Since studying visual arts and sculpture before taking up ballet at the age of 20 in 1973, Saburo Teshigawara has become a world-renowned choreographer and dancer whose unique style and aesthetic sense has even drawn him commissions from the Paris Opera Ballet, Frankfurt Ballet and Nederlands Dans Theater.
Now, after working along the way with videomakers, “noise artists” and performance art in search of what he’s called “a new form of beauty,” the Tokyo native is tackling “The Magic Flute” — Austrian composer-supreme Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s two-act opera from 1791.
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KEYWORDS
Saburo Teshigawara,
Rihoko Sato,
Hidekazu Tsumaya,
AICHI TRIENNALE 2016,
GAETANO D'ESPINOSA,
JUN SUZUKI,
KARAS COMPANY,
MARI MORIYA,
MASAMITSU MIYAMOTO,
SONOKA DAIGO,
'THE MAGIC FL,
THE MAGIC FLUTE
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