We started the class with movement this week as well. Eiko began the class talking about two factors of silence and activeness in performance: the performers know their intention and feeling that create their movement but the audience only…

Dear Hayashi Kyoko san, Nice to meet you. I am Hayate Murayama. I read several works of yours in class, and I am writing this letter to you. First of all, I’d like to tell you, “thank you” for writing books to tell your hibakusha experienc…

We did two movements this week: preschool for the entire body and landscape. We did the preschool movement at the beginning of the class. I felt it was a little warming-up exercise for me since I felt my joint very loose and my body was li…

Class reflection: This week’s class has started with “kindergarten” movement. It came across as one of the difficult movements I did in class to think about and dance to. In kindergarten movement, we focused on one arm and move from five f…

Class reflection: I feel that I get more focus and grounded in class after a month and feel three hours are getting not enough to cover what we read and think. So, from next week, I will try to share more personal memories and share my dee…