Festival Report フェスティバル レポート 2008

17回のフル出場!!／DABU

第1回目のワールドカップからずっと出場されているDABUはなんと今年で17回目の出場！！！



開始5分前、「はっじまるよ～～何か面白いことやってるよ～！」パフォーマー本人の呼び掛けに、
通りすがりの人達も足を止めて集まってきました。「呼んでみるもんですね～」と早速会場を
笑わせ、開始前からすっかりDABU調の雰囲気に。



綱渡り、一輪車、ブロックジャグリング、アクロバット演技の中に、思わず吹き出しちゃうようなパロディを織り込むのがDABUスタイル。本日は、わざと失敗してこける、ぶつかるというネタがたくさんありましたが、実は高度なテクが必要なんですよ、アレ。子供は真似しないでね☆


大道芸は、その場で評価がすぐ出るところが醍醐味。
プレッシャーにもなりうる「本番勝負」が、3人のモチベーションになっているのでしょうか。
数え切れないほどのエピソードやハプニングがあるということですが、「なんたってアクロバットですから。当たり前です」とさらっと答えるところにプロ根性を感じます。


一日でも長くアクロバットを続けられるように頑張りたい、と意気込みを見せる三人。
来年もお待ちしております！！！　　(maru)

They will win gold medal with golden power!? / Golden Power

Is this zero-g space?
Audience behold their bodies floating up slowly with no back action.
Contact between Golden Powers is only single hand in some time, or only shoulder in the other. Only their muscles on the arm or foot speak about gravity.

Their naked bodies show amazing performance.
If you like muscles, you can't miss it!

At the end of their performance, they performed with audiences. Let's join!

(mina)

　　

Stage in the air / Avital

↑Beautiful contrast with sun set.



A beautiful silhouette came up to the sky with setting sun.
Wrapping its' arms in two belts, the shadow gose up and down to strike variety of poeses.

The shadow turns out to be a new heroine "Avital" from Britain. She creates elegant acrobatic art in the sky of Shizuoka. It blows audiences' mind to forget clapping.


But the belts are wrapping her arms tightly. I asked her about it.

"It hurts right after the performance. But recovers soon."

She is much tougher than she looks.



Why don't you get soothed by her beautiful performance?





↑The crane hanging her......so high!!

An enjoyable, impressive comedy to remember / Lucky Hands

Here's a performance by two male actors doing a very good job, giving you a lot of laugh. One musician ,who looks somewhat like Beethoven, keeps trying to prevent another arrogant-looking, older musician from playing the piano, without much success. Each time he rattles spoons to disturb his superior, he is forced to go away indignantly. But he insists! At last the angry maestro starts checking the clothes of his young fellow. Spoons found here and there! Now the young searches his rival for spoons in turn! Dance and tricks follow. Finally a Chinese character saying OWARI ( that means "end" ) tells you the show is drawing to a close. No doubt you will have a good time seeing this quiet, impressive and serious show. The reporters are happy to hear these sweet, experienced performers say "The audience here is perfect. Sometimes we feel like living in this city, Shizuoka. A well-organized festival, beautiful scenery. " Citizens of Shizuoka will love them all the more! They talk on about difficulty of finding a good partner for street performers, ( in which they are a success, of course ), adding, "Jobs and hobbies are on the other planets; they are totally different, so any child hoping to have a career in acting, do not think it easy." (by TransAm )