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Shiro Daimon - Shiki (La Neige)

Shiro Daimon, Japanese dancer, makes its entry onto the scene with a long white dress with the idiogrammi written in red representing the blood stains, also wearing a white mask from his face expressionless and neutral.

In his slow and long walk he issued following the vocals, typically Japanese, supplemented by the sound of the bell in his hand shaking.

Right from the start so we can realize that we are witnessing the spectacle which is characterized by a kind of melancholy - nostalgia "and slow.

In this ceremony, in addition to the musical moment, Shiro also gives us images of interesting and thoughtful, thanks to his dance moves and his expression intense.

manages to make very realistic part of the ceremony where the theme is death and during the show also takes on different roles, each accompanied by movements and special costumes, like the priest from the bloody robe, the transformation into a woman and a character that seems taken from a video clip of the metal band "Tool" in which the dancer is completely enveloped in a kind of white tights, where through the use a tube blows a red balloon that recalls the pulse of the heart.

The only scenery is represented by a wooden stand on which a head will be resting with his eyes closed he representative of the deceased, and which follows a ritual dance during which he seems Shiro moved.

I would like to understand the meaning of vocalizations by Japanese sounds mysterious and melodic.

This show anyway, although not belonging to our European culture, introduces us to the world of No and Kabuki theater and Japanese ritrmi the world with its refined image.

... Having him in Lugano I was a great honor and an 'opportunity for intercultural exchange.

Laura Lucini