{"id":1980404,"date":"2026-06-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1980404"},"modified":"2026-06-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T21:00:00","slug":"mizu-contemplates-fragility-and-impermanence-in-a-poignant-dance-with-an-ice-puppet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1980404","title":{"rendered":"\u2018MIZU\u2019 Contemplates Fragility and Impermanence in a Poignant Dance with an Ice Puppet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content prose-colossal max-w-none\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-default entry-header is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"colo-post-featured-image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1817\" height=\"1173\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/mizu-4-e1781010398648.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"a photograph of a dance performance with a woman in black clothing, cradling a puppet made from ice\" style=\"object-fit:cover\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by JM Coubart. All images courtesy of Company Furinka\u00ef \u2013 Satchie Noro and Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de l\u2019Entrouvert \u2013 Elise Vigneron, shared with permission<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group post-title is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0bc941e6 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h1 class=\"alignfull wp-block-post-title\">\u2018MIZU\u2019 Contemplates Fragility and Impermanence in a Poignant Dance with an Ice Puppet<\/h1>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-meta is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-06-09T09:12:31-05:00\">June 9, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a class=\"category-art\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/art\/\" rel=\"tag\">Art<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/author\/kmothes\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">Kate Mothes<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-share-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing has-visible-labels has-icon-color is-style-logos-only is-layout-flex wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-is-layout-flex\">\n<li style=\"color: #1c1e0d\" class=\"outermost-social-sharing-link outermost-social-sharing-link-facebook has-crow-color wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thisiscolossal.com%2F2026%2F06%2Fmizu-elise-vigneron-satchie-noro-ice-puppetry-dance-performance%2F&amp;title=%26%238216%3BMIZU%27%20Contemplates%20Fragility%20and%20Impermanence%20in%20a%20Poignant%20Dance%20with%20an%20Ice%20Puppet\" aria-label=\"Share\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-anchor\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-label \"><br \/>\n\t\t\tShare\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #1c1e0d\" class=\"outermost-social-sharing-link outermost-social-sharing-link-mail has-crow-color wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#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\" aria-label=\"Email\" class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-anchor\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-label \"><br \/>\n\t\t\tEmail\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><button class=\"simplefavorite-button preset\" data-postid=\"474863\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\"><i class=\"sf-icon-bookmark\"><\/i>Bookmark<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIce burns, and it is hard for the warm-skinned to distinguish one sensation, fire, from the other, frost,\u201d wrote A.S. Byatt in <em>Elementals: Stories of Fire and Ice<\/em>. Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami characterizes ice in <em>Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman<\/em> as a capsule that preserves the past \u201ccleanly and clearly,\u201d but possesses no future. In the ephemeral performance \u201cMIZU,\u201d frozen water takes on the form of a woman in an enchanting and emotive meditation on memory, time, and impermanence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMIZU\u201d is the brainchild of puppeteer and director \u00c9lise Vigneron\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/lentrouvert.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de L\u2019entrouvert<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.furinkai.com\/fr\/accueil.html\">Companie Furanka\u00ef<\/a>, which encompasses the work of choreographer and circus artist Satchie Noro. The composition highlights the fragility of our existence, the necessity of water, and \u201cthe passage from form to formlessness, from individual to cosmos,\u201d Vigneron says.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The human body is around 60 percent water; the earth is covered by more than 70 percent. In \u201cMIZU,\u201d the title of which is named for the Japanese word for water (\u6c34), the human-size puppet double can be interpreted simultaneously as a unique individual and the dancer\u2019s twin, with whom she communes and watches gradually disappear. \u201cThe melting of the ice reveals the nature of the double,\u201d Noro says in a poetic statement. \u201cThe reflection slips away before I can escape it \/ After the ice, there is another material \/ A framework to explore \/ Dancing to find oneself again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The setting for the performance combines Noro\u2019s interest in unique architectural apparatuses and environments outside of the traditional theater and Vigneron\u2019s explorations of puppetry and creating forms with ice. Puppeteer Sarah Lascar controls the figure from the side and sometimes joins the dance to create a trio as is immersed in water.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMizu\u201d is slated for performances throughout the summer at festivals and venues throughout Europe. Learn more on the production\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/lentrouvert.com\/en\/mizu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a>. You might also enjoy revisiting N\u00e9le Azevedo\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2022\/05\/minimum-monument-nele-azevedo\/\">Minimum Monument<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/mizu-5.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-474863\" title=\"Photo by JM Coubart\" data-rl_title=\"Photo by JM Coubart\" data-rl_caption=\"Photo by JM Coubart\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/mizu-5.jpg\" alt=\"a photograph of a dance performance with a woman in black clothing, moving around a puppet made from ice\" class=\"wp-image-474868\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by JM Coubart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/mizu-3.jpg\" 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