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Chiharu Shinoda's New Online Performance

The 5×5×5 Legged Stool

Chiharu SHINODA Performer Mari FUKUTOME,Chibiguts!,ryohei

Photo: Yasuhiro Tani
Art Direction & Graphic Design: Tadashi Ueda
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A theater on the Internet

Playwright/director Chiharu Shinoda unveils her new online performance piece ”5×5×5 Legged Stool”.

Shinoda has been actively engaging in collaborative work with a variety of creators from different fields, the results of which are often challenging performances that push the boundaries of theater. The new piece she presents this time is an online version of ”5×5 Legged Stool,” a performance piece that she created and staged in 2014 based on the dance score for Anna Halprin’s performance of ”Five Legged Stool” (1962). This new interpretation of material that dates back to more than a half-century ago, made with the aim to discover new views and values, is at once the very embodiment of the work of Shinoda and her continued quest for the definition of “theater.”

Looking for new physical properties in extended space-time

The new piece ”5×5×5 Legged Stool” is an online adaptation of ”5×5 Legged Stool,” which Shinoda unveiled in 2014 as part of the “Four Chances for Drama” series of theatrical works based on such non-scripted elements as human bodies, scores, sketches and texts.

Providing the groundwork for both of these works is ”Five Legged Stool” (1962) by Anna Halprin, a dancer who came to be known as a standard-bearer of post-modern dance. For this piece, there exists a “dance score” that is comparable to a musical score or a playbook used for the performance of music or a drama respectively. However, quite different from the usual scores for reproducing steps, body movements and positions of the performer(s), the characteristic feature of this particular score is a scheme of activity that determines how, when and where each of the five performers act. ”5×5 Legged Stool” is based on a choreography in which one dancer plays the parts of all five performers that appeared in the original piece. The movements of these five performers are visualized through pre-recorded footage of the dancer, projected onto the stage at the same time.

By moving the stage onto the Internet, this new piece marks a significant update in terms of choreography and viewing experience. Shinoda shares with her audience results of her research related to Halprin’s work, in the form of a lecture performance that also includes footage of multiple dancers in different locations, the movements of which are then projected in a collaged style. Based on a dance score that was originally written more than fifty years ago, the body movements and surrounding circumstances in this piece unfold within a temporally and spatially expanded setting, making the work as such function as a blueprint of a new, contemporary idea of the “body” and “theater” happening online.

Works

5×5×5 Legged Stool

  • Chiharu SHINODA
  • World Premiere

Profiles

Chiharu SHINODA

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Performer

Mari FUKUTOME

Dancer / Choreographer

Chibiguts!

Artist / Dancer / New Performer

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ryohei

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Ticket Information

Tickets are available on

Saturday, September 5, 202010:00

Admission

Advanced tickets

General
2,000JPY
"any" members
1,000JPY
Special discounts
1,000JPY
Yamaguchi citizens
Free
High school and younger students (regardless of place of residence)
Free

Remarks

Please see here for information on how to purchase tickets.
Special discounts are available for seniors (age 65 or older) and people with disabilities and accompanying caregivers.

Info

Times and Dates (JST)

Sunday, November 22 — Monday, 23, 2020

Sun., Nov. 22 15:00 start

Mon., Nov. 23 15:00 start

Venue

Internet (Video Conference System)


Ticket Information A fee will be charged Ticket required
Tickets are available on Saturday, September 5, 202010:00
Remarks
Viewing Environment
Application and installation
  • This work is presented using Zoom’s “Video Webinar” application. In order to be able to view the performance, please install the application on your computer or smartphone, and create an account. Please refer to the Zoom website for information on how to install the application.
  • Prior to the start of the performance, please make sure that the application works on your device.
  • If you have any questions regarding the application’s operation, please refer to the Zoom website.
System requirements
  • For system requirements for this particular application, please refer to the Zoom website.
  • An Internet connection speed of 2.5Mbps or higher is recommended for watching the performance. You can check the speed of your current Internet connection here.
  • The performance can be viewed on a smartphone, however please be aware that the choreography contains parts that may be difficult to see on a smartphone.
Ticket purchase and viewing procedures
  • The URL for the performance will be sent to the email address that you entered when purchasing your ticket. In case you do not receive this email by the day of the performance, please call 083-901-2222 before 12:00, or send an email to information@ycam.jp. (Please make sure to check your spam mail folder.)
  • You will be able to log in to Zoom Video Webinar 15 minutes prior to the start of the performance.
  • The performance will be streamed live only, and there will be no subsequent distribution of archived material. If you log in at some point during the performance, please be aware that you will only be able to watch from there, as there is no rewind/playback option.
Cautions
  • During the performance, audio and video communication from viewers will generally be turned off on the hosting side. The performance includes a number of scenes in which communication may be enabled and verbal participation from the audience is encouraged. Such participation will be voluntary.
Others
  • You can only view on one device per ticket (one account, one view).
  • Tickets must not be transferred or resold to a third party. The person in charge must purchase tickets. Any problems caused by the transferring or resale of viewing privileges must be resolved between the parties involved. The organizer will not be responsible for any problems that may occur due to the transferring or resale of privileges.
  • This performance is a paid event. The organizer reserves all rights. Unauthorized reproduction or sharing of this video to video sites may result in legal liability.
  • The performance must not be filmed or recorded using smartphones or digital cameras. Please respect the work of the creators/performers, and refrain from filming or recording this performance using a smartphone or digital camera.
  • We are not responsible for any viewing problems caused by your Internet environment. We take no responsibility for any viewing problems caused by your Internet environment, and will not refund admission in the case of sudden temporary trouble with your Internet connection during the performance.
  • Once purchased, no refunds will be made for any reason other than cancellation of the performance. Performers may be canceled or changed due to circumstances. In the cases of cancellation or change of performers, or termination of the streaming in the middle of the show, no refund of viewing fees will be given.
  • The performance will be recorded for advertising and archiving purposes. Please note that audio, video or still images may be used on websites (including social media), flyers, leaflets, etc.

This event will be held in Japanese only

Press Releases
  • September 3, 2020 release
Credit

Organized by Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi City Foundation for Cultural Promotion
In association with Yamaguchi City Board of Education
Co-developed with YCAM InterLab
Produced by Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM]

Chiharu Shinoda's New Online Performance

The 5×5×5 Legged Stool

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