Jun Kawasaki, Music and Poetic Drama Laboratory presents

Kuroshio Current Project  Taiwan–Yonaguni–Jeju

7 and 8 December 2024

venue: Tenbusu Hall, Tenbusu Naha, Okinawa

10 and 11 December 2024

venue: Nippori Sunny Hall, Tokyo

Part 1:  Then Dance with Souls  (premiere)

Direction, Composition and Scriptwriting: Wongi Jeong

Part 2:  Eurasian Opera Op.4  SHIO – Song of diaspora (premiere)

Direction and Composition: Jun Kawasaki

Scriptwriting: Jun Kawasaki, Satoshi Tsuboi

Cast:

Aika Higashimori (actress)

Eri Liao (vocal)

Moon Seokbeom (vocal, actor)

Arihiro Yamada (butoh dance)

Hiroyo Miura (dance, actress)

Aya (butoh dance)

Akira Yoshimatsu (Japanese traditional vocal, actor)

Satoshi Tsuboi (vocal)

Erika Ueda (vocal)

Ensemble:

Chang Jaehyo (percussion)

Park Soon-A (gayageum)

Li-Chin Li (sheng)

Aki Ozawa (guitar)

Jun Kawasaki (double bass)

KyongA Im (cello)

Kota Arai (percussion)

Akiko Imamoto (flute / Okinawa performance)

Sayaka Kaneno (flute / Tokyo performance)

Visual arts director: Hideto Miyuki

Set design: Chong Ri Ae

Video: Hideto Miyuki, Go Takayama

SE operator: Kanami Ikoi

Stage manager: Yasunori Goto (Nike Stage Works)

Lighting design and operation: Atsuko Uno

Sound engineer (Okinawa): Katsuya Ganeko (LO.AD)

Sound engineer (Tokyo): Mitsuo Mashimo (The Rakuya)

Recording tape contribution (Part 1): Seong Nae Kim (Sogang University, Korea)

Korean language instruction (Part 2): Pak Kunjong

Shooting of stage performance video: Hiroyuki Mizuuchi (Removeimage), Noriyuki Naritomi

Editing of stage performance video: Hideto Miyuki

Stage performance photos: mikomex

Cooperation:

Tenbusu Naha Tenbusu Hall,  Stage Support Okinawa Association

Sakima Art Museum,  Rakudoan,  Art Space Banjul

Jeju Keungut Preservation Society,  MINDAN OKINAWA

Sakurazaka Theater,  ACO Okinawa,  tanbi

Shinya Watanabe,  Midori Onaga (PungaPonga),  Junko Sato

Marisa Fukumine (Yonaguni Town Board of Education),  Min-a Ji

Ryono Shiraho,  Takuma Yonekura,  Sunja Ryu

Ryuji Noda,  Masayo Nagata,  Juri Ishikawa

Organized by Jun Kawasaki, Music and Poetic Drama Laboratory

Co-organized by The Japan Foundation

Co-produced by Jun Kawasaki, Music and Poetic Drama Laboratory / The Japan Foundation

Produced by Jun Kawasaki, Music and Poetic Drama Laboratory / Tomo Saito (Marmelo, inc.)

The Japan Foundation

Support for Collaborative Creations between Japanese and International Artists

International Creations in Performing Arts 2024