Events

A solo piece by Kazuo Ohno performed at Kazuo Ohno Modern Dance Recital in April 1959. It was presented as part of a set titled 'Short Pieces by Belafonte and Salvador,' together with 'O, Kind God' and 'Dove.' The programme notes state: “There is a casual saying associated with shoes in the Sumter district,” although it is unclear which location this “Sumter district” refers to.

In the performance flyer, the piece is titled 'A Found Shoe.' A stage review in Gendai Buyō (May 1959) indicates that a single shoe was placed at center stage, and that a barefoot man cautiously tried it on, failed, discarded it, and quietly departed.

A recording tape believed to have been used for the performance (a 6 mm open-reel tape) begins with a leisurely whistled tune (unidentified), followed by Henri Salvador’s “Le Roi du Fox-Trot,” and ends again with the same whistled melody.