慶應義塾大学アート・センター　Keio University Art Center

Exploring Avant-Garde Theatre Vol.1: Research Screening of Kazuo Ohno’s Butoh Performance, "Admiring La Argentina"

There will be a screening of Kazuo Ohno's legendary performance, Admiring La Argentina from the VIC Collection.* This solo work by Kazuo Ohno was directed by Tatsumi Hijikata and premiered at the Daiichi Seimei Hall in Tokyo in November 1977. Ohno would end up performing this 119 times around the world until 1994. Admiring La Argentina celebrates Antonia Mercé, also known as La Argentina, who is recognized as a prominent innovator of Spanish dance. Ohno's creativity was inspired by his experience of seeing Antonia Mercé perform in Japan at the Imperial Theatre in 1929, where he was deeply moved by her performance. The VIC video of this premiere, one of butoh's most representative performances, is an exceptional resource for research on butoh and the avant-garde art movement of that era. This event will be a rare chance to introduce materials that are usually only available at the Keio University Art Center to the Kansai region.

In Part I, Kae Ishimoto from the Tatsumi Hijikata Archive in the Keio University Art Center will give a presentation about the Art Center and the VIC collection, followed by a full-length screening of Admiring La Argentina.
In Part II, Hayato Kosuge from the Keio University Faculty of Science and Technology will give an overview of the butoh of Kazuo Ohno, and Yasushi Nagata from the Osaka University Nakanoshima Art Center will join him for a discussion on underground theatre and trends in butoh.

*VIC (Video Information Center | 1972–present) is a movement that used video to record a wide variety of events and experimentally broadcast television from the 1970s to the 1980s (such as “Paravision Ten” in 1978, an experiment in CATV broadcasting in apartment buildings).

 

★Flyer

Date

Friday, March 8, 2024, 17:00 - 19:30 (Doors open 16:30)

Venue

Osaka University Nakanoshima Art Center

Audience

Open to everyone / Reservation required(reservations close when admission quota reached)

Cost

Admmision Free

Enquiries and bookings

Osaka University Nakanoshima Center
Osaka University Nakanoshima Center, 3F, Studio
4-3-53 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0005
Office Tel: 06-6444-2139

Keio University Art Center (KUAC)
2-15-45 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8345
Tel: 03-5427-1621
http://www.art-c.keio.ac.jp/
Contact: Hayato Kosuge, Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University ()

Screening | Lecture

Date

Friday, March 8, 2024, 17:00 - 19:30 (Doors open 16:30)

Venue

Osaka University Nakanoshima Art Center

Audience

Open to everyone / Reservation required(reservations close when admission quota reached)

Cost

Admmision Free

Booking

How to register attendance

Please apply using the form below.
Applications will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis and will be closed when the maximum number of registrations is reached.Please register as soon as possible.
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Lecturer/Performer

Hayato Kosuge (Keio University Faculty of Science and Technology), Yasushi Nagata (Osaka University Nakanoshima Art Center), Kae Ishimoto (Keio University Art Center)

Timetable

Part 1
17:00 Introduction: “About the Keio University Art Center and the VIC Collection”
          Kae Ishimoto (Tatsumi Hijikata Archive, Keio University Art Center)
          Full-length screening of “Kazuo Ohno Butoh Performance: Admiring La Argentina”

Part 2
18:40 “Avant-Garde Theatre and Ankoku-Butoh: Admiring La Argentina and its Historical Context”
          Hayato Kosuge (Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University)
          Yasushi Nagata (MC, Osaka University Nakanoshima Art Center)
          Kae Ishimoto (Keio University Art Center)

*No English Translation

Enquiries and bookings

Osaka University Nakanoshima Center
Osaka University Nakanoshima Center, 3F, Studio
4-3-53 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0005
Office Tel: 06-6444-2139

Keio University Art Center (KUAC)
2-15-45 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8345
Tel: 03-5427-1621
http://www.art-c.keio.ac.jp/
Contact: Hayato Kosuge, Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University ()

Organiser(s)

Organized by the Keio University Art Center (Portfolio BUTOH) & Osaka University Nakanoshima Art Center
In cooperation with: Kazuo Ohno Dance Studio / Dance Archive Network
FY2023 Media Arts Archive Promotion Support Project "Digitization and Recording of Videos of Performances and Exhibitions from the 1970s Onward”

This project is supported by the FY2023 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research for "Comprehensive Research on the Theater of Memory and Sharing in Opposition to the Threat of Mass Death and Separation" and "Cross-Border Multilayered Research on Asian Theater and Building a Network for the Next Generation Based on Practical Research."

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