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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
The focus of the performance is on the contrasting worlds of sanity and insanity. This comes from the Japanese economic crisis, known as the 'bubble explosion'. Polka dots stand for madness and bruises: a physical manifestation of societal malaise. The crisis was a real-world example of the sudden changes a society can experience. The costume covered the whole of the actor’s body. In such a way, the costume became a mask. It is a challenge for the costume to tell a narrative.