True mixes dance and multimedia technologies to question the stability of everyday sensations. A Chaplin-like figure, Tsuyoshi Shirai handles ordinary objects as if they were the center of some tactile microcosm. With visual aesthetics reminiscent of video games, true offers an invigorating exploration of the way perceptions structure reality.
True
Direction/Lighting Design: Takayuki Fujimoto (dumb type)
Choreography/Dance: Tsuyoshi Shirai (AbsT/baneto)
Choreography/Text /Dance: Takao Kawaguchi (dumb type)
Sound/Video/Visual Design: Takuya Minami (Softpad)
Sound/Oscillation/Programming: Daito Manabe
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 Koichiro Takagi, Hi Wood ; Dumb Type Office
Thanks to Alfred Birnbaum, Naomi Ota, Kyoko Koyama, Hal-Oh Togashi, Jonathan M. Hall
Coproduction Yamaguchi Center of Arts and Media [YCAM] ; 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa ; Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse
Corealisation Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris ; Festival d’Automne à Paris
Tour :
Stadsschouwburg / Amsterdam, Septembre 25 and 26
Parktheater Eindhoven / Holland ,Septembre 29
Tanzhaus NRW / Düsseldorf , Octobre 3 and 4
Künstlerhaus Mousonturm , Octobre 9 and 10
