で、覚えているのはこの大きな鉄のドアー。今回このビルに入ったのは２度目。このドアーを見て思い出しました。昔の事を！！！

スタジオの前の廊下（？）にはおそらくセットで使われたと思う（シアターも入っているので）ロダンの考える人。頭に乗っている練習用のチュチュがなかなか・・・その奥に見えるのは喫煙室。キュービックの部屋でとてもおかしいですが、ちゃんと皆、この中に入って喫煙していました。

スタジオからドレッシングルームへ移動中には衣装が並ぶ所を歩きます。子供達が出る作品の衣装

これは正統派、ブルノンビルのラ・シルフィードの衣装。本物です。
コスチュームショップは元スタジオだった所でもの凄くでかい部屋。その前の廊下。ミシンは２０機まで数えたけれど、おそらく、４０機はある！


最後にSPが、このカンパニーで踊っていたので、おまけ。普通バレエというと女性が中心。でもこのカンパニーはこのオーガスタ・ブルノンビルという人が男性をみせるバレエを作った。石像、そしてこの絵はまさしくブルノンビル。SPのリクエストでこの写真をとりました。彼は自分のルーツに戻った感じでしょう。おそらく。最後にこのブルノンビルとよばれるスタジオでウォームアップするSPを。

観光は一つもしかなったこの１週間でしたが、とても満足！
ダンサーのプロセスを見て何故踊りが好きなのかを、再確認した１週間でした。

カンサスシティー

カンサスシティーは噴水の町だそうです。至る所に噴水が。その一つのエンジェル。

先週の土曜日はカンサスシティーバレエに行ってきました。カンサスシティーダンスデイ。という素晴らしいイベント。

一年前にオープンした新しいビル，７つものスタジオがあり、どれも天井が高く、そして広い！！！このビルは昔、石炭を収容したり、燃やしたりしていた所だったそうです。ユニオン駅からもすぐの所。
入り口にはこのバレエ団の歴史的な人達の写真、ストーリーが右手にかかっています。
私が昔とっていたバレエの先生、ドクドフスキー先生の妹さんが始めたカンパニー。グラハムの衣装をやっていた、ラスもこのカンパニーで踊り、衣装をデザインしたり、作ったりしたというこのカンパニー。１９９４年か９５年位モスクワに行った時にあったジェニファーもモスクワから戻ってきた後、ここで、踊っていました。

土曜日のダンデイはフリークラス（バレエ、モダン、タップ、ジャズ，スパニッシュ、チャイニーズ，アフリカン）そしてデモンストレーション。ローカルのカンパニー（それも選ばれたカンパニーだけ）の３０分のパフォーマンス。そのうちの二つは私の知り合いのカンパニー。
一つはモスクワであったジェニファーのカンパニーOwen/Cox Dance Groupそしてもう一つはグラハムのアンサンブルの時に一緒だったトービンが芸術監督補佐をしているStorling Dance Theater




日曜日はホテルのすぐの所にある二つの美術館に。
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of ArtとKeper Museum of Contemporary Art
ヘンリー・モアーの彫刻をこれほど沢山見たのは久しぶり。ロダンの考える人もいました。

タンギー、シュールリアリストの作品も沢山。

そしてジェコメッティも。
ホックニーも、こんなかわいいのを作っていたとは。。。
前回載せたウォーホールの物もそうですが、オキーフのこの絵も。

２５年以上会っていなかった友達との再会、１０年振りぐらいの友達との再会、と、５つほどの再会があり、大変だと思っていたカンサスシティーでの仕事も今日で終わり。４時半からの通しで明日はニューヨークに戻ります。

The Tempest

そして金曜日の夜に「テンペスト」の初日に行ってきました。
"The Tempest"

Opening image by William Shakespeare Directed by Darko Tresnjak of Hartford Stage. Beautifully done!
ディレクターのダルコは踊りもやった事のある、ディレクター。
演出も衣装も、ミニマムなセットもとてもよかったです。
プロスペロートやった役者さんはロンドンでのテンペストでも主役をやった人。それぞれ役柄もとてもぴったり。

ハートスクールからダンサー３人と役者３人も参加。この写真はダンサーの女の子が劇場が開いた時に舞台上にこの形でいて、始まる８時まで。開場が７時半なので、３０分以上もこの状態を保つ。
舞台という物は動かないでいる事が一番大変なのですが，彼女は本当ぴくっともしませんでした。凄いです。

Excellent production.
until June 10, 2012

パスカル・リユーの公演

知り合いパスカルの公演がありました。私も数年前にゲストでフランスツアーに参加しました。

昨年の新作、今年の新作。素晴らしい！
バレエの要素、コンテンポラリーの要素、パスカルの音感、動き、彼が変わって来ている！！！

SPの学校の昨年の卒業生（日本人女性）が今アンダースタディーをしている。昨日観に行ったときはいなかったような。。。パスカルと奥さんのジョイスは元グラハムで一緒に踊っていたダンサー仲間。ジョイスとSPはジュリアードの時から知り合い。ジョイスと私はどうも同じようなヒューモアを持っているようで昔から他の人が笑っていなくとも、私達二人は笑っていたり、とても好きな女性。いろいろな事に妥協なし。
彼等のカンパニーは彼等がメンバーをとても大事にしている！年を取って来たダンサーもちゃんとオフィスでの仕事をやってもらったり、リハーサルディレクター（作品に寄って）をしたり、とても面倒を見ている！
人間的、ヒューマニティーとでもいうのだろうか。私が彼等の立場にいたら、ぜひとも見習いたい所！

アンダースタディーの明美ちゃん、とてもよいカンパニーなので頑張ってもらいたいです。