Choreographer Ami Skånberg Dahlstedt takes us on a voyage to Japan where dance has a long and significant history. The dance has its roots in a mythological story, in which the Sun Goddess gets angry and hides in a rock cave. The world plunges into darkness and cold. However, the Godess of laughter lurs her out with some energetic and crazy dancing and finally the light and warmth returns. The sto
ry is the basis for both classical and contemporary dance and theater; Noh, Kabuki, Nihon Buyo and Butoh. The film also invites us to meet Nishikawa Senrei, a very special profile in Kyoto. We will see parts of Ami´s lesson in traditional Japanese dance and also meet contemporary performers in Kyoto, the former capital of Japan. Directed, written, narrated by Ami Skånberg Dahlstedt
Directed, photographed by Folke Johansson
Edited by
Folke Johansson Ami Skånberg Dahlstedt Rasmus Ohlander, sfk
Music by
Palle Dahlstedt, Ensemble Nipponia, Kumiko Nonaka
Cast:
Ami Skånberg Dahlstedt
Nishikawa Senrei sensei
the Godess Ame no Uzume: performed by Frauke
Bruno the Bad Boy
Heidi S Durning
Mio Durning
Peter Golightly
Kumiko Nonaka
Jonah Salz
Rosa Yuki
Also featuring:
Students at Senreinokai
Ryoko Oishi, Kaori Iwasaki, Motoi Mahiro, Aoi Nakai, Atsushi Heki
and Chizuko Takizawa
Performers at Urban Guild:
Butoh dancers: Fukurozaka Yasuo and Yamaguchi Keiko
Musicians: Jerry Gordon, Saikou Miyajima
Students at Kanze Noh School
Two maiko san of Pontocho geisha district
Performers at Mibudera Temple in Kyoto
Performers of Yosakoi Odori, Kochi
Two miko at Yoshida Shrine, Kyoto
Kagura performance at Fushimi Inari Shrine
Shouka, bellydancer at Kamigamo Shrine
Additional photo:
Anders Bryngel, Ami Skånberg Dahlstedt, Daisuke Suzuki
Costume/Kostym:
Gerd Karlsson, Fumiko Nagai
Translation:
Joanna Etherton, Peter Golightly, Ami Skånberg Dahlstedt, Taeko Svensson, Mori Takewaka
THANKYOU
Kyoto Art Center, Senreinokai, Stipendiestiftelsen för studier av japanskt samhällsliv/The Scholarship Foundation for Studies of Japanese Society,
Konstnärsnämnden/the Swedish Arts Grants Commitee, Takae Hoshino, Mizuho Fujita, Mayumi Yamamoto, Daitoku-ji, Chandra Durning, Ulrika Brattberg, Emiko Ota,
Christian Gyllensten, Narihito Terauchi, the British Museum, Högskolan för Scen och Musik. Distribution
Nicolas Debot, Njutafilms
Copyright: Studio BuJi and Levande Bilder
