In La Mode, Tomoko Mukaiyama explores fashion as a form of modern religion, one of both human expression and beauty, but also a dangerous and vulnerable way of communication, built on stereotypical codes and ideas. La Mode is a performance with ten dancers, a catwalk, an architectural installation and one pianist, analyzing power, sex, desire, self-expression and the social codes around fashion. La Mode inaugurated Taichung Metropolitan Opera House in Taiwan.
Artistic team La Mode
Concept & artistic direction: Tomoko Mukaiyama
Choreography: Dunja Jocic
Composer: Yannis Kyriakides
Performers: Tomoko Mukaiyama (piano), Spellbound Contemporary Ballet, Sarah Murphy (dance)
Costume design: Slavna Martinovic
Set design: Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects + Yoko Ando
Light design: Tanja Ruehl
Technical design/director: Yutaka Endo / LUFTZUG