Sankai Juku is a Butoh company based in France and Japan. The company’s works, which are known for their sophisticated physical expression and formative beauty, have been appreciated in forty-eight countries around the world. Sankai Juku’s director and choreographer, Ushio Amagatsu, regarded his Butoh as a “dialogue with gravity,” and his works that touch on universal aspects of human nature, such as birth and death, are highly acclaimed worldwide.

“MEGURI—Teeming Sea, Tranquil Land” was premiered in Kitakyushu Performing Arts Center in 2015 and has been performed in various places, including Tokyo, France, and Singapore. In a form of recreation, MEGURI now returns to Kitakyushu for the first time since its premier nine years ago.

A wall covered with crinoid fossils stands firmly as water basins quietly move up and down.
From ancient times to the present, a magnificent lyric conveys the memories of the earth and oceans that have accumulated through hundreds of millions of years, capturing the small lives that have appeared and disappeared through time. Please enjoy the world of Sankai Juku, which has gained a solid reputation in Japan and around the world.

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