Mermaid Meat
Mermaid Meat & Other Japanese Stories
Written & Performed by Brenda Wong Aoki
Composed by Mark Izu
90 minutes
In the five plus decades I have watched dance theatre, such versatility is rare.
Such power and restraint are also seldom seen in these decades of lengthy self-
indulgence. Yoko Tahara, familiar with the Japanese Ghost tradition,
remarked, “It was a tour de force.” For myself, I said to her, “I’ve seen only one
other woman who could evoke the masculine with equal skill, and that was
Balasaraswati.” -Renee Renouf, UK Ballet
Mermaid Meat is also a book and CD by Brenda Wong Aoki, featuring beautiful wood prints by Yoshitoshi. Available on Amazon.com and CD Baby
The haunting eloquence of Brenda Wong Aoki’s Ghost stories, masterfully performed in concert with Asian Jazz pioneer Mark
Izu
STORIES*:
Black Hair – A Good Wife, A Good Heart, A Greedy Man
Soul of the Great Bell – An Evil Emperor Gets His Just Reward
Dancing in Califor nia – Last Dance Of A Ballerina Inside A WWII Internment Camp
The Bell of Dojoji – Sweet Girl Transforms Into A Brilliant Serpent
Mermaid Meat – a Fisherman a Mermaid and the Secret to Immortality
* Stories subject to change
