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INVOCATION (1999)

Hundreds of ways, the first step . . . cultivating peace and solitude to allow the doors to the spiritual Self to open.

Choreography: Laz Brezer

Music: Yukio Tsuji

Costume: Mariko Namikawa

Premiered March 26, 1999 at Asahi Square Theatre, Tokyo, Japan

The creation of Invocation was made possible in part by a grant from "The Japan Foundation", and from "The Friends of Laz Brezer Solo Performance, Inc."

THE ROPE (1998)

Sometimes our sense of purpose and direction eludes us. Breaking free of the traps of "obsessive action" we find the way of our heart again/Losing his way, his purpose, the traveller seeks the path of heart .

.Choreography: Laz Brezer and Keiichi Nishida

Music: Yukio Tsuji

Costume: Mariko Namikawa

*Commissioned by and premiered at the "Theatre X International Dance Festival" , Tokyo Japan (1998), collaboration with Keiichi Nishida.

MY FRIEND (1999)

(This dance is not meant to be either a biography or a story about the life of my dear friend, Tetsu Maeda. What I've done in this dance is to use certain incidents and situations from Tetsu's life as a framework for exploring ways of utilizing his way of stage design/stage art, to express certain themes, including, the impermanence of life, our sometimes cavalier attitude towards the imminence of death, and about the process of dying. His memory was a constant inspiration throughout the creative process and dare I say that I feel "he" was somehow "guiding" it.)

Choreography: Laz Brezer - Tetsu Maeda (image)

Music: Yukio Tsuji

Costume: Mariko Namikawa

Premiered March 26, 1999 at Asahi Square Theatre, Tokyo, Japan

The creation of My Friend was made possible in part by a grant from "The Japan Foundation", and from "The Friends of Laz Brezer Solo Performance, Inc."

LOST AND NEVER FOUND (1998

The memories of a man who has been tangled in the mess of human living, and of some of the incidents during his passage to his true heart's path.

Choreography/Movement: Daniel Nagrin and Laz Brezer

Music: Frederic Chopin

Costume: Mariko Namikawa 

Premiered March 27, 1999 at Asahi Square Theatre, Tokyo, Japan

The creation of LOST AND NEVER FOUND was made possible in part by a grant from "The Japan Foundation", and from "The Friends of Laz Brezer Solo Performance, Inc."

 

LIGHT PART 30 (1991)

A solitary man accepts his fate and stands his ground ready for his future.

Choreography: Kei Takei and Laz Brezer

Music: Yukio Tsuji

Costume: Kei Takei

Premiered September, 1991 at The Walker Art Center Minneapolis, MN.

The creation of LIGHT, Part 30 was made possible, in part, by a grant from The National Endowment for the Arts, a U.S. Federal Agency. The commission fees for this composer/choreographer collaboration were made possible by a grant from Meet The Composer's Composer/Choreographer Project, a national program funded by the Ford Foundation and the Pew Charitable Trusts.

 

DISSOLUTION (1999)

Sublimation: the performer as a simple vehicle for the transmission of positive, healing energy for the benefit of all . On to new worlds.

Choreography: Laz Brezer

Music: Yukio Tsuji

Costume: Mariko Namikawa

Premiered March 26, 1999 at Asahi Square Theatre, Tokyo, Japan

Made possible in part by a grant from "The Japan Foundation", and from "The Friends of Laz Brezer Solo Performance, Inc."