Directed by: Kenneth George
Performer: Noriko Seki
Music: Matthias Peter
Set: Heide Schollähn
Costume: Heather MacCrimmon
Lights: Henning Günther, Ulrike Pahl
With the friendly support of
Landeshauptstadt Potsdam
We gratefully acknowledge the support of:
T-Werk, Potsdam; Sebastian Bauersfeld; Nelson Leon and Daisy Watkiss; Sayako Rain Seki; Nicola Streifler; Suse Weise; Charlotte Müller; Ruth Konout
Photos: Stefan Gloede
Premiere: 22.09.2017, T-Werk, Potsdam
Duration: 60 minutes
Movement-theatre with masks and music
“Do I need a “home”/“homeland”, to live a full life?”
“What keeps me alive?”
Through a journey through diverse episodes in her life, Noriko Seki meditates on these questions in the solo performance Kyo Shu.
The fundamental inspiration for this investigation was a reading of C.P.Estés’ book, “The Dancing Grandmothers”. With musical improvisations and provocations, Matthias Peters accompanies the performer’s journey through memory, loss, desire, hope, and wonder. There are no answers; however spaces are opened up for the audience for associations, images, and sensations.
“ George's direction gives us fleeting, associative images … that are very moving, reduced to essentials … a production that resembles a wood-carving …”
“Matthias Peter also displays much empathy and improvisatory skills as he accompanies Noriko Seki’s journey through her past and present musically; and together with her intense performance creates an exceptionally dense atmosphere.”
Astrid Priebs-Tröger, PNN 25.09.2017
“Surprises are often found along the margins, just like in real life: Noriko Seki “wrote” letters home in T-Werk, Potsdam, and through the performance discovered facets of her self … an intimate and very poetic evening of biographical theatre.”
Annual Review 2017, PNN: 30.12.2017 - Astrid Priebs-Tröger