「祝福と受難」 Maria was born in Israel. When she gave birth to a boy, she was congratulated by everybody and she was very happy. But thirty years later, that boy was crucified. The boy is Jesus Christ. Maria grieved over her son’s death a…

「喜怒哀楽」 In Japanese, “Kidoairaku” is about the four emotions, delight, anger, sorrow and pleasure. In your next dance, put these elements in your dance. [Music : Portrait 3]

Next, let’s dance in a larger space... beyond the wall... all the way to the United States or Europe... to your country. Under your feet, deep, deep down in the earth, you might even reach Brazil or other countries.

「本質と存在の奇跡的融合」 These are Tatsumi Hijikata’s words. Tatsumi Hijikata said, “Butoh dance is a miraculous combination of essence and existence.” “Essence” is about things that do not change. “Existence” is about things that change…

叫び We will dance to the same piece of music again. Just stand again, but this time please put this kind of screaming expression on your face, like this Francis Bacon painting. At some point use this expression in the next dance. --------…

—あなたがたは作品である— First, just stand still. Every one of you is a work of art. So simply stand still during the first piece of music.

—静けさを踊る— Next, we will dance to Silent Night. Once a photographer from Magnum Photos came to this studio to shoot some photographs of me. Actually, he had just been to Sudan to document the horrors of the savage civil war and he gave…