- a new sound, light and dance performance -
true/本当のこと is a stage performance piece that explores the relationship between the brain and the reality we face, and is, created by 10 Japanese independent artists including two performers.
Using myoelectric sensors attached to the performers’ bodies, the LED lighting, sound effects as well as visuals are linked and synched to, and even controlled by, the performers’ actions at amazingly high resolution levels that are only possible with today’s advanced technology. Filled with such new kind of light and sound, the theater space itself becomes the extension of the performers’ bodies that repeatedly flickers and vibrates to provide the audience with a totally new sensory experience.
true was created and premiered at Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM] in 2007 and presented in Singapore, NY, Europe, Brazil and Hong Kong and caught a great approve.
| 2010.6 | Macau Cultural Centre, Macau |
| Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Hong Kong | |
| 2009.11 | Theatro Tom Jobin, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Teatro Paulo Autran at SESC Pinheiros, Sao Pauro, Brazil | |
| 9 | Stradsschouwburg Amsterdam (SSBA), Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Parktheater Eindhoven, Eindhoven, Netherlands | |
| Tanzhaus NRW Dusseldorf, Germany | |
| Mousonturm Frankfurt, Germany | |
| Maison de la culture du JAPON a paris, France | |
| 8 | Setagaya Public Theatre, Theatre Tram, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2008.10 | Japan Society, New York |
| 7 | Esplanade, Theatre Studio, Singapore |
| 2007.12 | Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse No.1 Yokohama, Japan |
| 12 | 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan |
| 9 | Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM], Yamaguchi, Japan (World premiere) |
True Production Team:
Direction/Lighting Design: Takayuki Fujimoto (dumb type) Choreography/Dance: Tsuyoshi Shirai (AbsT/baneto)
Choreography/Text /Dance: Takao Kawaguchi (dumb type) Sound/Oscillation/Programming: Daito Manabe
Sound/Video/Visual Design: Takuya Minami (Softpad) Video/Programming/Web: Satoshi Horii (rhizomatiks) Table Design/Mechanics: Seiichi Saito (rhizomatiks), Motoi Ishibashi (DGN) Myoelectric sensing/Vibration mechanism support: Masaki Teruoka (VPP) Costume Design: Noriko Kitamura
Production management: Koichiro Takagi (HiWood)
Technical support: YCAM InterLab, Color Kinetics Japan Incorporated, Tama TechLab, rhizomatiks, DGN
Producers: Yamaguchi Center of Arts and Media [YCAM] [Yamaguchi City Foundation for Cultural Promotion], 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa [Kanazawa Art Promotion and Development Foundation], Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse [Yokohama Arts Foundation], Hi Wood, dumb type Office
www.true.gr.jp
