Two of Virginia Woolf’s novels helped inspire a new dance that premiered late last month in Bangkok.
Contemporary dancer Setsuko Yamada, one of the leading figures in dance in Japan, premiered the solo dance piece “Wearing Rose Pink” at the Patravadi Theatre on Nov. 27 and 28.
It was described as a “dance on the poignancy and elegance of life” and compared to “a dainty piece of china.”
While Woolf conveys the inner consciousness of her characters through words, Yamada is known for her ability to “transform her inner consciousness and memory into movements.”
She said the dance was inspired by Woolf’s novels To the Lighthouse and The Waves and Andrew Wyeth’s painting “Christina’s World.”
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