"A Mystical collision of Butoh and Theatre...En Trance is a wonderfully expressive union of music and text, image and movement, bound together by the irresistible logic of dreams".

Type of Work:   Dance  |  

Directed by Yumi Umiumare
Dancers Yumi Umiumare, Tony Yap, Lynne Santos, Sarah Potter
Musicians Satsuki Odamura - koto, Rosanne Hunt - cello, Deborah Kayser - voice
Calligrapher    Hisako Tsuchiya

1998 June Athenaeum 2, Melbourne, Australia

"Yumi Umiumare's first production is highly atmospheric exploration of two cultutres and two ages".
THE SUNDAY AGE, JUNE 1998

"As a holistic piece, Umiumare's work has a restrained dynamic, powerful in its visual and aural experiences and thoughtful in its suggestions of diverging philosophies".
HERALD SUN, JUNE 1998

"Umiumare is unbelievably compelling, as if revealing her private self through the sheer wild beauty of her work".
THE AUSTRALIAN, JUNE 1998

"Chaos and composure" THE AGE, JUNE 1998