Moriyama imitated thirteen organs, including heart, stomach, spleen, large intestine, lung, inner ear, kidney, bladder, gall bladder, liver, small intestine, and brain as a unity of "Live Bones" dance.
Wearing a black tight suit, Moriyama performed the dance of one organ to another that accompanied with cheerful music composed by Kawase Kousuke.
Kawase has collaborated with Moriyama since 2007, when the embryo of "Live Bones" was aired in Japanese National Television (NHK) as a childrens TV show called "Karada Asobou" or "Lets Play with Body".
"That was an educational TV show to introduce parts of our body to the children," Moriyama said.
In prior performing in Jakarta, Moriyama and his group performed in Bali and on Thursday, January 16, they will fly to Singapore.
"I come to Indonesia as my role as a cultural ambassador of Japanese Cultural Ministry, aiming to enhance the friendship of Indonesia and Japan through cultural activities," Moriyama said.
Moriyama added that he adored Indonesian spectators for their enthusiasm and interaction, so that he could deliver an easy performance involving the audiences.
During his performance, Moriyama was involving one or two audience by giving an organ model to them, like a brain, heart or kidney.
"My dances theme is a body, that all people have body. I want to make people realize how important their body is," he said.
"That is why the response from the audiences was very helpful to my performance," Moriyama added.
On his performance, Moriyama was also supported by a costume designer named Hibino Kodue.
"I want to contribute in the effort of enhancing our (Indonesia and Japan) friendship, and what I can do is dance. So hopefully, through my dance, Indonesian and Japanese could strengthen their relationship," Moriyama said.
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Editor: Suryanto
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