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Adreamersitsbythegraveofadeceasedwomanandlosesallsenseoftime.Onlywhensheturnsintoawhitelilydoesherealiseahundredyearshavepassed.InspiredbythesurrealfirststoryfromSosekiNatsume’scollectionofshortstoriesYumejūya(‘TenNightsofDreams’)from1908,thecomposerandHollandFestivalassociateartistRyuichiSakamototeamedupwithdirectorandvisualartistShiroTakatanitomakeadreamlikeopera.TakinginspirationfromaMugenNoh–traditionalJapanesedancetheatrewithmagicalelements–Sakamotoexploresthephenomenonoftimeandtherelationshipbetweenhumankindandnature.Againstadreamlikebackdropthatseemstogoonforever,thedancerMinTanakaportrays‘humanity’,andshōplayerMayumiMiyatarepresents‘nature’throughmovementandsound/music.Sakamoto:‘Weliveandwedie.Andafterwedie,ourbodybecomespartofthenextbeing.Thisissamsaraitself,thelifecircleoflifeonearth.Indreams,thosetemporalstructuresarenotlinear.Everythingiscondensed’.
