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OrganWorks’ latest masterpiece depicts the “loss of sensitivity” and “abandoned bodies” that are occurring in a world transformed by the pandemic.

The changing times have certainly changed the world economy, social ethics, and conflicts due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the midst of this chaos, our sensibilities have disappeared and the world is in chaos. However, the only thing that has not changed is our bodies. Our abandoned sensibilities are striving to move forward into the future. This is a collection of works themed around scent, sensation, and light, questioning the past.
OrganWorks questions the existence of humans through physical fiction

Synopsis

The paintings are analyzed from two approaches, “dance” and “theatrical,” and the “body” that will remain after the process is visualized. The stage is set as an atelier, and the dancers attempt to portray themselves using paint and to fuse with the outside world using tape. The act is transmitted from dancer to dancer, repeating and transforming, just like Theo Jansen’s works.
It will provide visitors with a novel viewing experience, as if they were in a museum.
The first part will be performed at KAAT in June 2025. The second part is scheduled for January 2026.

[Written, Director and Choreography by] Shintaro Hirahara

[Cast]

[A cast] Ikegami Takkun, Taeko Machida, Haruka Watanabe, Shun Nakamura, Keiji Morimoto, AYUBO

[B cast] Tamara,Chinatsu Horikawa, Shintaro Hirahara, Yako Omori, Riku Ogawa, Miki Sasaki,  Mano Hatanaka

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Shintaro Hirahara (creator, Director, Choreography)

He is an artist who creates spatial compositions in the performing arts, including Choreography and Director. He is the founder of the theater company “OrganWorks”. In addition to presenting his own works, he actively interacts with artists from other fields, such as Akiko Nakayama, Yuma Tomiyasu, Tomohiro Maekawa, Ryuta Horai, and David Lang. He interprets dance methods such as street dance and ballet as the Japanese word for dance, and aims to create works that connect with various social issues by using a body that faces outward even when inwardly conscious.
In 2013, he studied in Spain for nine months as part of the Agency for Cultural Affairs’ overseas training program for up-and-coming artists.
Received the Otaru City Cultural Encouragement Award in 2015.
In 2016, he won the Next Generation Choreography Award and the Audience Award at the Toyota Choreography Awards.
Winner of the Dance Forum Award at the Japan Dance Forum in 2017.
Choreography for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
In 2022, “Einstein on the Beach” won the Music Pen Club Annual Award in the Contemporary Music category.

OrganWorks https://theorganworks.com/ 

[STAFF]

Music: Masayuki Kagei
Stage Manager: Akiyoshi Tsutsui

Lighting Designer: Daichi Kutsumi

Sound Designer: Norimasa Ushikawa

Costume Designer: Aya Kakino
Video Effects recording: yixtape
Public relations design: Shintaro Hirahara
Promotional Video Effects: Miria Uchida
Production Manager: OrganWorks Le Rayon Vert LLC

June 19th (Thursday) 19:00 [A Cast]
June 20th (Friday) 19:00 [B Cast]
June 21 (Sat) 14:00 [A Cast] ◎ 17:00 [B Cast] ★
June 22nd (Sun) 12:00 [B Cast] 15:00 [A Cast] ●

◎ Childcare services are available. Reservations must be made at least one week before the performance and a fee is charged ( Mothers : 0120-788-222 ).
★ After-workshop will be held after the show (fees apply)
● An after-talk will be held after the performance (free of charge).

Doors open 30 minutes before the start of the performance