Events

A group piece presented during Part Three of the Third Kazuo Ohno Modern Dance Recital, which took place in November 1951.

The programme includes the following text:

“I feel as though I have heard it said that ‘life exists outside of necessity.’
While some have sought to analyze life scientifically through accumulated ‘totality,’ there have also been ways of thinking that attempt to explain life scientifically through the lines that connect chance to chance.
Through dance, I take my first step in learning about life by depicting an old-fashioned episode brought about by the most ordinary coincidence.”

Cast:
Fortune Teller: Shinji Kobayashi
Man Selling Turtles: Kunihiko Fujii
Wandering Man: Kazuo Ohno
Woman A: Michie Kajigaya
Woman B: Funi Hashimoto
Woman C: Toko Yakoh
Dice: Kunihiko Fujii, Tpko Yakoh
Joker: Seiko Hakamada*
Ace of Spades: Suzuko Nozawa*
Playing Cards: Kiyoko Ito*, Yoko Iwamoto, Akemi Ishizuka, Ayako Inazumi*, Fumiko Taniguchi*, Mineko Sakakida*, Keiko Yamamoto*, Noriko Miyamoto*, Rumi Maebashi*, Etsuko Ichikawa*, Michiyo Naraoka*
(Names marked with an asterisk have unconfirmed readings.)

Structure:
A. “Roulette” by the Roadside
B. On the Flower Cart of Fate
C. The Turtle Seller Calls