Glass Tooth

Saburo Teshigawara

Uncountable broken pieces of glass reflect time
Bodies collide, hesitate, and paradox multiplies
Life appears in an unknown land
Fragments of glass are fragments of time
Melt beyond meanings

This is an abstract piece of great visual beauty... Aestheticism triumphs at each step.　Speed, fluidity, extreme rigor... each gesture has overwhelming force....,It is this fluctuation between violence and delicateness, this constant transition from one atmosphere to the next, that creates an impact, hypnotizes the audience amazed by the troop's virtuosity.

Flawless in plastic art terms, physically intelligent, silent – aside from the moans of the dancers, this piece, balanced between men and women, impartial, is a jewel. No need for a diamond, each tiny piece of glass reflects the light.

Glass Tooth is a wonder, a finely cut diamond, a precious work: sparing in light but prolific in energy, Teshigawara's dance seems to respond to unseen rules. Both fragmented and fluid, the movement is of dizzying speed... a dance that is simple, essential,that breathes. Something both earthly and aerial: a magnificent show.

The dance and the poem of glass
Glass Tooth contains more poesy than its name can indicate. It is the start of a journey, not just for the creator but also for the dancers, it is a universe of glass and incredible sound. Teshigawara’s dance is fluid without cease, and invites us to witness a ceremony in which the body plays the main role, each in individual form, as if the muscles move without a fixed order, as if all parts of the body have their own organization. He dances and draws in space. Only Saburo Teshigawara and the incredible and exceptional Rihoko Sato dive into the pool of broken glass. They lie down, jump, and dance in it, as if there were no glass, achieving a fabulous dance.　The lighting design is one of the best we have seen in these days. No wonder he is also a plastic artist. But please do not confuse, this is not a spectacle, it is dance, in one of its most poetic and most beautiful forms.One of the most emotional moments was when the dancers create musical.Harmony between their movement and their own voice and echo. Everything on stage is so poetic that the spectator becomes nearly hypnotized in front of what is with no doubt such a fine piece of art.

Driven to an extreme situation, the body, through hesitation gives out the most powerful and beautiful movements. The audience was deeply moved by the dance which was, so to speak, life itself.

The wonder of Teshigawara's work lies in the power of the performance not only created by the way of existence of the bodies, but even by the shadows of the space that surrounds it. In his new piece "Glass Tooth", the texture of glass and the bodies intertwine, surrounded by light and darkness . . .
. . . The duo by Saburo Teshigawara and Rihoko Sato leaves a striking impression. Especially when they become still, together on the edge of balance, on the stage full of broken glass fragments, the contrast between the transparent inorganic glass fragments and the organic bodies is unbelievably beautiful . . .
. . . The glass fragments seem like they are accepting the bodies of the dancers into it's diffused reflections. The bodies accepting this foreign substance. Because of this ambivalence, even the slightest movement or the unrecognizable whispering sounds (by the dancers) stand out so clearly. . . A time and space restrained and the purest concentration continued.