YPAM

a butterfly swimming in the water

Osamu Shikichi

lap dance

• Belgium
• Japan
• Dance
• Site-Specific
• Unclassifiable
• World Premiere

This performance focuses on a scene from the Noh play “井筒 / Izutsu”, in which a phantom woman—performed by a male body—puts on the clothes of her beloved and sees her own figure reflected in the surface of a well, resembling his image. Longing for that reflection, she begins to dance. Taking this story as a point of departure, the performance rewrites it as an erotic novel that can be read as both graphic notation and choreographic score. From there, the work attempts to reimagine this solitary duet as a private lap dance between performer and spectator. This private performance (lap dance) will be approximately 15 minutes. There is generally no physical contact between dancer and audience, and the audience is not allowed to touch the dancer. During the performance, although the dancer and audience are the only two directly involved, a staff member will remain present in the space as a third party, ensuring that they are never left completely alone together.