TeZukA - Eastman / Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui

Visionary Japanese manga artist and animator Osamu Tezuka provided the inspiration for TeZukA. Working with an international cast of 11 performers, 3 musicians and a calligrapher, Cherkaoui explores Tezuka's fascinating world - a blend of tradition, science fiction and contemporary reality. Two of Tezuka's manga stories which are well known in Japanese popular culture -- Astro Boy and Buddha -- particularly captured Cherkaoui's imagination in creating this work. TeZukA features a specially commissioned score from award-winning composer Nitin Sawhney with lighting and set design by Willy Cessa and costumes by fashion designer Sasa Kovacevic. Tezuka's original illustrations are projected alongside work by video artist Taiki Ueda and calligraphy by Tosui Suzuki. Using the dancers' movements to trace the physical evolution of Tezuka's drawings -- from a line on a blank page to a single Japanese kanji (letter) to a fully-formed manga character -- Cherkaoui brings the 'God of Manga's' philosophy, drawings and characters to life.
World Premiere: 06 September 2011, Sadler's Wells
Choreography
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
Dance
Jon Filip Fahlstrøm, Damien Jalet, Kazutomi Kozuki, Satoshi Kudo, Shintaro Oue, Daniel Proietto, Guro Nagelhus Schia, Helder Seabra, Vebjørn Sundby, Huang Jiahao, Li Bo, Kieran Brown, Mirai Moriyama, Hirotsugu Saegusa, Minoru Harata
Music composition
Nitin Sawhney
Additional/traditional music
Tsubasa Hori, Woojae Park, Olga Wojciechowska
Live music
Tsubasa Hori, Halee Jeong, Woojae Park, Olga Wojciechowska
Set design
Willy Cessa
Calligraphy
Tosui Suzuki
Assistant choreography
Ali Ben Lotfi Thabet
Costume design
Sasa Kovacevic
Light design
Willy Cessa
Video design
Taiki Ueda
Production / technical manager
Adam Carrée, Andrew Stock, Gemma Tonge, Laura Ann Booth
Producers
Eastman, Sadler's Wells (London), Bunkamura (Tokio)
Co-producers
Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Esplanade -- Theatres on the Bay (Singapore), Parc de la Villette (Paris), DeSingel (Antwerp), Movimentos Festwochen der Autostadt (Wolfsburg)
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