It's International Dance Day (IDD) today, hurray!
IDD is a global celebration of dance, created by the
Dance Committee of the International Theatre Institute (ITI), the main partner
for the performing arts of UNESCO.
Watch one of the most wonderful
dance performances ever, Kazuo Ohno's sequence from The Written Face (1995), a perfect example of a visual poem!
Kazuo Ohno's fluent micromovements recall those of the
birds we distantly hear as well as of the water he delicately touches, subtly
integrating his body within the environment surrounding him. His feminine
outfit, the twilight and the city outskirts... all contribute to create a
fascinating sense of in-betweeness, questioning and expanding sex, time and
space boundaries, which so rigidly construe our identies.
Just a brief comment on the song used
"Amapola", a traditional Spanish tune, whose lyrics, together with
the piano solo with which the video opens, contribute to create a feeling of
solitude and melancholy: "¿dónde vas tan triste y sola?"
Long live dance!
