Sho-Ichidô

Sho-Ichidô

Aline Breucker, Quintijn Ketels, Kenzo Tokuoka / Side-Show
Premiere 02.06.18 Cirque-Théâtre . Elbeuf (FR)
blindfolded artist on a unicycle

Sho-Ichidô is a combination of the Japanese words for art and calligraphy (shodô) and unicycle (ichi-rensha). For the project, Kenzo Tokuoka was invited to collaboratively develop a monumental graphic language with a body, a unicycle and Chinese ink as instruments. The driving force for research and the central question is how movement leaves traces. Measured and meticulously-thought out preparations precede the snapshot to which the audience bears witness. On a huge surface, Kenzo’s unicycle leaves behind it lines that record his movement through the space, thus creating a composition in dialogue with the space.

The idea of Sho-Ichidô arose in a lab, without an agenda and simply with the desire to test all kinds of materials in combination with Indian ink and a unicycle. We therefore never considered it a real show, but rather a performance. Sho-Ichido is constantly being adapted according to the places where we play.
Quintijn Ketels

Concept Aline Breucker, Quintijn Ketels, Kenzo Tokuoka
Direction Quintijn Ketels
Performers Aline Breucker, Kenzo Tokuoka
Costumes and scenography Aline Breucker
Technical coordination Leonard Clarys

PRODUCTION Side-Show
COPRODUCTION Miramiro, C-TAKT, Les Fêtes Romanes/Wolubilis 
PARTNERS Wintercircus/30CC, Carré Curieux, Cirque Vivant!, Circuscentrum, La Bellone, S.A.C.D., Théâtre 140, Bamp/Ad lib, GC De Kriekelaar
WITH THE SUPPORT FROM the Flemish Authorities & the Flemish Community Commission of the Brussels Capital Region 

Calendar
Ghent (BE)
Ghent (BE)
Brussels (BE)
Schaarbeek (BE)
Ghent (BE)
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert (BE)
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert (BE)
Brussels (BE)
Ostend (BE)
Leuven (BE)
Brussels (BE)
Elbeuf (FR)
PREMIERE
Elbeuf (FR)
Ghent (BE)
Ghent (BE)
Ghent (BE)