This is Kitamari’s dance version of Ota Shogo’s play of the same name. It is set in Hotel Moonlight, a brothel housing an old prostitute named Hana. Kitamari and Takechiyo Mariya together play twelve characters with distinctive personalities.
The show opens on two people floating in the darkness, their bodies tied together back to back. They dance largely as a single entity. Various thoughts overlap in Hana’s mind, such as her obligation to her regular client Yuzo, who is trying to free her from her contract with the brothel, and her foolish hope for a better life as she awaits the long-promised return of the young Madros.
The story depicts the night of a lunar eclipse. It is filled with various pairings such as light vs. shadow, man vs. woman, old vs. young, reality vs. dream, and hope vs. despair.
Madros appears, and Hana thinks misguidedly that he has finally come to get her. Yuzo attacks Madros but is slain in the attempt. That hellish last scene, depicted by just the two dancers, is terrifying.
Hope that lingers too long is poisonous. This work blurs the boundary between theater and dance.

2021
THEATRE E9 KYOTO

Presented by: The Japan Foundation (JF) (https://www.jpf.go.jp/e/)
In cooperation with EPAD (https://epad.terrada.co.jp/)

＜Performance Credits＞
Original Text by OTA Shogo
Choreographed and Directed by Kitamari
Music by YAMAMICHI Yae
Performers: TAKECHIYO Mariya, Kitamari
Performer(singing) SHIMOMURA Yoko
Japanese music accompaniment (futozao shamisen): YAMAMICHI Yae
(ko-tsuzumi) : MOCHIZUKI Mikako
(taiko) : MOCHIZUKI Satasuke
(bamboo flute) : TOMIZAWA Yuka
Recitation : YAMAMICHI Taro
Ko-tsuzumi (recording) : TOSHA
Stage Manager : HAMAMURA Shuji
Lighting Design by MIURA Asako
Sound Design by SATO Takenori
Costume Design by ONO Chie
Dramaturge : NIISATO Naoyuki
Promotional Art by MASUDA Manabu
Promotional Photo by INOUE Yoshikazu
Video Documentation and Editing : KAWABATA Masaki, NISHIMOTO Yukinori
Associate Producer : YAMASAKI Kanako
Organized by Dance Company KIKIKIKIKIKI

＜Subtitling Credits＞
Multilingual subtitling： Supported by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Goverment of Japan through the Japan Arts Council

Chinese Translation (Simplified): Shu LIN
Chinese Translation (Traditional): SWSG
English Translation: Gary Perlman
French Translation: Edouard Brena
Spanish Translation: Karla FUJI

＜Promotional Text＞
NORIKOSHI Takao

End date of distribution: 18/1/2027