Yūgen
Yūgen is named after a concept that is central to Japanese traditional aesthetics. It describes when something evokes a beauty that it doesn’t literally exhibit and cannot be seen directly. For instance, a garden might be designed such that a particular rock evokes a feeling of the coast, although the garden itself is inland. In this work, the dancers’ movements evoke seasonal and life cycles, transporting an audience into a shifting and fertile ecology.
Choreographer Yuiko Masukawa
Performers and collaborators Samuel Harnett-Welk and Jessica Thompson
Composers Madeleine Flynn and Tim Humphrey
Production Design Sam Mcgilp
Costume Design Jack Hancock
Producer Insite Arts
An Afternoon of Work-in-Progress Showings | FRAME: A biennial of dance
The Primrose Potter Australian Ballet Centre Studios
Level 5, 2 Kavanagh St Southbank
Wurundjeri, Bunurong, Boon Wurrung Country
Date
Sunday 19 March 2023
Duration
75 mins per session
Ticket Price Range
Free
(booking required)
Session One: 1 - 2.15pm
Session Two: 3 - 4.15pm
In each session, audiences will move between studios to see all four 10-15-minute pieces.
Photography by Sasha Kane
This project is supported by the City of Melbourne Arts Grants, The Australian Ballet and Lucy Guerin Inc.