31st October 2023, Tessenkai Noh Theatre, Tokyo
Following the highly acclaimed London premiere at Kings Place as part of the 3rd Noh Reimagined Festival, Noh Reimagined invited Thick and Tight their commissioned pieces ” Two Moths in Real Time” along with 5 Noh performers for Tokyo audiences to the highest acclaim.
Two Moths in Real Time
The ambitious piece is inspired by the rhythms, structure, choreography, and metaphysical philosophy found in Noh and Kyogen. Through the study of queer culture and queer ecology in the UK and Japan, Thick & Tight consider how the term ‘unnatural’ is often applied to behaviours of the LGBTQ+ community to create divisions around who belongs in our interconnected world.
Sambaso in 12-beat measures
Thick & Tight dances to the rhythm of Sambaso (famous ancient divine dance in Noh, praying for a bountiful harvest) as two moths. While the original Sambaso is in 8-beat measures, Isso created this piece in 12-beat measures inspired by flamenco.
