Dairakudakan Dream Cambrian
DAIRAKUDAKAN a butoh company founded and led by MARO Akaji, a celebrated butoh dancer, as well as a choreographer, director and actor among his many talents has produced this new dance movie shot entirely outdoors for this project. It is directed by OMORI Tatsushi, an awardwinning filmmaker and son of MARO, and includes original music by American techno musician Jeff MILLS who has been involved with many of DAIRAKUDAKANs productions in recent years. The movie explores the roots of humankinds long journey through the worldrenowned artistry of Butoh and MAROs original style of Temptenshiki (meaning being born into this world is a great talent in itself). The dynamic combination of stillness and movement, and rich facial expressions by each performer vividly depicts how various life forms on Earth have inherited and passed on their DNA. We time slip to the Cambrian period more than 500 million years ago, where all life emerged like an explosion on the Archaean green land of thi
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