Fog, Nerves, Future, Ocean, Hello (echoes) (2020)

Kota Yamazaki shares a reflective mosaic of visual delight in his work Fog, Nerves, Future, Ocean, Hello (echoes). Mysterious, surprising and beautiful, this work is the result of working across continents in a changed world. Inspired by the landscape of Wellington and the unpredictability of human behaviour, this work is buoyed by hypnotic sound design by Jesse Austin-Stewart and intricate, sculptural set design by his Tokyo-based collaborators.

Fog, Nerves, Future, Ocean, Hello (echoes) portrays the oceanic universe of neurotic, delicate and unpredictable human behaviors while exploring slippery, multi-layered and schizophrenic innate nature of man’s being. Inspired by landscape of Wellington, this work also seeks speaking words of interruption, oblivion, repetition and silence that float across the space like water bubbles. Ultimately, this work attempts to reveal another dimension of Wellington through ever-transforming state and body of performers.

Anchored by the intensity and skill of the Footnote New Zealand Dance company members, Undercurrent will flood theatres across the country with crisp and captivating dance.