{"id":55905,"date":"2025-10-30T16:32:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T09:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ffd.or.id\/?post_type=film&#038;p=55905"},"modified":"2025-10-30T16:32:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T09:32:33","slug":"the-last-geisha-re-creation","status":"publish","type":"film","link":"https:\/\/ffd.or.id\/en\/film\/the-last-geisha-re-creation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Last Geisha: Re-Creation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Inspired by Japan\u2019s tourism promotion campaign featuring geisha and the hospitable culture often found in Japanese airports, Hydroblast (Shingo Ota, Kyoko Takenaka) came up with The Last Geisha: Re-Creation. Geisha culture has faded in most parts of Japan, and the geisha themselves are critical of their own culture. They spent a period of time learning how to become geisha from the last geisha living in Kinosaki.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This work documents their learning journey and summarizes their criticism and affection for geisha culture. Furthermore, Hydroblast also discusses acting, role-playing, and movement in dance. Presented in a form that combines theater, documentary, music, and dance, Hydroblast collaborates with contemporary musician Kazuhisa Uchihashi, who performs live on stage.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The Last Geisha: Re-Creation<\/em> was first performed at the Festival d\u2019automne France in 2024, and has since been performed several times at various performance festivals in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo \u00a9\ufe0e Igaki Photo Studio &amp; Toyooka Theatre Festival 2025<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>This performance is supported by<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-56016 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ffd.or.id\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-Singho-Logo-1280x119.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ffd.or.id\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-Singho-Logo-1280x119.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/ffd.or.id\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-Singho-Logo-500x47.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ffd.or.id\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-Singho-Logo-768x72.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ffd.or.id\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-Singho-Logo.jpg 1918w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inspired by Japan\u2019s tourism promotion campaign featuring geisha and the hospitable culture often found in Japanese airports, Hydroblast (Shingo Ota, Kyoko Takenaka) came up with The Last Geisha: Re-Creation. Geisha culture has faded in most parts of Japan, and the geisha themselves are critical of their own culture. They spent a period of time learning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":55896,"template":"","edition":[781],"program":[818],"class_list":["post-55905","film","type-film","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","edition-ffd-2025-en","program-doc-performance"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ffd.or.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/film\/55905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ffd.or.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/film"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ffd.or.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/film"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ffd.or.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ffd.or.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"edition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ffd.or.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/edition?post=55905"},{"taxonomy":"program","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ffd.or.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program?post=55905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}