(glowing)
Co-commissioned by EMPAC (The Curtis R.Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center at Rensselaer (2012)
Original Cast: Lauren Cox, Leah Morrison, Mina Nishimura, Silas Riener and Ryoji Sasamoto
Touring Cast: Julian Barnett, Lauren Cox, Mina Nishimura, Silas Riener and Kota Yamazaki
Music Composed by Masahiro Sugaya
Lighting Design by Kathy Kaufmann
Set Design by SO-IL
Costume by Kota Yamazaki
Photos: Yi-Ke Peng
ABOUT
Inspired by Japanese modern novelist Junichiro Tanizaki’s In Praise of Shadows –an essay about Japanese unique aesthetics on shadows in contrasting Western cultures, (glowing) explores concepts such as “timelessness” and “inter-being-ness”, within a space comprising light and shadow, with an international group of performers from Japan, Unites States, Senegal and Ethiopia.
