This work is inspired by the bestselling Japanese book Batta wo Taoshini Afurika e (Going to Africa to Defeat the Grasshoppers) written by a researcher of grasshoppers.
Intrigued by the creature, the three members of namstrops delved deeper into the subject and knew that in Japan there are 445 species of grasshoppers belonging to the same family.
They also found that katydid, which appear in Aesop’s fable The Ant and the Grasshopper, also is said to belong to one of them.
In the fable, which stresses the importance of preparing for the future, the grasshopper is told by the ant to dance through the winter, since it sang through the summer. However, Namstrops is a dance company that emphasizes thinking about things from an upside-down perspective. In this work, they reinterpret the fable as The Grasshopper and the Ants, with the hope of rediscovering how to live a joyful and blissful life, much like the cricket.
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Created, choreographed: namstrops x Unlock Dancing Plaza Performers: Namstrops (Akifumi Toyofuku, Souhei Minowa, Takafumi Kodama) and Unlock Dancing Plaza (Ong Yong Lock、Paula Wong, Hoi-Ling Keung) Lighting: Shinichi Kudoh
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| Programme Length | 60 minutes without intermission |
| Production | Unlock Dancing Plaza |
| Collaboration | General Incorporated Association namstrops |
| Support | Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (Tokyo) |
| Touring Company | 7 pax(Hong Kong Japen) |
| Touring Availability | On appointment |