Inspired by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa’s “The Spider’s Thread,” this work depicts sin and punishment, hell and paradise, light and darkness, and a single thread connecting lives, using circus-specific expressions of “limits,” including the body, gravity, centrifugal force, and circular motion. What does it mean to be “human”? Where is the boundary between good and evil? Within the cosmic spiral of reincarnation, audiences confront fundamental questions.
Performance title: Japanese-French Co-Creation Contemporary Circus “DADDA” 2025 Yokohama Edition
Dates: Friday, December 5, 2025 — Doors 19:00 / Performance 19:30
Saturday, December 6, 2025 — Doors 12:30 / Performance 13:00
Saturday, December 6, 2025 — Doors 18:00 / Performance 18:30
Sunday, December 7, 2025 — Doors 13:30 / Performance 14:00
Venue: KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre<Large Studio>
281 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa
Director: Michiko Tanaka
Directorial Advisor: Tomoya Kiriyama
Circus Technology: CIE BASINGA (France) — Jan Naets, Gaël Honegger
Music: Yūta Sumiyoshi (Kodo)
Performers / Co-Creating Circus Artists: Aki Yoshida, Shiori Yamamoto, Sumie Cho, Sago
Circus Riggers: Kaoru Tsujibayashi, Kento Yoshikawa
Stage Manager: Takashi Kawachi
Lighting: Tsuyoshi Ueda
Sound: Daisuke Hoshino (KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre)
Assistant Director: Masaharu Honda
Costumes: Koji Hamai
Art Collaborator: Jean Lemonnier
Publicity Design, Photography & Collage: Chie Namegai
Publicity Materials Production: tao Co., Ltd.
Presented by: Setouchi Circus Factory General Incorporated Association
Co-presented by: KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre
With the cooperation of: Yamaichi Mokuzai Co., Ltd.; Okubo Enterprise Co., Ltd.; Ishi-ya TATA & Akiho Tata; Fuseishi Sekizai; Kashiki Seishi Co., Ltd.
Supported by: Japan World Exposition Commemorative Fund; JLOX+
