Yoshi Oida will perform solo tour de force at Japan Society Oct. 8-9 (photo © William Irwin)
Japan Society
333 East 47th St. at First Ave.
October 8-9, $23-$28, 7:30
212-715-1258
www.japansociety.org
www.yoshioida.com
Paris-based Japanese actor, director, and writer Yoshi Oida, who has worked with Peter Brook over the course of five decades, makes his first appearance in New York City in twelve years with his widely acclaimed one-man show, INTERROGATIONS, at Japan Society for two very special performances October 8-9. Accompanied by German experimental musician Dieter Trüstedt, Oida, mixing dance and comedy, plays a Zen master teaching a student (the audience) by asking Rinzai Zen koans that have no specific answers but are part of the continual journey toward enlightenment and, in Oida’s words, “a moment of shared delight [and] a living theatre.” As Oida explains on his website, “In this case, there is no spiritual or philosophical objective, only an entertainment based on the gap between word and thought. Obviously, there is no need for anyone to find the ‘right’ answer, but the questions act as a thread linking the audience with the two performers.”