„She shoved a full-sized plastic heart into everyone’s hand, and then let it all out and danced right in the middle of her own 3D projected body. It was pure craziness. And this Japanese owns it.“

Arnd Wesemann, Tip.

Inspired by the traditional Japanese tea ceremony, the multimedia dance installation MatchAtria invites the audience to a unique and intimate heart-touching experience. A pulsating universe made out of dance, video and soundscapes – to be lived through sight, sound and touch!

CONCEPT, DANCE, SOUND DESIGN, TEXT Yui Kawaguchi CONCEPT, VISUAL, MUSIC Yoshimasa Ishibashi (Ishibashi Production) STEREOSCOPIC 3D-CG Masahiro Teraoka (Galaxy of Terror) VIDEO TECHNICS Ichiro Awazu, Henne Fritze COSTUMES Sasha Kovac (Sadak) LIGHT DESIGN Fabian Bleisch HEARTBEAT PERCEPTION UNIT Hideyuki Ando (Osaka Univ.) TACTILE SCORE Rieko Suzuki (Facetherapie Co.Ltd), Yasuhiro Suzuki, ph.D. (Nagoya Univ.) SUPERVISOR HEART BEAT MEASUREMENT + TAKTILES Junji Watanabe PRODUCTION Satoko Suchi (JP), Ilja Fontaine (EU) DRAMATURGIC ADVICE Ilja Fontaine

Produced by Yui Kawaguchi and Yoshimasa Ishibashi in coproduction with Blueproject Barcelona, FFT Düsseldorf, Ma scène nationale – Pays de Montbéliard and SOPHIENSÆLE. Funded by the Mayor of Berlin – Senatskanzlei – Kulturelle Angelegenheiten. Friendly supported by Sennheiser, Beamaround and Dock11 Berlin. A cooperation with Nico and the Navigators.