Pappa Tarahumara, a contemporary dance-theater company from Japan, adapts Anton Chekov's literary classic to the context of the Japanese countryside in the 1960’s. Entitled as Three Sisters, this work is a sweet portrayal of three bored sisters grappling with womanhood spirals into a sensual and charged meditation on female identity, coming-of age and the Japanese obsession with youth culture. This eccentric comic tragedy, narrated through dynamic choreography, is a powerfully condensed alternative to the company's larger-scale multi-disciplinary works.
Pappa Tarahumara is a performing arts company founded by Hiroshi Koike as its director in 1982. What makes Pappa Tarahumara as distinctive and extraordinary from the other theater companies is their flexibility and synergetic method of their creative process. They will utilize dance, play, music, and art as to present Theatre arts, and attract many audiences and recognized internationally. Various talented artists were gathered at Pappa Tarahumara to create an extra ordinal production every year, and every production represents the director’s own perception of the world.
In the Three Sisters performance, Hiroshi Koike will act as the director/choreographer, collaborate with musician Junichi Matsumoto; walk-on cast Yuriko Yamaguchi; costume designer Misuzu Kubozono; and three dancers Sachiko Shirai, Makie Sekiguchi and Mao Arata. The performance is a joint program of Kelola Foundation and Komunitas Salihara (Source: salihara.org).
Date and time:
SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 2009 / 8 p.m.
SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 2009 / 8 p.m.
Ticket Price:
General (Rp) 50,000
Student (limited seats) (Rp) 25,000
Venue:
Teater Salihara
Jl.Salihara No.16 Pasar Minggu
South Jakarta 12520
For further information, please click www.salihara.org or www.jpf.or.id