Rebonds + Gessokyoku (The Moon's Rhapsody)

Un Yamada has lent form to Tokyo’s cultural eclecticism. She masters numerous techniques of expression - both contemporary and traditional - from Asia and Europe, which she adapts and transforms into a language of her own. Sense of humour, motion sequences and powerful stage presence make her performances quite remarkable.

In the European première of her solo piece Gessokyoku / The Moon’s Rhapsody (the name of a desert cactus) Un Yamada performs a “dance” of the face muscles, a Japanese tango and a brilliant ballerina. Rebonds is a solo piece composed for percussion by Iannis Xanakis: “The body simply responds to the sound; the movement develops parallel to this … So almost every sound - like the moments of silence too - has its own movement.” (Un Yamada)

Gessookyoku

Choreography, dance: Un Yamada

Light design: Yukiko Sekine

Duration: 25 minutes

European première (World première 2003)

Rebonds

Choreography and dance: Un Yamada

Music: Iannis Xenakis, Rebonds a + Rebonds b

Played by Kuniko Kato

Light design: Yukiko Sekine

Duration: 20 minutes

World première