Imperturbability

Performance duration
20’ and more

Premiere

August 3, 2019, Tokyo, Ftarri
Momoka Kihara, Dancer, Choreography; Osamu Shikichi, Dancer, Choreography;

Shunsuke Azuma, Violoncello; Takahiro Kuroda, Violin; Noriaki Mori, Saxophone

Year of composition
2019

Instrumentation

any number of dancers. any number of instrumentalists

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Commentary (English version)

This piece is for any number of dancers and any number of instrumentalists (including singers). Each dancers and instrumentalists will have to come up with six movements and six instrumental techniques on their own (no exaggerated movements or loud noises allowed), read some instructions that accompany the score, understand the score, which contains only numbers, repeats and pauses, and perform for at least 20 minutes. Each dancers and instrumentalists don't have to perform the same movements or musical acts; each performs in his or her own sense of time. But they can see and hear each other's movements and sounds, and react to them, or even match their actions.
As the title "Imperturbability" implies, the intention of this piece is to always keep a calm mind and to perform each performance unfazed no matter what happens.

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Commentary (Japanese version)

　この作品は任意の数のダンサーと任意の数の楽器奏者（歌手も含む）のためのものです。各ダンサーと楽器奏者は6つの動作や楽器奏法などを自分たちで考え（但し、大げさな動作や大きい音は禁止されます）、数字と反復記号と休止を表す記号のみが書かれた楽譜とそれに付随する幾つかの指示を読み、最低20分間のパフォーマンスを行います。各ダンサーと楽器奏者は動作や演奏行為を揃える必要はなく、各々が自分の時間の感覚でパフォーマンスします。但し、互いの動作や音を見聞きしてそれに対して反応したり、行為が合ってしまってもいいです。
　タイトルの"Imperturbability"を日本語に訳すと泰然という言葉です。この言葉の意味の通り、常に心を落ち着かせて、何が起きても動じず、それぞれのパフォーマンスを行っていくことをこの作品は意図しております。

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Score

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―Realization in Live Concert on August 1, 2021 (Video recording)

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