Minako Seki
Dance, choreography

Kitt Johnson
Starting choreography

Gustav Gisiger
Idea, stage-installation,
reflection-sculptures,
slide-design and projections

Majo Ussat
Stage, projections-assistant

Zam Johnson
Music and live realisation

Uwe Renken
Lighting

Dagmar Hess
Costumes

Regine Weckesser
Costume realisation

Hervé Maillet
Photography


Dance - reflexion-scupture - light and projections - live music

First performances: 8 - 10 January 1999 in Bremen

In this performance an attemt was made to combine the live dance (of Minako Seki) with the reflection-sculpture ‚JENA' (from Gustav Gisiger).

The basis of the choreography is the thematic representationof the relationsship between linear historical development, as the perception of individual existence and the suggestion of cyclical, periodic movement of machines. Theme: human person - soul - machine - universe.

The idea to imagine I, stage-installations, reflexion-sculptures, slide-design and projections is by Gustav Gisiger. He created and develop his théâtre imaginaire in Bremen since 1994.

The live-dance is by Minako Seki, already known and living in Germany, independent Butoh-dancer and choreographer. Minako Seki has followed her own path in the last years in Butoh-dance. The form and choreography of her dance has, in an ideal way, helped express the above-described performance artistically (and) with dance.

The basis choreography was done by Kitt Johnson from Copenhagen, a well travelled dancer and choreographer (Berlin, Stockholm, Portugal, Italy, Korea, Japan etc.)

As live musician Zam Johnson (Los Angeles/Berlin) was able to be procured. By the side as stage- and studio-musician and drummer with many known musicians in USA and Europe he work since many years with different dancers for dance-theatre-projects.

The lighting is from Uwe Renken, a co-worker of many years in special light-projects with Gustav Gisiger.

The costume for Minako Seki was created by the Bremer artist Dagmar Hess.

The production was developed step-by-step from Dec.1997 to january 1999 in Bremen.