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                        Concrete Water 

                        Date:  

                        September 24th  2001

                        Location:

                        Araki district regulating pond, Chiba-ken JP 

                        Members: 

                        Dancers: Monique van Kerkhof, Bo Oudendijk, Nie Oudendijk, Zowi Oudendijk, Eynat EvenTov, Maalten Molenaar, Kimai Molenaar, Miyoko Oikawa and Family, and Dance Group ‘Boys’.

                        Singer: Soprano: Deborah Pardy, Okada Yuri and Idenuma Yoshimi 

                        Mezzo-soprano: Okuno Mariko Music Direction: Byron Baron and Miyamoto Eiichirou

                        Opera-singer: Ookubo Kouya 

                        Statement: Tanaka Sumiyo 

                        Chorus: Tn. Idenuma Ken, Iwamoto Kouji, Saitou Kiyomi, Satou Yuuchi, Sekiguchi Hideo and Tagawa Tsutome, Br. Ichikawa Kazuo, Suzuki Seigo, Kouki Osamu, Souhide Jirou and Yamashita Hiroshi

                        Musicians: Percussionist: Yun Rim Han, Pianist: Kimura Shuko and Mukai Noriko 

                        Violinist: Isaki Mariko, Katou Makiko, Nakashima Asako, Yamaguchi Souken, Soeda Yuuko, Tanno Akiko, Shigeri Yatsuko and Shimamune Mikio 

                        Viola: Shin Noriko 

                        Contrabass: Osau Yukiko 

                        Video Projection: Monique van Kerkhof and Rob Oudendijk 

                        Lighting Design: Iwamura Genta, Monique van Kerkhof and Rob Oudendijk 

                        Lighting Operator: Hakozaki Ayako 

                        Costume Designer: Monique van Kerkhof 

                        Costume Makers: Aoyama, Atsuko Morita, Kawamura Harue, Hirbayashi and Daisy Katsube 

                        Dressers: Miyako Oikawa and Yuki Takemura

                        Light Technicians: Aart Lighthart, Naoko Yamamoto, Kana Yamamoto and Asako 

                        Description:

                        A concrete water reservoir is constructed to control the flow of water. The eroding is stopped by concrete. Controversy the concrete gets also eroded by water. The performance space as a symbol for the changes of values. An intersection (crossroad) of old values and new ones. The willingness to change and the need to explore. A symbolical confinement of concrete ideas. The performance as a respect for the old trees of Araki. And as a "meeting place" for more people in the years to come. 

                         

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                        Flyer Concrete Water.pdf
                        Dag vd Bouw plattegrond route.pdf

                        Flyer: Concrete Water Performance 

                        Article Japan Time Concrete Water.pdf
                        Dag vd Bouw plattegrond route.pdf

                        Article: Modern opera find reservoir of good will in Abiko

                        Japan Time 

                        Tokatsu every day Concrete Water.pdf
                        Dag vd Bouw plattegrond route.pdf

                        Article: Opera Concrete Water 

                        Tokatsu every day

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