Kitsunetsuki

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.