Award winning dance-actors Eleanor Perry and Daniel Hay-Gordon of Thick & Tight talked about the creative process behind their new piece Two Moths in Real Time. Through their residency at Britten Pears Arts and insightful training with Kyogen master SHIGEYAMA Senzaburo in Kyoto, the duo has comprehended the performative, thematic and contextual elements of the art form and tradition of Kyogen (humorous sketches used as interludes during a longer Noh performance), finding connections with their own practice in dance and queer performance.
Thick & Tight is co-directed by Daniel Hay-Gordon and Eleanor Perry
Costumes Design: Tim Spooner
Costume Consultant: Karina Tanabe Jones
Lighting Design: Nao Nagai
Photos by Darren Evans. Hair/Make-up by Darren Evans. Costume by Tim Spooner.
Photo Credit: Britten Pears Arts
You can see the early process of their R&D at Britten Peras Arts to create the Noh inspired new piece “Two Moths in Real Time” ( “Unclouded Moon” was the title in the early stage).
The report of their residency and participation at the Festival of New can be found here.https://brittenpearsarts.org/news/thick-tight-unclouded-moon
In April 2022, Thick & Tight visited Japan to study Noh and Kyogen under Senzaburo Shigeyama and to discover Japanese culture. Watch Natural Behaviour, a film created inspired by the nature, people and culture of Japan.https://noh.muarts.org.uk/event/noh-reimagined-night-moves/
Thick & Tight LOST MOTHS
83 ceramic brooches of Moths, 83 species of Moths lost in the UK , lost forever within nature.
As part of a tour of Japan in Spring 2022, Thick & Tight travelled the country to study the ancient art forms of Noh and Kyogen theatre. On their travels, they have left behind many ceramic brooches of Moths, each one individual in form and hand-crafted by Sheila Hay. The Lost Moths connect to a dance piece called ‘Two Moths In Real Time’, inspired by Noh, Kyogen and Nature. You can read more about this piece on this website. This project, which left 83 brooches across Japan and the United Kingdom, recognises that 83 species of Moths have been lost in the UK in recent years, lost forever within nature.
https://www.thickandtight.com/lostmoths
https://www.thickandtight.com/
Watch Natural Behaviour, a film made by Thick & Tight following a recent visit to Japan.
