Description

Target Audience: All ages

Duration: 58 minutes

Synopsis

Performance by three puppeteers in Bunraku-Style. Several scenes are developed with many objects and physical expressions. The story is based on Maeterlinck's The Blue Bird. 

What is the power of human life?  

What does it mean to truly live together in this multilayered world?  

These universal questions will be posed to the audience.

Adorable puppets draw the audience into the world of the story, which is suitable for all ages.

Credits:

Screenplay, Director, Stage Design, Puppetry: Erina Saji

Original Story: Maurice Maeterlinck

Music: Yutaka Ota

Costume: sora.creating

Performers: Yoshiya Yoshimitsu, Ayano Iwata, Maki Ebana, Eri Tomoi, Kaoru Hata, Erina Saji

Planning

Production: Utervision Company Japan

Artistic Assistants: Hitomi Waida, Minami Sagoya, Mari Motegi, Sayaka Kusano, Mika Kern Enatsu, Moko Ogawa

Photo: Shoji Nakano

Grant/assistance: JAPAN FOUNDATION

Artist Profile

Utervision Company Japan is a collective of international artists of diverse genres.

Since the company was established in 2011 in Avignon, France, Utervision has presented performance works across the world, including in Japan, France, the UK, and SouthEast Asia.

The company name is coined from ‘uter’ (‘uterus’ for womb in Latin) and ‘vision’ (ability to see / insightful). It represents our ambition to be an artistic collective that encompasses all branches of art and creates innovative experiences for the audience.

Utervision established its unique performing style by combining figure theatre, puppetry, and physical theatre. In 2015, the company embarked on international collaborative projects with an aspiration to create unparalleled performance works and to share them to the local audience across the globe.

Utervision also runs a series of performance workshops for artists and people of all ages, regardless of their experience in theatre. The participatory workshop series are designed to share the infinite potential of communication and imagination through theatre.

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