Available until 15 August
Naoto Iina + Takao Kawaguchi +
Mikiko Kawamura + Dai Matsuoka
—THREE
Developed by:
Naoto Iina
Performed by: Takao Kawaguchi,
Mikiko Kawamura,
Dai Matsuoka
Trailer
Artists
naoto iina
Videographer, director, dramaturg, visual scenographer and producer. Iina is the founder of Dance and Media Japan and International Dance Film Festival. He is also an Associate professor at Tokyo Zokei University and lecturer at Za Koenji Theatre Academy. Recently he has been working on cross-genre works with video, dance and text. He is in charge of direction, composition, filming and editing of the online Butoh program "Re-Butoooh" (NPO Dance Archive Network).
Takao Kawaguchi
Joined the performance group Dumb Type in 1996. Began a solo career in 2000, exploring the boundaries of performance across theatre, dance, video and art. In 2008 he began a solo performance series called a perfect life, which was presented at the 5th Yebisu International Festival for Art and Alternative Visions in 2013. In recent years, he has been working on performances that are related to Butoh, including The Sick Dancer (with Tomomi Tanabe, 2012) and About Kazuo Ohno (2013). The latter was nominated for an NYC Bessie Award, and was shown at Théâtre de la Ville in Paris in 2018.
http://www.kawaguchitakao.com/
©Etsuko Suzuki
Mikiko Kawamura
Born 1990. Began dancing at the age of 16, and creating her own works in 2011. Having won numerous awards, she has caught peoples' interest as an up and coming Japanese dancer. She has performed both in Japan and abroad, and did a 6 month residency in 2016 that took her across Paris, Lyon, Grenoble, Marseille and Le Havre while based at the Centre National de la Danse and CCNR. She performs not only in theatres, but also at outdoor and live events, is involved in video and music production, and makes accessories. She moved to Minamiboso in 2019.
http://kawamuramikiko.com/
Photo by Maiko Miyagawa
Dai Matsuoka
Dai Matsuoka has been performing with Sankai Juku since 2005, and has appeared in some of their major works including Kinkan Shonen, Tobari, Unetsu and ARC. Director of LAND FES since 2011, a festival that invites the audience to watch music and dance performances as they walk around the city. He has been an instructor for the Scramble Dance Project in Odawara since 2018, in which both people with and without disabilities create dances together. He also runs BUTOH CHOREO LAB, an online platform with video lessons by high-profile Butoh dancers.
http://daimatsuoka.com
Credits
Direction / Composition
Naoto Iina
Exhibition Design / Construction
Yusuke Suzuki Design Office Inc.
Film Production
NPO LAND FES
“Tango Bird”, from About Kazuo Ohno
Choreography
Tatsumi Hijikata,
Kazuo Ohno
Performed by
Takao Kawaguchi
Dramaturg
Naoto Iina
Lighting / Management
Toshio Mizohata
Costume
Noriko Kitamura
In cooperation with
Kazuo Ohno Dance Studio
Hosotan (Story of Smallpox)
Choreography
Tatsumi Hijikata
Performed by
Mikiko Kawamura
Costume
Noriko Kitamura
In cooperation with
Keio University Art Center
Hijikata Sansho
Choreography
Tatsumi Hijikata
Passed on by
Yoshito Ohno
Performed by
Dai Matsuoka
In cooperation with
Kazuo Ohno Dance Studio
Technical Team
Takashi Kawachi (stage management)
Roshi (sunagumi) (stage management)
Noriyuki Mori (Lighting Design)
Noriaki Coda (sound)
Exhibition Team
Naoto Iina (direction / filming / editing)
Naohiro Yoshida (filming / editing)
Eri Kawamura (filming / editing)
Yo Ishihara (Butoh ceiling illustrations)
Yusuke Suzuki Design Office Inc. (exhibition setup design)
Morishita Studio, SAISON Foundation (filming location)
Photography
Tatsuhiko Nakagawa
Tzvasa Wada
In cooperation with
Kazuo Ohno Dance Studio
Keio University Art Center
SAISON Foundation
Dance and Media Japan