SHIROKURO – Holland Festival

Galina Ustvolskaya’s Piano Sonata No. 6 has been compared to a scream in the universe. Along with the subtle and more filmic Piano Sonata No. 5 this work is the heart of shirokuro, literally meaning white-black in Japanese. Pianist Tomoko Mukaiyama and choreographer Nicole Beutler teamed up with set and lighting designer Jean Kalman and dancer Mitchell-lee van Rooij to create a dance concert full of extremes and contrasts. Inspired by Ustvolskaya’s radical compositions, Mukaiyama and Van Rooij test the limits of music and dance. Their encounter creates a new energy which challenges the audience to look back on their own experiences of this life so full of irreconcilable contradictions.

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based on the work of Robert Schumann concept Jean Kalman, Nicole Beutler, Tomoko Mukaiyama direction Tomoko Mukaiyama, Nicole Beutler piano Tomoko Mukaiyama choreography Nicole Beutler dance Mitchell-lee van Rooij music Galina Ustvolskaya, Tomoko Mukaiyama lighting design Jean Kalman scenic design Jean Kalman costumes Yohji Yamamoto, Karen Bergeon light operator Paul Schimmel lighting advisor André Pronk sound engineer René Rood Sound consultant Frank van der Weij performance Justa ter Haar assistence Justa ter Haar management Marten Oosthoek/NBprojects, Marieke Peters, Tomoko Mukaiyama Foundation coproduction Dance Triennale Tokyo, Tomoko Mukaiyama Foundation, Holland Festival, deSingel, Grand Theatre Groningen, NBprojects with the support of Tanzlabor_21, Tanzbasis Frankfurt Rhein Main with support by Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, Japan Foundation, Ammodo, Fonds Podiumkunsten met speciale dank aan Janine Dijkmeijer

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