- Performance Art
- Dance
There is a square
Rakuho Murabayashi, Ain Tominaga, Hiroki Mano, Mayuko Hiramatsu
27 June 2025 19:00–20:00
28 June 2025 18:00–19:00
29 June 2025 15:00–16:00
There is someone in this square space.
Is there someone's room? a kitchen? a jail? an elevator? a museum? Or are they on a TV screen?
Who is that someone? Family, friends, or could be strangers.
Is it really a person? a ghost? an animal, a fish, or an insect?
So is it inside a fish tank or a cage?
Where are we looking from?
What are we looking at?
What are we?
All we know is only that there is a square space.
Really?
What people imagine (their memories, sensations, and ideas) from a space restricted by a square is different from person to person.
Because of course people's background, experiences, and sensations are not all the same.
But also there must be common sensations.
Is the phenomenon occurring before our eyes real or fiction?
Is it a misaligned sensation or a normal sensation?
4 creators do their research based on their own memories, sensations, and ideas inspired by the square space.
And then what do audiences feel when they see a square space with their own eyes?
At the same time, through our performance,
we also want to ask the audience what "fact," "reality," and "unreality" are.
The power of performance art is to make an "unreal" world into a "reality" right before our eyes, and we believe that by blurring the boundary between “unreality” and “reality”, we can give each person a new perspective on their own “facts”.
What emerges as these intertwine?
Is there someone's room? a kitchen? a jail? an elevator? a museum? Or are they on a TV screen?
Who is that someone? Family, friends, or could be strangers.
Is it really a person? a ghost? an animal, a fish, or an insect?
So is it inside a fish tank or a cage?
Where are we looking from?
What are we looking at?
What are we?
All we know is only that there is a square space.
Really?
What people imagine (their memories, sensations, and ideas) from a space restricted by a square is different from person to person.
Because of course people's background, experiences, and sensations are not all the same.
But also there must be common sensations.
Is the phenomenon occurring before our eyes real or fiction?
Is it a misaligned sensation or a normal sensation?
4 creators do their research based on their own memories, sensations, and ideas inspired by the square space.
And then what do audiences feel when they see a square space with their own eyes?
At the same time, through our performance,
we also want to ask the audience what "fact," "reality," and "unreality" are.
The power of performance art is to make an "unreal" world into a "reality" right before our eyes, and we believe that by blurring the boundary between “unreality” and “reality”, we can give each person a new perspective on their own “facts”.
What emerges as these intertwine?
Biography
Rakuho Murabayashi, Ain Tominaga, Hiroki Mano, Mayuko Hiramatsu
Rakuho Murabayashi trained in classical ballet, contemporary dance, and worked in a dance company in Japan. She moved to Berlin in 2023 and continues to create dance pieces and perform in Berlin, including at marameo and Radialsystem Berlin.
Ain Tominaga is a Japanese dancer and choreographer based in Berlin with a foundation in classical ballet. She has performed internationally in productions such as with Jiri Pokorny, Flock Works’ ANIMA, and the Paris 2024 Olympic Opening Ceremony.
Hiroki Mano is an actor, performer, dancer and filmmaker based in Berlin, since 1999. He participated in a contemporary dance production by Takako Suzuki, and a live concerts by a cellist Tristan Honsinger.
Mayuko Hiramatsu learned modern dance in Japan. She studied not only dance, but also acting and music.
Ain Tominaga is a Japanese dancer and choreographer based in Berlin with a foundation in classical ballet. She has performed internationally in productions such as with Jiri Pokorny, Flock Works’ ANIMA, and the Paris 2024 Olympic Opening Ceremony.
Hiroki Mano is an actor, performer, dancer and filmmaker based in Berlin, since 1999. He participated in a contemporary dance production by Takako Suzuki, and a live concerts by a cellist Tristan Honsinger.
Mayuko Hiramatsu learned modern dance in Japan. She studied not only dance, but also acting and music.
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