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This work fulfilled Kazuo Ohno's long-held dream ‘to dance to my heart's content in front of the statue of Jesus in a huge church’. It was performed in 1980 at the Church of Saint-Fiacre in Nancy, and the Church of Saint-Jacques in Paris, during Kazuo Ohno's first overseas tour.

In his essay 'An Invitation to Jesus: Offering Jesus, the Great Butoh Dancer and Teacher', Ohno wrote 'As a believer in Christ, as well as a butoh dancer, I have always dreamt of dancing in church'. 'To me, believing is dancing and dancing is believing. To me, they are as one.'

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The 1981 program for the premiere of 'My Mother' included an essay by Kazuo Ohno entitled 'Invitation to Jesus' (Item ID: PNT16, My Mother | Daiichi Seimei Hall).