{"id":2266,"date":"2014-11-26T12:14:53","date_gmt":"2014-11-26T03:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/?p=2266"},"modified":"2014-11-26T12:14:53","modified_gmt":"2014-11-26T03:14:53","slug":"opening-night-of-eternity-by-mitsuru-ishizuka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/posts-by-kodo-members\/20141126_2266.html","title":{"rendered":"“Opening Night of ‘Eternity'” by Mitsuru Ishizuka"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nov. 20 Opening Night of “Kodo One Earth Tour 2014: Eternity”<\/h2>\n

It took about a year to create our latest production, “Eternity,” and we celebrated its premiere\u00a0on Sado Island.<\/p>\n

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Katarai<\/span>\u00a0(Composed by Tsuyoshi Maeda, arranged by Tamasaburo Bando)<\/h5>\n

Sunrise, light, wind, waves, the presence of flora and fauna, rain, clouds, the dark of night, stars, the moon, and then it’s morning again…<\/p>\n

The perpetual working of nature. Every single phenomenon in this\u00a0world\u00a0continues on and on in endless spirals. Amidst those workings, people are allowed to exist, to live. Every piece in this programme depicts scenes incorporating these elements, all newly composed especially for this production.<\/p>\n

When I first heard the title “Eternity,” I was surprised that we had been given such an enormous theme to work with, but as we delved into it with our artistic director, Tamasaburo Bando, we arrived at the realization that what we most wanted to portray was “human beings.”\u00a0It really felt right, and we could all start creating pieces for it without any great strain.<\/p>\n

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Michiru<\/span>\u00a0(Composed & choreographed by Mitsuru Ishizuka)<\/h5>\n

By using\u00a0all new pieces\u00a0to create a completely new stage production, we have taken a big step away from our artistic director’s productions to date. So for us, the performers, it was a year spent wondering how it was going to unfold on stage and not really knowing without\u00a0an audience to perform before. So, when the opening night finally arrived, the mood backstage was rather different than usual. There was a heavy feeling of tension in the air.<\/p>\n

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At last, it was time for the curtain to rise. On stage, we could feel the audience’s nervousness and expectation as they wondered what was going to happen. So, what did happen…?!<\/p>\n

Well, to find out, please come and experience the performance live for yourself!<\/p>\n

Our “Eternity” tour is ready to go!<\/p>\n

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Photos: Takashi Okamoto<\/p>\n

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Kodo One Earth Tour: Eternity<\/a><\/p>\n

Nov. 20 (Thu) Amusement Sado, Sado Is., Niigata
\nNov. 30 (Sun) City Hall Plaza \u201cAore Nagaoka,\u201d Nagaoka, Niigata
\n\u2013\u201dHeartbeat Project\u201d Special Version\u2013
\nDec. 2 (Tue) Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall, Kawasaki, Kanagawa
\nDec. 4 (Thu) Aichi Prefectural Arts Theater Concert Hall, Nagoya, Aichi
\nDec. 6 (Sat) & 7 (Sun) NHK Osaka Hall, Osaka City
\nDec. 10 (Wed) Okayama Civic Hall, Okayama City
\nDec. 12 (Fri) Ueno Gakuen Hall, Hiroshima City
\nDec. 15 (Mon) & 16 (Tue) Hakataza Theater, Fukuoka City
\nDec. 19 (Fri)\u201323 (Tue\/Public Hol.) Bunkyo Civic Hall, Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo
\nDec. 25 (Thu) Niigata Prefectural Civic Center, Niigata City<\/p>\n

\u25b6Schedule & Box Office\u00a0Details<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nov. 20 Opening Night of “Kodo One Earth Tour 2014: Eternity” It took about a year to create our latest production, “Eternity,” and we celebrated its premiere\u00a0on Sado Island. Katarai\u00a0(Composed by Tsuyoshi Maeda, arranged by Tamasaburo Bando) Sunrise, light, wind, waves, the presence of flora and fauna, rain, clouds, the dark of night, stars, the moon, and then it’s morning again… The perpetual working of nature. Every single phenomenon in this\u00a0world\u00a0continues on and on in endless spirals. Amidst those workings, people are allowed to exist, to live. Every piece in this programme depicts scenes incorporating these elements, all newly composed especially for this production. When I first heard the title … \u25b6\u7d9a\u304d\u3092\u8aad\u3080<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[102,6,41],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2266"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2266"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2282,"href":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2266\/revisions\/2282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}