upcoming events
November 2008: IN REPOSE on Thursday Island

November 2008: EARTHBOUND performed in Brisbane and Gloucester by students of Queensland Conservatoire of Ballet

31 October & 1 November: Dance Creation 2008
Organised by Australian Institute of Classical Dance
A showcase of new works by Australia’s most promising choreographers
EARTHBOUND
Choreography by Wakako Asano
Live koto music play by Satsuki Odamura
Music by Mark Isaacs
Dance by Australian Ballet School students:
Natalie Dwyer, Bronte Kelly, Sakura Sakamoto and Riho Sugiuchi

October 2008: IN REPOSE showing at Melbourne University Asia Week

August 25 - 28 2008: IN REPOSE in Broome
Dance and choreography by Wakako Asano
In collaboration with:
Satsuki Odamura: koto & bass koto
Mayu Kanamori: photography/video art
Shigeaki Iwai: installation art/video art
Mark Isaacs, Rosalind Page and Michael Whiticker: music composition
Vic McEwan: soundscapes/installation
Producers: Mayu Kanamori & Katy Fitzgerald
Production Manager: Vic McEwan

IN REPOSE is a site-specific collaborative multi art form project with dance, music, visual projection, sound-scapes and installation, inspired by Japanese graves in Australia.

In Repose is a requiem: a work of KUYO, a Japanese term, which describes an art of ceremonial prayer or offering to respect, honour and calm the spirits of the deceased. Its origins are in Buddhism, and its practice has become a part of the Japanese spiritual culture with or without its religious connection.

Programme note from In Repose in Townsville 2007
“Feeling the earth and the grass beneath my feet, thinking of the people in repose, held by the beautiful sunset of Townsville, I danced. It was then my life became the soul, the earth, and the wind. As I became one with nature, I found the beauty of returning to nature. There was no longer a border, and just felt gratitude towards the people of this land.”