NINA – materialize sacrifice (2005)

Choreography | Jo Kanamori
Music | Tôn Thât An
Costumes | Ai Kanamori
Decors | Dan Sunaga
Light Design | Jo Kanamori

Dancers:
Sawako Iseki, Yasutake Shimaji, Naoya Aoki, Satoko Takahashi, Nami Sato, Ayako Nakano, Shintaro Hirahara, Yuki Yamada.

Musicians for the recording:
Tôn Thât An: piano, percussion, electronics, vocals | Christophe Boissière: cello | Isabelle Thomas: soprano | Christophe Saunière: harp | Nicolas Gerbier: percussion | Prism Quartet.

Watch the behind-the-scene:

Premiere on November 25, 2005 at the Ryutopia Theatre, Niigata in Japan.
Subsequent performances :
Aubade Hall, Toyama
Theater Drama City, Osaka
Sapporo Education and Culture Hall, Sapporo
New National Theater, Tokyo
Sendai Civic Auditorium, Sendai.
Centro Cultural Matucana 100, Santiago, Chile (2007)
SESC Pinheiros, São Paulo, Brazil (2007)
Joyce Theater, New York, USA (2007)
The Dance Center of Columbia College, Chicago, USA (2007)
Meyerhold Center, during the 7th Chekkhov International Theatre Festival, Moscow, Russia. (2008)
Kennedy Center, during the Japan Festival, Washington D.C, USA (2008)
Power Center for the Performing Arts, Ann Arbor, USA (2008)
LG Art Center, Seoul, South Korea (2009)
The Red Brick Warehouse, Yokohama, Japan (2009) 
Taiwan National Theatre, Taipei, Taiwan (2009)
Maison de la Culture du Japon, Paris, France (2010)
Daegu Arts & Culture Center, Daegu, South Korea (2017)
Hangzhou Wooden Horse Theatre, Hangzhou, China (2017)
Kwai Tsing Theatre, Hong Kong (2017)
Ryutopia Performing Arts Center, Niigata, Japan (2017)
Saitama Arts Theatre, Saitama, Japan (2018)
Zhejiang Concert Hall, Hangzhou, China (May 2018)
Shanghai International Dance Center, Grand Theatre, China (May 2018)

“NINA materialize sacrifice, choreographed by [Noism 07’s director] Jo Kanamori, is set to a layered, compelling score by Ton That An”
Claudia La Rocca, New York Times

“A sparse but passionate score by Vietnamese-French composer Ton That An augments this meditation on dominance and control”
Laura Molzahn, The Chicago Reader

“Ton That An’s layered score maintains a forward momentum with trip-hop–y rhythms and a mix of acoustic and digital sounds.” 
Asimina Chremos, Time Out Chicago
 

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