UNIT SOUZOU

Constant State of Otherness is a multi-layered performance exploring the impacts of the universal experiences of othering and alienation. Through taiko, Japanese folk dance, song, and personal story, the six performers of Unit Souzou guide the audience through a four-part journey inspired by experiences of isolation and displacement that come from not having an easy sense of home. Rooted in ancestral wisdom and survival, Constant State of Otherness resists simplistic translations of language, cultural ways, and the complicated emotions that otherness evokes. By allowing their stories to fractally unfold through the resonance of drum, voice, and movement, Unit Souzou offers an invitation to locate our shared longing to belong.