Montserrat Gili (core member) lived in Japan for two years where she also studied traditional Bunraku puppetry and for this particular project we worked with the Japanese designer Tomo Kato for set and costumes. Dende and JapanĪndré Pink (Artistic Director) has lived and worked in Japan where among other things he studied Kyogen with Mansaku-No-Kai supported by the Japan Foundation Fellowship Program and worked at Tokyo’s National Theatre. Dende Collective finds inspiration in four Japanese ghost stories presented in the book " Kwaidan – Stories and Studies Of Strange Things" by Lafcadio Hearn to create a highly visual and accessible show for audiences young and old using not only Dende Collective’s trademark mix of styles (shadows, projections, masks, puppets and physical theatre) but also paying homage with references to the aesthetics of Japanese traditional theatre forms (Noh, Kyogen, Kabuki and Bunraku).
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