100 LIGHT YEARS OF SOLITUDE

By Yumiko Yoshioka

Following Yumiko’s acclaimed solo BEFORE THE DAWN, this is the second part of her trilogy.

Inspired by Garcia Marquez’s ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE, to explore a state of solitude Yumiko dances the life of a unique creature, born on a planet 100 light years away from ours. Imagining that this creature is the only one of its species on that planet, it enjoys unfolding its life until it realizes its destiny… to exist in solitude.

Yumiko says, “In my childhood, I was always fascinated by the imaginary creatures and monsters of fairy tales. Butoh, a dance of metamorphosis, helps me to explore this imaginary world, and make something invisible visible.”

Direction/Choreography /Dance: Yumiko Yoshioka

Co-direction: Miguel Camarero

Costumes:  Pablo Alarcon

Light design/technical direction: Spiros Paterakis

Music composition: Tomas Tello/ Zam Johnson

Running time: 55 minutes