Adaptation of Edogawa Rampo’s HUMAN CHAIR
What does it mean to be utterly consumed by longing for another?
HUMAN CHAIR
Friday, May 22 at 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 23 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
UNDER St. Marks – 94 St. Marks Place (between 1st Avenue and Avenue A)
Admission: $20 (plus $2.50 fee)
Illustration by @zoroze.art
What does it mean to be utterly consumed by longing for another? In this unsettling dance-theatre work, performed by Yusuke Mori and Zo Roze, a craftsman's obsession takes a form both intimate and grotesque: He sews himself inside the furniture of the woman he desires.
Adapted from the classic story by Edogawa Rampo, Japan's master of the macabre whose pen name is itself a winking tribute to his idol Edgar Allan Poe, HUMAN CHAIR transforms the story's dark, suffocating premise into something visceral and physical.
Performed in Japanese with English subtitles. Runtime is 80 minutes. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit Frigid New York’s website.
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