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Oni Gongen premiere performance
Al Green Theatre
October 13, 2006
  Oni Gongen
Al Green Theatre
October 14, 2006
 
Song Title: Oni Gongen
   
Date Composed: 1995
Composer: Kiyoshi Nagata
Arrangement and choreography: Aki Takahashi
Premiere Performance: October 13, 2006 - Al Green Theatre
   

In Japan, ONI are at once both ogres and gods, sent among us to dispel and purify the evil which is found in the world. At ceremonies and festivals throughout Japan, people will don the mask of an ONI, transforming themselves into gods to perform important rituals. In this adaptation of Kiyoshi Nagata's "Pulse Progressions", ONI emerge amidst the tumult of sounds and rhythms to dance about the stage.