Dove Lake + Aqua Line

Murasaki Penguin × Yu-Feng Lai

One work based on a moment and place. Another, a narrow but endless space.

Australia
Japan
Taiwan
Dance
Sound/Music
Visual/Film
World Premiere

Dove Lake (2023) The water is blue from afar. On approach, amber. Rays of light reflect towards the sky and refract beneath. Leaves fall, submerge, decompose. Bubbles form and are drawn together, rising to the surface, travelling in an infinity mirror of thin lines defying wind and wave. 10 seconds later they are gone. Time is moving forward but I am thinking of someone in the past. The work is based on a visit to Dove Lake in Tasmania, Australia by Kuroda in 2017, where she was inspired by a natural phenomenon of bubbles forming in orderly rows across the lake's surface.

Aqua Line (2024) Light from a sodium lamp flows slowly through a narrow but endless space, a one-lane highway towards eternity. Delicate ripples gently resonate, drifting between warmth and cold.

Venue

Murasaki Penguin Project Totsuka: 4247-21 Totsuka-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama, 244-0003

Date and Time

11.30 Sat 19:00
12.1 Sun 15:00
12.1 Sun 19:00
12.2 Mon 15:00
12.2 Mon 19:00

12.1 15:00（Sun）An artist talk will be held after the performance

Running Time

60min

Translation/Subtitles

English synopsis provided

Accessibility

Wheelchair access
Accessible toilet

Tickets

Student: Adv ¥2,500 / Door ¥3,000
General: Adv ¥3,500 / Door ¥4,000
Supporter Ticket: ¥7,000 (with a postcard and special thanks on the Murasaki Penguin website)

Available at ArtSticker and Peatix

Artist Information

Murasaki Penguin: Murasaki Penguin is an interdisciplinary collaboration between dancer/choreographer Anna Kuroda and sound/multimedia artist David Kirkpatrick, based in Yokohama, Japan and Sydney, Australia. Their work crosses cultures and the boundaries of dance, sound, video, electronics and large scale installation – with a focus on interactivity and live performance.

Yu-Feng Lai: Dancer and Choreographer. Lai explores the authenticity of dance and engage in deep communication and dialogue with local culture. His notable choreography includes "The Line" (Tokyo DanceLab, 2023), "$ür-v!rtüål-rêål!t¥" (Nuit Blanche Taipei, 2022), and works for Dance in Asia and Chiayi New Style Choreography. Collaborations extend into painting with Liou Sin-Yi's "Sound Line" film with Lu Bo-Hsun's "Hai-Hong Thau" and performances "Lapse" by Melati Suryodarmo. Lai has frequently collaborated with Century Contemporary Dance Company.

Anna Kuroda: Dancer and Choreographer. Kuroda explores choreography in which existence and memory can be perceived through the body transcending visible form. She has performed for Nibroll, Ong Keng Sen, KENTARO!!, Maki Tabata, Ko Murobushi, Phillip Adams Ballet Lab, Brook Andrew, Sioned Huws, Reina Kimura and Charemaine Seet. She was a Toyota Choreography Award 2016 finalist. She was a performer and stand-in/picture double for Fala Chen in the Marvel Studios movie Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021).

David Kirkpatrick: Sound and Multimedia Artist. Kirkpatrick creates music, live visuals, performances and installations. In doing so he searches for essential elements that exist within the flow of time and individual moments. Yana Taylor theatre work “Leading Is Following Is Leading” Live Works Festival (2020) multimedia collaborator. Tamara Dean Installation “Stream Of Consciousness” Adelaide Biennale (2018) sound artist. “Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)” TouchDesigner operator. Illuminate Wollondilly Festival (2015-22) projection mapping designer.

Staff, Cast and Credits

Concept – Murasaki Penguin, Yu-Feng Lai
Dancers – Yu-Feng Lai (Taiwan), Anna Kuroda (Japan)
Sound, Visuals, Lighting – David Kirkpatrick (Australia)
Stage Manager – Tomoya Yokoyama
Front of House – Yukie Yoshida
Support – Natinal Culture and Arts Foundation Taiwan (NCAF), Nibroll, KANAUE, MPP Totsuka
Main Organisations – Murasaki Penguin, Yu-Feng Lai