Yumiko Yoshioka is a butoh dance master who plays Hiro in Hiro’s Lied, a dance and theater performance. Her mother had dementia.
Hiro is a mother who has dementia.
Yumiko Yoshioka used to perform under the stage name of Mizelle Hanaoka as a cabaret dancer.
Hiro is a mother who had dementia, who used to be a cabaret dancer named Mizelle Hanaoka.
The memories that play on stage are of Hiro, Mizelle Hanaoka, and Yumiko Yoshioka.