Ryotaro Yahagi

After Meeting with Dance: Ryotaro 10 Trials

(Izuruba, IZRB-01) (Japan) (DVD)

DVD (NTSC, region free, total time: 79:06)

1. Open Rehearsal 1 at Izuruba in Tokyo, August 10, 2014
2. Open Rehearsal 2 at Izuruba in Tokyo, August 17, 2014
3. Open Rehearsal 3 at Izuruba in Tokyo, August 24, 2014
4. Open Rehearsal 4 at Izuruba in Tokyo, August 31, 2014
5. Open Rehearsal 5 at Izuruba in Tokyo, September 7, 2014
6. Open Rehearsal 6 at Izuruba in Tokyo, September 14, 2014
7. Ort in Wuppertal, September 20, 2014
8. Musik Schule in Bochum, September 22, 2014
9. Japanisches Kulturinstitut Köln, September 24, 2014
10. Dortmund Inklusives Soundfestival, September 26, 2014

Ryotaro Yahagi: dance

Tetsu Saitoh: contrabass
Jean Laurent Sasportes: dance
Wolfgang Suchner: tuba
Ute Völker: accordion
Sebastian Gramss: contrabass

Guest artists of the open rehearsals
Akiko Ikeuchi: art installation
Toru Iwashita: dance
Naoka Uemura: dance
Ohtamaru: guitar, percussion
Taiichi Kamimura: sax
Naoki Kita: violin
Rutsuko Kumasaka: accordion
Reison Kuroda: shakuhachi
Harumichi Saito: photography
Natsumi Sakusa: Javanese dance
Junko Sato: vocal
Takashi Shozaki: dance
Chiho Suzuki: bandoneon
Takashi Seo: contrabass
Ai Takahashi: dance
Masao Tajima: contrabass
Kazuko Takemoto: dance
Kazuhiro Tanabe: contrabass
Kosuke Tsuji: vocal
Mai Nagumo: dance
Sogen Hirano: calligraphy
Taiko Matsumoto: vocal
Miki Maruta: 17-string koto
Hiroshi Murakami: improvisational theater
Michiko Motoi: koto
Tyler Eaton: contrabass

Filmed by Hirotaka Matsune
Directed by Masanori Kondo

Released in February 2016

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