25 April 2009
The concept of Yacho No Mori is derived from a culmination of research and creative intuition.
Company members returned from a research and development period to Japan, revisiting Yoshito Ohno to participate in Butoh workshops and to explore the traditional art form of Noh Theatre. Yacho No Mori is a response to the findings in Japan and an opportunity to form connections with New York's No Neck Blues Band, who over the years have also developed an inspired affiliation with Japanese mythology and story telling.
“For Surface Area the work begins and ends with an internal view that every creature withholds a sense of self. When the thresholds of self consciousness are unrestrained then it’s possible to resonate with the world”
(Nicole Vivien Watson).
Yacho no Mori will explore the importance of interaction in social spaces. The choice to create and perform the work in the Head of Steam has come from the ambition to research the meaning of a social space and how important interactions in these spaces are to communities.
Creative Director: Nicole Vivien Watson
Live Musicians: No-Neck Blues Band
Dancers:
Molly Hodkinson
Joel Daniel
Rokas Saltenis
Shantala Pepe
Daire Wallace
Nicole Vivien Watson
Marketing Manager: Nadia Iftkhar
Lighting Design: Amy Schofield
Technical Manager: James Froment
Partners: No-Fi
Supported by: Dance City, Head of Steam, Arts Council England &
Northern Rock Foundation
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