Aida (in between) is a structured dance improvisation solo.
‘Aida’ is another pronunciation of the Japanese word well known for a Zen concept ‘Ma’, both meaning ‘space in between’.
In this solo, I question and play with my being native Japanese and lack of Japanese tradition in myself. Through this it attempts to point out the increasingly visible issue in post-modern societies i.e. traditions becoming something exotic to even the natives of that tradition, or a process of cultural transformation in one’s body – a globalisation.
Idea and performance: Tashi Iwaoka
Duration: approx 20min (15min version also exists)
Music: Kengyou Ikuyama, Ryoji Ikeda and Carston Nicolai
Production: Tashi Iwaoka