Vessel

Incorporating into the stage design physical properties such as gases, liquids, and solids, Damien Jalet and Nawa Kohei attempt to create a dynamic merger between the stage and the bodies of the dancers as they constantly transform their figures.

Damien Jalet has travelled the world, infusing his dance with images of the myths, religions, and rituals of each country that he visits, and reflecting the conflict between body and mind in the dance. Kohei Nawa explores materials and techniques through his sculptures and installations that communicate an organic world view while successfully combining image and materiality.As the basic concept for this part of their collaborative project, Jalet and Nawa chose “vessel”—the background to everything that is subsumed by life and death, and the cycles of earth and life. Incorporating into the stage design a breadth of physical properties that extends to gases, liquids, and solids, they attempt to create a dynamic merger between the stage and the bodies of the dancers as they constantly transform their figures.The distinctive “headless” poses hide the head, conferring anonymity by concealing gender and identity and hinting at the existence of some non-human entity. The world view painted by this sculptural dance transcends the genre of performing art, and bears the promise of further extension into different fields.

Creditsdancers : Aimilios Arapoglou , Nobuoyoshi Asai , Nao Aerstix , Ruri Mitoh , Moriyama Mirai , Mayumu Minakawa , Jun Morii

Choreography : Damien Jalet Scenography : Kohei Nawa Music : Marihiko Hara（Special guest: Ryuichi Sakamoto） Lighting : Yukiko Yoshimoto Sound : Yoshihisa Fukuhara Stage director : So Ozaki Documenting : Hidetaka Ino, Yoshiyuki Sakuragi, Masato Indo(Movie), Yoshikazu Inoue(Still）

Music: Marihiko Hara With the participation of Ryuichi Sakamoto