Abstract
Performance: Implementation of site specific performance ENGI-MON on Praque Quadrianalle Křižík's Fountain, Prague Exhibition Center 9.6. - 10.6. 2019. The concept of "ENGI-MON" is to incorporate Japanese traditional dance, called "Bon-dance" into the public art performance.
It has been believed in Japan that each year during "Bon", the ancestors' spirits return to this world, to visit their relatives. "Bon-dance" is still widely performed by every generation during this event in a variety of forms. For this project, we interpret "Bon-dance" as a way of communication, and recreate it more contemporary and borderless, so that everyone who joins our "Bon-dance" can experience the Japanese tradition through body, and also be connected with each other.
Our new interpretation of "Bon-dance", which is titled "ENGI-MON", is a parade style performance piece featuring the collective of musicians, Junmakidou, who revives a Japan's old style marching performance "Chindon", the original costume characters of Bodhidharma which is traditionally loved by Japanese as a talisman, and Butoh dancer Dai Matsuoka and contemporary ballet dancer Sato Oikawa.