Tsu-Ku-Tsu  (2000) 

The balance and order of a regal procession gives way to full-throttle pandemonium of tumbling, leaps and rebounds, set to a reverberating original score from famed taiko drummer Leonard Eto. The warrior rhythms echo like thundering cannons as bodies combine and lock into striking sculptural shapes to mesmerizing effect.

• “[G]race meets physical agility to create movement that is as lyrical as it is astonishing”
                   (Village Voice…..Deborah Jowitt)

• “Sometimes like adagio dancers, sometimes like acrobats, even contortionists, the dancers seem to absorb the very ethos of the rhythm and their merging bodies even their impersonal style of corporeal architecture are shown to thrilling effect.”
                    (New York Post…Clive Barnes) 

Length: 18 minutes
Performers:  6 
Music: Leonard Eto
Costumes: Angelina Avellone
Lighting: Stephen Strawbridge
Photos: Anita Soos, Sean Kernan

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