TIME © Sanne Peper
A new theatre piece by Ryuichi Sakamoto + Shiro Takatani unifies sound, music, performance, installation, and visual art into a singular experience.
Based on the long-standing collaboration between artists Sakamoto and Takatani beginning with Sakamoto's 1999 opera, LIFE, the two artists will create a new kind of integrated artistic expression that goes beyond the boundaries of a conventional operatic framework.
The ideas behind the creation include traditional Japanese Music x Western Music, Performance x Installation, Art x Science x Philosophy, etc., creating an integrated artwork that mixes a variety of elements, making full use of extended visions and expressions through music and the moving image.
The overarching theme is TIME.
Premiere: 18 June 2021, Holland Festival, Gashouder, Amsterdam (NL).
Sound, Concept: Ryuichi Sakamoto
Visual Design, Concept: Shiro Takatani
With: Min Tanaka (dancer), Mayumi Miyata (shô player), Rin Ishihara (dancer)
Noh flute: Late Rokurobyoe Fujita, the 11th grand master of Fujita School of Noh flute (recorded in June, 2018)
Lighting Design: Yukiko Yoshimoto
Media Authoring/Programing: Ken Furudate, Satoshi Hama, Ryo Shiraki
Costume Design: Sonya Park
Costume Production: ARTS&SCIENCE
Filming Assistant: Shuta Shimmyo
Graphic Design Assistant for Video: Takuya Minami
Additional Audio Engineer: Alec Fellman (KAB America Inc.),
Additional Assistant Audio Engineer: Maria Takeuchi (KAB America Inc.), Makoto Kondo (office INTENZIO)
Production Assistant: Mai Yuda (Kab Inc.)
English translation of “Dream #1” from Ten Nights of Dreams by Natsume Soseki & “KANTAN”: Sam Bett
Modern Japanese translation of "KANTAN": Rurihiko Hara
English translation of “The Butterfly Dream”: Neo Sora
Special thanks to Dr. Shin-Ichi Fukuoka for his advice during the conceptualization of the project.
Production Manager: Simon MacColl
Stage Manager: Takuro Iwata, Nobuaki Oshika
Mixing, FOH Engineer: ZAK
Sound Technician: Takeo Watanabe, Tetsuya Yamamoto
Lighting Technician: Seishiro Okumura
Producers: Richard Castelli, Norika Sora, Yoko Takatani
Co-production: Holland Festival - Amsterdam, deSingel - Antwerpen, Manchester International Festival, PARCO Co., Ltd. - Tokyo, National Taichung Theater - Taiwan, Hong Kong Arts Festival
In collaboration with: Dumb Type Office, KAB America Inc., Epidemic
Production & Tour Management: Richard Castelli, Florence Berthaud (Epidemic)
