Festival Report フェスティバル レポート 2013

Breathtaking Finale/ Ikeda Yosuke

There are so many small pieces in his show, and all will be combined to be one big picture in the end.
Why don't you see his performance and find something awesome?

No one would be able to estimate what will come next --it seems to be almost miracle.
There are tons of things quite unexpectable, which makes us much more attracted.

His performance is simple but quite sophisticated. There are just music and actions.
In spite of the fact that his show is speechless, the combination of sounds and actions makes everything meaningful.
Additionally, though there are tons of things to be calculated, his show is quite easy to understand.
You would find that it will be beyond imagination --you would almost fail to even express what you felt.

"It is my pleasure if various people come and see my performance," Ikeda said.

Without watching his show in person, you won't be able to actually feel this excitement.
Check this out, and you will definitely encounter something new.

(Akari)

An excentric show never seen before! / Sterza Family

Sounds of piano, trumpet, and beautiful voice are ...... NOT enough for their music show.
A pump, tube, funnel, and saw which are ordinary tools become muscial instruments to create unusual music.
Also, ideas of four members and an exquisite, unique balance of funny and straight guys are blended into the scenario.

Then, it's time to start their comical music show!
Their perfect harmony sounds like as if they are a real family.
Familiar music to everyone, including "O Sole Mio"and "Chopstics,"
are blended with laughter from the audience creating a magical moment --
where unique instruments and the audience put a harmoneous music show together.

This is the first visit to Japan for Sterza Family and they are enjoying the atmosphere in
Shizuoka and Daidogei World Cup.
If you love music and want to laugh a lot, come watch the Sterza Family!
Be a member of an excentric music family.

(yuki, hiromi and sachi)

Nino comes back again! / Nino Costrini

Nino, a trickster crown and the champion of Daidogei World Cup in Shizuoka 2007, comes back again.
This time, he left his loving wife, child, and 6-month old newborn baby in his home country during the festival.
He said "I am missing them," and added with a warm smile, "even in such situation,
of course I am really happy to come here, because I love to come to Shizuoka."

A sense of unity with the audience completes Nino's show.
Also, he has a gifted insight to find a perfect assistant for his stage.
It doesn't matter if the one is an adult, kid, or even a dog!

One of today's lucky participant was Takashi.
He was picked for the ping-pong ball performance.

This is the third time for Takashi to appear on Nino's show.
The first one was in 2007, the year Nino won the World Cup Champion award.
Nino told us he chose Takashi because he found a spectacular bright smile on Takashi's face.
The two of them had another fateful reunion this year too.

If you are enjoying his show with a natural beaming smile, you may be the next lucky one on Nino's stage!

(yuki, hiromi and sachi)

Handsome duo jugllers, KHARITONOV BROTHERS

KHARITONOV Brothers who are born in Moscow and look like a twin and first time visiting to Japan and also Shizuoka.
Untill this visit to Shizuoka, they offen visit to Europe and America, so they are due credit to a matching mutual breath
taking, that made a accumulating skill and technic. Therefore of course handling ball technic and gradually inducing a
audience into the show which is irresitsibly fantastic. While having a performance, then try to translating basic juglling
technic with plastic bags from covenience store. That shows a show-manship and no dubitable haveing ability to see balls
look like plasitc bags in the air. Don't miss a well trained, must-see duo show!
Yuki　＆　Torii

Fast Juggling/Mario&Sharon Berousek

Over 1 hour before the performance starts,
the big audience is already awaiting for jugglers Mario & Sharon Berousek.
Sharon is Mario's daughter. Mario has performed juggling for 20 years.
The number of club he is juggling increases more and more through the show,
throwing the club higher and faster into the air.

Then Sharon appeared with a baton.
With flexibility allowing her to bend her body in extraordinary ways,
Sharon turns her baton while standing on one foot with the other foot straight up in the air.
Not to forget she can also juggle very fast.
"There are many jugglers around the world,but we are unique because we can juggle extremely fast!,"
says Mario.

We can all learn how to juggle, but not all can learn how to juggle fast.
It's their talent.

This is their first visit to Shizuoka.
I asked them what they thought about Shizuoka, and Mario told me "People in Shizuoka are friendly and open-minded."
And he hopes Daidougei World Cup in Shizuoka will continue and people can enjoy Daidogei in Shizuoka.
Good luck on their performance in Shizuoka!

Nobuko

Ballet on the head!!/BALLET ON THE SHOULDER

Changwei, Yu, and Lin come from China has brought a great performance to us in Shizuoka.

At the beggining of the show,Yu and Lin, two slender ladies play diabolos both rhythmically and gracefully.
Their performance is so synchronized thatyou might feel as if you were watching synchronized swimming.
Their movement is so flexible that you will forget how difficult and complex what they are doing.
They gradually draw the audience into their show.

After the diabolo show,Changwei,the male dancer starts to join the show.
He lifts up the ladies high up on his shoulders by turns.
One of the ladies stands on her hands holding his hands tightly, moving her legs in a graceful fashion.
Next,she stands on tiptoe, spins and then stands on one foot while holding her other leg.
She does everything on the man's shoulders.It must be a really hard work but he seems to do every movement without panting.

At the end of the show, he holds one of the ladies not on his shoulders, but on his head.
Their show ends with a powerful climax where she stands one foot on his head and he lets his hands off from her foot.

(Uluru and Run's mommy)