http://urbanhonking.com/pica/2005/09/16/kota_yamazaki_fluid_hughug_is/ Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:29:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://urbanhonking.com/pica/2005/09/16/kota_yamazaki_fluid_hughug_is/#comment-488 Sun, 18 Sep 2005 15:58:37 +0000 http://urbanhonking.com/pica/2005/09/16/kota_yamazaki_fluid_hughug_is/#comment-488 Kota Yamazaki credited no author for the musical score used in his work “Rise:Rose.” Curiously, none of the production staff of PICA nor even The Oregonian critic Bob Hicks seemed to notice. But maybe it was intentional, as the score was so weak, any self-respecting composer wouldn’t want his name attached. I suspect, however, that the sound was ripped off from various sources – all too common in today’s performance art – and assembled by Yamazaki. The young fellow is a phenomenally talented dancer, and doubtless could walk before a TBA audience alone and improvise for an hour without any sound cloud, scenery or lighting and would be loved forever for it. With that in mind, the preciously talented dancer shouldn’t even bother to compose structured works. As an author he’s equally wanting in guidance as whoever made the music he used in “Rise:Rose.”

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