Interrogations
T1578231534
Archive :: production:T1578231534, one person show:S01200079935, venue:V539
Yoshi Oida
The Koan is a collection of words written by Zen Masters and conserved in Chinese monasteries between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries. In Japan today, Zen Buddhism continues and in the meditation in the Rinzai sect. The master asks questions on the words of the Koan. To find a response to a question may take several years, may be even a lifetime. During the early ’60s, I travelled the world encountering audiences of every type and culture, always asking key questions such as, what is theatre? With Interrogations, I am returning to the spirit of those years of travelling, encountering, and creating, using the texts of the Koan as a starting point. "Yoshi Oida shows how the mysteries and secrets of performance are inseparable from a precise, concrete and detailed science learned in the heat of experience". Peter Brook Live music by Dieter Trüstedt. yoshioida.com
