Dance, Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale Teshigawara on stage in Ferrara

Choreographer, dancer, painter, sculptor, draftsman of Japanese origin, among the spiritual guides of a cultured and sophisticated theater, he will be at the ‘Abbado’ Municipal Theater in Ferrara (6 November) with the national premiere ‘Lost in dance’ Saburo Teshigawara, choreographer , Japanese dancer, painter, sculptor, draftsman, recently awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Biennale, will be at the Teatro Comunale ‘Abbado’ in Ferrara (6 November) with the national premiere ‘Lost in dance’. After four years of ‘The Idiot’, the great maestro, one of the spiritual guides of a cultured and sophisticated dance theater, is expected to return to Italy with the opera that debuted in Stockholm in 2019 (main interpreter Rihoko Sato). Saburo Teshigawara’s aesthetic embraces a wide range of disciplines, from theater to visual arts, from film / video to the design of sets, lights and costumes for all of his performances. “It is his ability to build entire artistic ecosystems together with his inexhaustible courage to unlearn that make him unique compared to other artists – said Wayne McGregor, director of the Biennale Danza – Teshigawara grasps the power of a body in constant flux and is determined to expand the potential of choreography beyond traditional limits. His pioneering spirit, his immense technique and his mastery of means give rise to works that transcend boundaries by sliding across genres “. “I don’t live to dance – said the Japanese choreographer and dancer recently – When there is something I want to express, if I have a pen it will be poetry, if I have a canvas in front of me it will be a painting, and if there is space around it. me it will become a dance “. An all-round artist, in the duet of ‘Lost in dance’ he is choreographer, author, director, head of lighting design, sound collage and performer on stage. With him, the protagonist is Rihoko Sato, his partner and collaborator for over 20 years. __