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Yanagi: Spirit of the Willow Tree

2008.09.15

Dancer and choreographer Keiko Kitano dances a young woman pulled by the wind as she walks beneath the willow trees.

in the story of this dance, the willow branches tangle around the woman and strangle her. the dance becomes a story of her spirit.

In the last light of dusk as the evenings are growing cool, this performance was haunting and breath-taking.


my favorite image.


the shoes walk, in small steps, upward. ghostly presence

On September 11th, Choreographer-dancer Keiko Kitano and composer-musician Aki Takahashi presented the world premiere of Yanagi: Spirit of the Willow Tree—a piece inspired by Japanese tales of ghosts and willow trees (saule, in French). Yanagi is commissioned by Harbourfront Centre for performance beneath the Toronto Music Garden’s weeping willow.
22 Comments
JesusNeftali woow beautiful shots, very nice composition
JesusNeftali · 2008-09-15: 23:01
maharba ...and we appreciate Julia for sharing with us..
maharba · 2008-09-15: 23:26
allcopacetic No. 4 and 5 are also lovely; I like the contrast of the captured motion in the foreground and the formal stillness of the musician in the back.

Good to see you back, Julia.
allcopacetic · 2008-09-16: 00:23
bigupcoco sensational, very great
#3,4,5 are splendid
bigupcoco · 2008-09-16: 01:42
dadlak beautiful set....good to have you back
dadlak · 2008-09-16: 05:20
????? Very beautiful set.
????? · 2008-09-16: 09:00
SuperG GRACE
SuperG · 2008-09-16: 20:16
tiffany Terrific how you captured the graceful sense of movement and curve despite these being stills!
tiffany · 2008-09-19: 19:51
Lumierenatural Fantastic contrast with the veil dress in white it make the compositions so gentle
Lumierenatural · 2008-09-19: 21:06
rottenmind ur pics r jus awesum
rottenmind · 2008-09-20: 10:52
MeusCorpus truly wondeful shots I love all the flowing movement and the black and white
MeusCorpus · 2008-09-20: 12:46
Emma Oh wow Julia! I have SO missed your wonderful work, but it's great to see you return with such a beautiful set. It must have been wonderful to watch in person.

You have captured the fluid movements and the set is full of grace. #2 is really special with the musician in the background.
Emma · 2008-09-20: 14:05
davidcardona Marvellous work! Great B&W takes with a wonderful balance and excellent composition. Thanks for sharing!
davidcardona · 2008-09-21: 01:00
rontwo this post is great!
rontwo · 2008-09-21: 13:34
kware you always do so wonderfully with movement!
kware · 2008-09-21: 20:35
EddieD125 Very nice. Truly liked them Julia...... :)
EddieD125 · 2008-09-26: 16:51
????? Julia: These are outstanding. I wish I was there but these photos add an additional dimension to the art. Thank you!
????? · 2008-09-28: 23:09
MrSaSa great set bravo
MrSaSa · 2008-10-08: 08:04
makaid My favorite is the last one. The tight cropping and the great expression make this one.
makaid · 2008-10-11: 21:47
braandhisfuji Nice set
braandhisfuji · 2008-10-20: 13:41
ashika breath taking shots Julia!
good job!
thanx for sharing.............................
ashika · 2008-10-21: 09:39
Terpsychora very beatiful pictures, I would like to see this dance
Terpsychora · 2009-01-07: 16:41
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