Kitsunetsuki
Date Composed: | 2013 |
Composer: | Tony Nguyen |
Premiere Performance: | November 22, 2013 – Enwave Theatre |
Recording Title: | Hymus Road CD |
Kitsunetsuki literally means the state of being possessed by a fox. In ancient Japan, it was believed that those into whom the fox spirit entered (always young woman) would display strange and unusual behaviour. This piece portrays the distressing search to be freed of Kitsunetsuki.