Events
- Piece
Downtown Rain巷に雨の
A solo piece by Kazuo Ohno presented during Part Two of the Third Kazuo Ohno Modern Dance Recital, which took place in November 1951. Although not taken from this performance, a photograph of the same title has Ohno wearing a hat with strands of polythene string attached around the brim mimicking rain. During an interview, Ohno recalled polythene string only just become available at the time ("Kazuo Ohno - Long Interview" DVD).
Basic Information
- ID
- WKS30
- Title
- Downtown Rain
- Genre
- Modern Dance
- Year Premiered
- 1951
- Premiere Venue
- Kyoritsu Kodo Hall, Tokyo
- Performers/ Production Staff at Premiere
- Performer(s)
- 大野一雄 / Kazuo Ohno
- Music
- Il pleut dans la ville (Zoltan Kodaly)
- Production copyright
- 大野一雄 / Kazuo Ohno
Venues Performed
Third Kazuo Ohno Modern Dance Recital | Kyoritsu Kodo Hall
- First day
- 23 November 1951
- City/Country
- Tokyo, Japan
- Venue
- Kyoritsu Kodo Hall