Renaissance Man of Dance
Saburo Teshigawara is a highly imaginative choreographer who fills his performances with ideas. “Dance is not simple. But dance can be simple. And it can also be complex. What is important is clarity.”
Motion is motionless. Stasis initiates fresh motion to emphasise the beauty of stillness. The frenetic limbs leave stroboscopic trails
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Whirlwind Speed / Sculptural Stillness
Teshigawara’s solo piece premiered in Tokyo in 1998 and was then revised in 1999. It is composed of three sections, including a duet with Kei Miyata.
For Teshigawara, dance is like a stream flowing towards the future. Through dance, Teshigawara senses the invisible and the not-yet-felt, which lies beyond this stream. Teshigawara’s goal in this piece is not to express absolute stillness, but “to keep on moving with stillness lying in front of the body” and his body leaning towards the time yet to come.
Review
“He moves like liquefied sculpture, his bantam body spinning in and out of unseen folds of air with sharp, spasmodic grace…Both abstract and emotionally resonant, a powerful combination.”
Donald Hutera in The Times