Hej då Campanella!
Premiere 5th December, 2015
INKONST, Malmö
Collaboration with:
Kunihiko Matsuo
Junji Koyanagi
Elin Waileth
Inspired by the book "Night on the milky way train" by the Japanese author Kenji Miyazawa choreographer Rumiko Otsuka makes her first full length performance addressing the question of self-sacrifice in relation to happiness.
Hej då Campanella! is a Swedish/Japanese collaboration between choreographer Rumiko Otsuka and audio and visual artists Kunihiko Matsuo and Junji Koyanagi.
The beloved Japanese author Kenji Miyazawa (d. 1933) is a representation of Japanese traditions. As a devoted Buddhist, self-sacrifice is a reoccurring theme in his literary world and is also one of the highest valued virtues in Japan. By investigating Miyazawas work Rumiko Otsuka explores our relation to self-sacrifice as a way to happiness.
Length: 60min
Target group: 12 years and onwards
Artistic team: Rumiko Otsuka: Director/Choreographer/Dancer
Kunihiko Matsuo: Co-director, Scenographer/Audio&visual artist
Junji Koyanagi: Programing, Scenographer/Audio&visual artist
Elin Weileth: Composer/Dancer
Chiara Pellizzer: Costume design
With support by Region Skåne and Malmö stad, in residency at Inter Arts Center and Inkonst.
Review by Clemens Altgård ,
Skånska Dagbladet
‘…Visuellt är det hela mycket tilltalande med en enkel men elegant scenografi där fyra flyttbara skärmar används på ett flexibelt vis. Musiken är av det minimalistiska slaget och fungerar ypperligt i sammanhanget. Dansinslagen med Rumiko Otsuka och Elin
Waileth är ytterst välkoreograferade och präglas av en expressiv smidighet. Detta gör att det blir en mycket njutbar
Helhetsupplevelse…’