Mono no Aware

Choreographed by Aya Misaki

a Japanese aesthetic and philosophical concept with no direct translation.
(Mono = things, Aware [ah-wah-reh] = pathos, a gentle
sadness
The beauty and sadness that exist together in the awareness of impermanence. The quiet ache of watching fog, never the same from one moment to the next, softening the shape of things until only the feeling remains.