Written and Choreographed | Shoko Tamai
Lighting Design | Aren Carpenter
Produced | Secret Theatre
From Tamai—
Entitled “Ma”, Japanese for ‘negative space’, referring to the disconnect between time on a universal scale and time as humans experience it. The story follows three warriors who have suffered their own unique losses, and how their lives have been shaped by their drive for vengeance.
Press
You’d think a performance group called Ninja Ballet would have enough to do combining two totally different styles of movement. But it’s actually even more spectacular than it sounds: dancing, fighting, circus tumbling, dueling with weapons and even using fire to fuse the worlds of classical ballet and ancient martial arts. Think “Swan Lake meets The Matrix”.
The full review is available here.
Photos are courtesy of Thomas Wilson.