Program
Mark of A Woman
Lecture Performance
Artistic Director and Performer: Chisato Minamimura
Duration: 50 min | Japan Premiere
Country of Production: UK
Language of Performance: BSL
Subtitles: Japanese, English
Age Guidance: 14+
Duration: 50 min | Japan Premiere
Country of Production: UK
Language of Performance: BSL
Subtitles: Japanese, English
Age Guidance: 14+
Mark of A Woman is a performance project by Chisato Minamimura, celebrating and exploring personal histories and authentic accounts of the undertold relationships between women and tattoo culture. Using Visual Vernacular (the choreographed and poetic form of sign language), digital animation, kinetic projection, and Woojer™ technology, it provides a new perspective on women’s social, cultural and historical relationships with decorating the body (tattoos).
About Woojer Straps
For this performance, you can experience the Woojer strap for an additional ¥1,000.Woojer straps are vibrating belts designed to allow the user to feel sound vibrations through the body, offering a new and immersive sensory experience for the audience.
Due to the limited number of devices available, Woojer straps are offered on a first-come, first-served basis and are intended for D/deaf and hard-of-hearing audience members.
If you are D/deaf or hard of hearing and would like to use a Woojer strap, please be sure to select the ticket option labeled “With Woojer Strap” when purchasing your ticket.
Content Warnings
This performance contains reference to colonialism, abduction, sexual assault, and mild torture. It also references cancer treatment and mastectomy surgery.
There are uses of haze machines, flickering lights, and some loud noises.
Chisato Minamimura
Chisato is a Deaf performance artist, choreographer, and BSL art guide. Born in Japan, now based in London, she has created, performed, and taught internationally and is currently a Work Place artist at The Place. Chisato trained at Trinity Laban in London and holds a BA in Japanese-style painting from Joshibi University of Art and Design and an MA in Performance and Health from Yokohama National University. Chisato approaches choreography and performances with her unique perspective as a Deaf artist, experimenting with and exploring the visualisation of sound and music. Through dance and technology, Chisato aims to share her experiences of sensory perception and human encounters.
