Kagura

• Prize
  Silver in People/Culture
• Photographer
  Lucas Dragone
• Photo Date
  August 2023

Kagura is the dance of the divine,an ancient offering where movement becomes prayer and performance becomes communion. Rooted in Shinto ritual, it is not theater for spectacle, but a sacred bridge between humans and kami (spirits). Kagura enacts the harmony of nature and the cosmos, reminding us that art was once worship, and the stage, a shrine. The transmission of traditional theater and dance is not just the preservation of art—it is the guardianship of ancestral memory and a sacred dialogue between past and present.

Lucas Dragone is an awards wining visual artist, and story-teller. Having studied at the Lassaad International School of Theatre in Brussels, still today Lucas keeps very close ties with Lassaad, who he considers to be one of his life-long mentors. He worked with the Compagnie Barbiana in Belgium as performer, director and teacher. He also explored theatre in Italy and Brazil. After a few years he decided to switch from theatre to visual-arts and music as a means to express his creativity.