Calligraphy is not created solely through the characters that remain on paper. The movement of the body guiding the brush, pressure, breath, shifting weight, speed, rhythm, traces, empty space, and time—these often invisible elements come together to form a single line. That line becomes a trace of the body moving through time.
This work translates the physicality inherent in calligraphy into dance. It transforms two-dimensional calligraphy on paper into a three-dimensional body moving through space, while translating the movement and energy generated by the body into visual expression. Calligraphy and dance retain their distinct qualities while moving back and forth between each other’s forms of expression.
Two and three dimensions, the visible and the invisible, sensations arising within the body and expressions appearing outside it move across their boundaries and overlap. Through exploring the beauty that emerges from these intersections, the work questions what calligraphy can be.
CHOREOGRAPHER’S NOTE
I would like to invite the audience to consider how to blend my respective dance and calligraphy into our show. In her theory, calligraphy is combined with not only visible lines and dots but also elements such as ‘trajectory’ and ‘brush pressure’ are blended and created.
Dance has the possibility to express its invisible world with movement analysis.
“Skilled in calligraphy and contemporary dance, Japanese performer Chiharu Kuronuma not only demonstrates but fuses her twin talents.”
– The Scotsman – (Kelly Apter)
“Quick show this morning just as it was nearby to our apartment. Gearing up for my visit to Japan later this year with a very interesting and calming 45 minutes of dance and calligraphy.”
– BBC Radio – (Jason Rosam)
“Beautifully choreographed.”
– The Mumble Theatre – (Raymond Speedie)
TECHNICAL RIDER
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