分裂抗争のMOB
Photo by Junpei Iwamoto
久しぶりに神戸のマフィアから、呼び出しがかかり、ガチガチに緊張しながら事務所へ。オジキが出馬して当選したり、若頭のお子がお腹から無事出所したりと、目出度いことが続いたから、みんなでダンスがしたい、また振り付けろとのこと。なぜダンスに行きつくのかはよくわからないが、「祝儀、弾むで」とのことなので、あっさりOK。彼らの政治力と暴力を利用して、強引に仕事を得ることもできるしね。二度おいしいね。「よぉぉーし！やるぞー‼」と、コロナ禍で失ったマネーを取り戻すべく、やる気を漲らせて、早速稽古開始。案の定、大揉め。以前と変わらぬ、怒号飛び交う稽古場。オジキ派、若頭派に分かれて一触即発。「ほんと、ケンカ好きだなぁ」と思いつつ、だんまりを決め込んでいると「おのれは、どっちにつくんや！」と矛先がこちらに。「えぇー‼︎えーっと…、じゃじゃあ、こうしましょう！この揉め揉めをそのままダンスにして、ダンスバトルで決着つけるとういうのはどうでしょう！？」「おどれ！なめとんのか、ボケェ‼」と言われると思いきや「ええや～ん」「楽しそうや～ん」ということで、この度は、マフィアのおじさんたちによるダンスバトルです。
2021年
2月21日
ArtTheater dB KOBE（兵庫県神戸市）
脚本・振付・構成・演出：目黑大路
出演：新長田アートマフィア
不死身のMOB
Photo by Junpei Iwamoto
ジャパニーズマフィアの本場神戸でマフィアに振り付けるという、大変光栄な機会をいただきました。怒号が飛び交い、一つ間違えばこちらの身が危ないという緊張感あふれる稽古場でしたが、ゲッソリと痩せ細りながらも無事振り付け作業を終え、彼らとも肝胆相照らす仲となりました。今後は、彼らのネットワークとパワーを存分に利用していく所存です。
2018年
11月24日
ArtTheater dB KOBE（兵庫県神戸市）
振付・構成・演出：目黑大路
出演：新長田アートマフィア
新長田アートマフィア
神戸市長田区の新長田地域を中心に独自の拠点を運営しながら、表現活動を支援する人々の集合体。各々の拠点は、病院、クライミング・ジム、古民家、コミュニティ・スペース、多世代シェアハウス、アトリエ、事務所、劇場、自宅 のように用途も属性も多岐にわたる。
https://shinnagataartmafia.wixsite.com/geitose/artmafia
MOB War
I got a call after a long time from the Mob in Kobe, Japan (Kobe is a holy place of the Japanese Mafia). It's dangerous to refuse that, so I was nervous and went to their office. They said Ojiki won the election of Kobe city (Ojiki is a Japanese Mafia's position name. it describes boss's big brother), and the baby of Wakagashira was born safely (Wakagashira is a Japanese Mafia's position name. it describes the next boss candidate), so we want to dance, choreograph us. I was thinking whether to accept that because they are beasts, ferocious beasts, but they said we pay you a lot, so I accepted that soon. I had to quickly regain the money lost in the COVID-19 pandemic. I also thought I can use their political power and violence to get new jobs. However, immediately after starting the rehearsal, there was a big conflict between the Ojiki group and the Wakagashira group. They have been in conflict for a long time. Meanwhile, I was silent and erased my existence. I definitely didn't want to get involved in that. “Which side are you on!?” Suddenly, Ojiki and Wakagashira shouted at me. "!!!!!! Well, uh ..., OK! How about making this conflict a dance and solving that in a dance battle!?" I realized how stupid I was saying, and I thought I would be devastated by them, but "Gooooooooooooooood!!!” “Awesooooooooooooome!!!”, they said. Therefore, this time it's a dance battle by the beasts.
February 21, 2021
ArtTheater dB KOBE (Hyogo, Japan)
Script, Choreography, Direction: Daiji Meguro
Performance: Shin-Nagata Art Mafia
Tough MOB
It got a great opportunity to choreograph to the MOB in Kobe where the home of the Japanese Mafia. In a tense rehearsal with angry voices, if I choreographed a dance that they don't like, I could have been devastated by them, but I used macho tastes that they like, I was able to finish the job safely. Therefore, we have become superficial best friends. From now on, I will use their network and power to rise in the world.
November 24, 2018
ArtTheater dB KOBE (Hyogo, Japan)
Choreography, Direction: Daiji Meguro
Performance: Shin-Nagata Art Mafia
Shin-Nagata Art Mafia
A group of people who support expression activities while operating their own bases mainly in the Shin-Nagata area of Nagata, Kobe. Each base has a wide range of uses and attributes, such as a hospital, a climbing gym, an old folk house, a community space, a multi-generational share house, an atelier, an office, a theater, and a home.
https://shinnagataartmafia.wixsite.com/geitose/artmafia