The Voyage depicts the life of the Okinawan people, using the movements of Okinawan classical dance. All lyrics are written in the Okinawan dialect and the songs performed with Sanshin (an Okinawan stringed instrument), Chinese violin, flute, drum and handclap. Seven dancers and three musicians transform, scene by scene, into traditional characters – fishermen, farmers or even royalty.
The Voyage premiered at the Festival d’Avignon in France in 2006 and, apart from seasons in Japan, has also toured to the 2007 Danish Children’s Theatre Festival in Viborg, Denmark and the inaugural Asian Children’s Theatre Festival in Seoul, Korea.
DIRECTOR/PLAYWRIGHT
Megumi Tomita LIGHTING DESIGNER Yoshimi Sakamoto STAGE MANAGER Takayuki Inomata PRODUCER Hisashi Shimoyama DANCER/CHOREOGRAPHER Kaname Goya DANCER Wakako Komine, Ayano Nishimura, Haruka Oshiro, Akino Tamashiro, Natsuki Yamashiro, Wakana Nagayama MUSICIAN/COMPOSER Hideki Hanashiro MUSICIAN Taisuke Yonaguni, Kanako Hatoma
