GEIKO
Richard Ševčík / Jan Matásek
GEIKO
A ballet inspired by the real life of geisha Mineko Iwasaki and by her autobiography Geisha of Gion
"I want you to know what it's really like to live the life of a geisha. It was a life in which I was extremely successful, many say the best of my generation. And yet it was a life that I found too restrictive to continue. A life I eventually had to leave behind. This is a story I've wanted to tell for a long time. My name is Mineko..." For more than four decades, Mineko Iwasaki lived within the confines of powerful but invisible restrictions. Bound by an ancient, unwritten code – "the shroud of tradition and the sanctity of this exclusive profession" – she and thousands of other women throughout three centuries of Japanese history protected their extraordinary lives from the public eye. Mineko's compelling and moving story captures her earliest memories, beginning with her move to a geisha house at just four years of age and her initiation into the profession she wanted to improve. As we follow Mineko's gradual blossoming over the years from little "princess" to "the brightest of stars," we learn more about the complex training and the entire educational system that makes girls become geishas.
The book Geisha of Gion, or also Geisha, a Life, which became the direct inspiration for the ballet company's production, tells a story that is sometimes heartbreaking, always awe-inspiring and absolutely true.
Creators
- Autoři knihy:
- Mineko Iwasaki a Rande Gail Brown
- Libreto podle knihy upravila:
- Kateřina Ševčíková
- Režie a choreografie:
- Richard Ševčík
- Hudba:
- Jan Matásek
- Scéna a kostýmy:
- Andrea Pavlovičová
- Světelná koncepce:
- Lukáš Kellner a Jakub Nosek
- Odborná pohybová a dramaturgická spolupráce:
- Lucie Hayashi
- Asistent choreografie:
- Zuzana Hradilová
- Asistent režie:
- Miroslav Hradil
- Inspice:
- Petr Šmaus
Prersons and actors
- Mineko Iwasaki, gejša:
- Mami Mołoniewicz / Afroditi Vasilakopoulou
- Mineko dítě:
- Shiori Nirasawa / Michela Quartiero / Kako Sawai
- Madam Oima:
- Apolena Veldová / Jana Kubátová
- Mama Masako:
- Sara Antikainen / Kristýna Miškolciová
- Aiko, učitelka tance:
- Zuzana Hradilová
- Yuriko, hodná gejša:
- Luisa Isenring / Victoria Roemer
- Yaeko, sestra Mineko:
- Jarmila Hruškociová / Andronika Tarkošová
- Slečna K., zlá gejša:
- Margarida Gonçalves
- Filmový herec:
- Gaëtan Pires / Justin Rimke / Marius Mathieu
- Malíř:
- Riccardo Gregolin / Marius Mathieu
- Návrhář kostýmů:
- Giacomo Mori / Mátyás Sántha
- Matka Mineko:
- Aneta Pašková
- Otec Mineko:
- Miroslav Suda / Karel Roubíček
- Mamoru, syn Yaeko:
- Simone Carosso / Go Minakami
- Služebná:
- Romana Hanzal, Viktorie Kloudová
- maiko, geiko, děti ve škole:
- Leonor de la Serna / Aneta Pašková / Novella Petrucci, Cynthia Brandan / Kako Sawai, Kanako Tamaki / Alice Anderson
- Společnost na večírku, osud, temnota a další:
- Miroslav Suda / Karel Roubíček, Giacomo Mori / Mátyás Sántha, Simone Carosso / Go Minakami, Riccardo Gregolin / Marius Mathieu
- Děti:
- Kristýna Balatá / Magdalena Muchnová / Barbora Valdmanová / Dorota Klementová / Adéla Štruncová, (žáci Baletní školy DJKT)
Photos from the production
Photo author: Irena Štěrbová
- The production begins with an intro - a traditional tea ceremony.
- Please note that tobacco products are used in the production.
- This production is not suitable for light sensitive audiences. Strobe effects are used in the production.
