Falling Heads is Thursday Group’s response to Akutagawa Ryunosuke's lyrical anti-war short story, The Story of a Head that Fell Off (1917).
Throughout 2023, we had developed practice from image, intonation and touch improvisations; this open rehearsal is a window on explorations of the notion of severed heads. That is, what if the mind and body were separated; what if post-truth ideologies were to overpower our diverse embodied perceptions of the world?
Second Development from February to June 2024
Once, there were only the people of the Wild Boars. As the oracle predicted, the river marked the schism of those who crossed over—the People of the Sunflowers. Time comes and they return to conquer the rich lands of their descendants, to teach the Wild Boar children their pure thought geometries—a view divided, a body split, a soul that cuts itself.
Directed by Matthew Crosby, Falling Heads is The Thursday Group’s latest co-devising project. On the night you will see training and excerpts of our slow-burn laboratory.
Once, there were only the people of the Wild Boars. As the oracle predicted, the river marked the schism of those who crossed over—the People of the Sunflowers. Time comes and they return to conquer the rich lands of their descendants, to teach the Wild Boar children their pure thought geometries—a view divided, a body split, a soul that cuts itself.
Directed by Matthew Crosby, Falling Heads is The Thursday Group’s latest co-devising project. On the night you will see training and excerpts of our slow-burn laboratory.
Collaborators: Damon Branecki, Matthew Crosby, Tessa Marie Luminati, Alexanadra Moon, Taka Takiguchi, Angelique Zhou.
Click image for link to the end of 2023 written reflections
https://thursdaygroup.net/falling-heads
SHADOW PLAY for FALLING HEADS
First showing
Magiske Bokse
Kulturens Døgn May 2024
Second Showing
Falling Heads
June 2024
