Events

　Kazuo Ohno's first recital, independent of Takaya Eguchi and Misako Miya. A total of 11 pieces were performed, including solos by Kazuo Ohno and group performances by his modern dance students, inspired by Rilke's poetry, the Psalms and Max Ernst among others.
　Kazuo Ohno joined Takaya Eguchi and Misako Miya's Dance Studio in 1936, but was drafted into the army in 1938. On his return to Japan in 1946 after serving as a POW, he returned to the Eguchi-Miya Dance Studio to continue his studies. When he held this first recital, Kazuo Ohno was 43 years old, and was featured in the Tokyo Shimbun newspaper as a "unique newcomer".
　On seeing this "wonderful dance performance, overflowing with lyricism, by a man wearing a chemise", Tatsumi Hijikata wrote, "for years this drug dance stayed in my memory. That dance has now been transformed into a deadly poison, and one spoonful of it contains all that is needed to paralyze me" (from Tatsumi Hijikata's 1960 DANCE EXPERIENCE programme, "Inner Material/Material"*)**.

PROGRAMME
　Part One
　　1. A Flower and a Chair
　　2. First flower of the Linden (Kazuo Ohno solo)
　　3. Fetters (No appearance by Kazuo Ohno)
　　4. Jacob's Song of Praise (Kazuo Ohno solo)
　　5. Struggling in the Torrent (Kazuo Ohno solo)
　Part Two　
　　6. Seven Raiden's Songs
　　7. Conqueror's Salutation (Shinji Kobayashi solo)
　　8. Tango (Kazuo Ohno solo)
　　9. Good Morning Praying Mantis
　　10. The Devil's Cry (Kazuo Ohno solo)
　Part Three　
　　11. Statue of the Ernst Family
　　　1. Gate
　　　2. Three Images
　　　3. A Room without an Owner
　　　4. Closed Gate

STAFF
Composition (all music): Shugo Yasuda
Piano Accompaniment: Fusako Hosokawa
Lighting: Kunio Matsuzaki
Mask Production: Nobumichi Inoue
Costume: Akiko Takagi, Teruhiko Ueyanagi

*Although Hijikata's text says it was 'autumn 1948', there is no record of any performances or guest appearances by Kazuo Ohno that year, and it is thought it refers to this 1949 recital.
**"Inner Material/Material" text translation from TDR vol.44, issue 1, Spring 2000.