Tetsuya Kumakawa, In the Comfort Zone
For a man considered an icon in Japan’s performing arts world, Tetsuya Kumakawa, in person, is surprisingly down-to-earth.
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The Brazilian company, Grupo Corpo, peerless for their kaleidoscopic sets, costumes, choreography and their music, are touring the US with two reimagined works from just before Covid hit. Corpo’s founding choreographer, Rodrigo Pederneiras, was inspired to recreate a 2019 piece that had been simply titled “Gil.” After the pandemic shutdowns eased, composer Gilberto Gil reworked the samba, bossa nova and rock-infused score adding a pinch of electronica. They retitled it “Gil Refazendo,” and it opened the two-part program to a full house at Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center last weekend.
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For a man considered an icon in Japan’s performing arts world, Tetsuya Kumakawa, in person, is surprisingly down-to-earth.
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