SAYADIO AND THE MAGIC CUP
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A ballet in three acts
based on a Native American Indian Legend A pas de deux with optional corps de ballet by Joe Gianono |
Photos: A production of "Sayadio and the Magic Cup" by the Yuka Kawazu/Danse En L'air Dance Company.
Yuka Kawazu; Choreographer, Sayadio (male dancer): Kwang Woong So, Female Dancer: Shoko Fujita.
Cover designed by Joe Gianono. Oil painting background by Thomas Kingstone Hunt. Computer figures created by Julie Gratz
Yuka Kawazu; Choreographer, Sayadio (male dancer): Kwang Woong So, Female Dancer: Shoko Fujita.
Cover designed by Joe Gianono. Oil painting background by Thomas Kingstone Hunt. Computer figures created by Julie Gratz
1st Movement:
Sorrow, Mourning, & The Long Journey Sayadio is sad. His sister has departed to the Land of Souls, the Isle of the Blessed. He spends a long time with his hands on top of his head bent to the ground in the deepest dejection. One night, while mourning his loss, his “manito” (good spirit) hints to him that he is permitted to go to the Land of Souls and greet his sister. He wants to bring her back somehow. On the long, hard journey, he meets an old man who gives him a “magic cup” to scoop up his sister’s spirit and bring her back. As he enters the Land of Souls the spirits, his sister among them, flee from him. |
2nd Movement:
Reverie Alone, Sayadio, laments, remembering how they use to play as children. (games, playfully dancing with him affectionately, etc.) Full mp3 Selections |
3rd Movement:
Dance of the Souls & Finale Sayadio searches for his sister and sees the dance of the souls. The dance is light, elegant and airy like a Japanese fan dance and simple like fireflies dancing. This can be a pantomime with hands, heads etc. He watches and plots to snatch his sister’s soul with his magic cup and return with her to the mortal world. He succeeds. Now, in the mortal world, a ceremony is planned but someone opens the cup and his sister’s soul escapes forever to the Land of Souls, Isle of the Blessed. Once again he is sad, his hands on top of his head bent to the ground in the deepest dejection. |
Instrumentation:
Flute (Piccolo), Oboe (English Horn), Clarinet, Bassoon, French Horn, Percussion 1 & 2, Harp, Strings
Duration approximately.: 13 minutes
NOTE: Sayadio and the Magic Cup was intended to be danced by 2 dancers as a Pas de deux using techniques similar to Japanese fan dancing and pantomine to symbolize all things, however, a company of dancers can easily be added at will.
Flute (Piccolo), Oboe (English Horn), Clarinet, Bassoon, French Horn, Percussion 1 & 2, Harp, Strings
Duration approximately.: 13 minutes
NOTE: Sayadio and the Magic Cup was intended to be danced by 2 dancers as a Pas de deux using techniques similar to Japanese fan dancing and pantomine to symbolize all things, however, a company of dancers can easily be added at will.
