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IKIGAI - a purpose for living - / Hybrid Show

Ren Gyo Soh · Ages 10+ · United States of America

world premiere
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ikigai - a purpose for living - / hybrid show

Review by RUOYUN CHEN

August 13, 2021 certified reviewer

What I liked

The director takes so much effort to put all these medias together, especially the Butoh dance, the zoom in zoom. The transitions amongst different forms give a good rhythm to the show.

What I didn't like

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My overall impression

When I watch it, I feel like this piece of art is trying to talk to someone that is absent. The remote coordination and disconnection of two, first cause the anger, and then lead them to go down to somewhere dark, and it is in that dark place, they meet again, they dance together, they find that remote coordination again, they are reconciled with themselves. “We will grief not.” This is a honest, deep touching piece. In the end, it might be the hole that lead us to the radiance, and lead the radiance to find us. This last sentence is from me to this beautiful work.

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