by MARIE YAGAMI

The Rich Mix
London
November 2017

Performance Design, Video Design,
Lighting Design

This dance piece portrays the traumatic story of the Choreographer Marie, who witnessed the worst earthquake in the history of Japan and which had its epicentre in her hometown, Kobe. The choreography narrates her journey of recovery from her post traumatic stress disorder.

This show was selected to form part of an online dance festival curated by the IJAD Dance Company this Autumn.

In the middle of the stage there is a cube made of silks which represents an emotional cage. We decided to use the front wall as a projection surface. For this surface, I created a content of abstract geometrical figures, crumbling apart as if they were part of the debris created by the collapsing buildings.

The use of light depended very much on the location of the cameras and the video projections. Side and top lights from Source 4 Profiles became crucial to have control.