“Jeanne Balibar and I construct a vehicle for the body and the mind of Tatsumi Hijikata and for the freedom of tone in the exigency of an art drugged by fl esh. We are tempted by the idea of a kind of monument for this artist and inventor of the Butô, a possible ‘tomb’.”
choreography : Boris Charmatz
With : Jeanne Balibar, Boris Charmatz
Texts : Tatsumi Hijikata
Translation : Patrick Devos
Light : Yves Godin
Set design : Alexandre Diaz, Artefact
Sound : Olivier Renouf
Video : Aldo Lee
Production : edna
Coproduction : Théâtre de la Ville Paris, Festival d’automne Paris, Centre National de danse contemporaine Angers, Nouveau Théâtre d’Angers, deSingel Antwerp, La Ménagerie de Verre
Paris, Tanzquartier Wien…