Tokyo Triangle in Tantra Vision
The Garage International @ Nexus Multicultural Arts Centre
6:00pm, Tue 26 Feb 2002
Score: 8
Short Review: Seething
As we stolled into the virtually empty Nexus, I was really expecting something approaching Japanese porn – read the Fringe guide if you want suspicions arroused. However, whilst there was a little nudity, this was really a blinder of a dance piece.
There were three principal dancers in the piece, who we will call Red, Green and Blue. The opening piece was simply a beautiful bit of dance – Red, in particular, was stunning. Choreography was gorgeous, in particular the use of the fans.
The third piece was the closest thing to overt sexuality in the show… backed by what seemed a gothic chant, the perceived orgy seemed less concerned with pleasure than with agnst and pain. The following piece was in stark contrast, with a japanese torch song (see the end titles of just about any anime show for examples) backing more peaceful movenents – but, in the background, there was still a seething, grinding undercurrent of uncertainty. The finale was a high energy taiko monster – awesome.
The lighting was excellent, and (once again) I cannot rave enough about the music. All that, and a cracking bit of dance as well. It’s a crying shame that there was only seven people there to see it.