Works

Active Repertoire

Moving Parts

A new work by Denise Fujiwara that blends choral singing, music and dance. Premiered at Dusk Dances.

Eunoia

Created by Denise Fujiwara
Premiered March 2015, WorldStage Series Harbourfront Centre, Toronto

Past Repertoire

Waiting for Bardo(t)

In Waiting for Bardo(t), two young women, Jaja and LiLi, find themselves entangled in Godot, Bardot, the bardo and butoh, as they search for the ineffable.

Lost and Found

Each moment reveals us to be simultaneously lost and found. This dance explores notions of loss and discovery, attachment and impermanence, presence, and the experience of time.

In Jean Paul Sartre’s play, No Exit, three strangers are condemned to hell, a small sitting room with a locked door. Fujiwara’s adaptation tells the story in behaviour rather than words, with pathos, pathology, wit and whimsy, exemplifying Sartre’s proposition, “Hell is other people”.

Komachi

Komachi is a dance inspired by a number of famous Noh plays written about the legendary Japanese poet, Ono no Komachi.

Conference of the Birds

Conference of the Birds is inspired by the ancient Sufi epic poem by Farid Ud-Din Attar.

Sumida River

A contemporary interpretation of the renowned 15th century Noh play Sumidagawa by Motomasa, choreographed by Natsu Nakajima.

In Process

I Eat the Stars

I Eat the Stars is Fujiwara Dance Invention’s next production that is currently in development.

Films

Love Learn Listen

Love Learn Listen is part of a larger dance and choral work called Moving Parts. That work was created in response to the growing polarizations about fundamental issues that friends and families are discovering are subjects they can no longer discuss together without conflict. From the question, ‘What I can do on a personal level?’, we created this song and this dance video.