Buto Plan: To the Light of Hemp Vol. 1 "UBUSUNA Ibun"
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- Name of the organization or individual
- Kentaro Kujirai
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY2024 2nd Term Creation Grant Category I Single-Year Grant
Business Overview
The choreographer and dancer Kenta Kujirai started a new series called "Buto Keikaku: To Hamisei no Hikari" (To the Light of Hamisei) in which the first production, "Ubusuna Ibun" was performed at the Nakano Terpsichor in Tokyo after stops in London (world premiere), Rome, and Sendai. In the background of this film is the body, different world, and folk culture of the Tohoku region, which has deviated from the history of Daimonji and has been obscured. Memories of the silence of subjugated and discriminated physical cultures and indigenous beliefs and practices deposited behind stories of nations, institutions and development. By unearthing them and illuminating them through the lens of BUTOH, the process of “lost things ” gaining a voice and being reorganized into the future is depicted. Composition, Direction, Choreography: Kenta Kujirai Cast: Kenta Kujirai, Makoto Sadakata, Izumi Noguchi, Yuhisa Kanamori Drama Turku: Akuri Kido Critical Collaborator: Yuri Kurimiya: FUJI|||||||||||TA, Kota Nakazato
- Period of Activity / Project
- February 28, 2025 to March 2
- Venues
- terpsicol
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Profile
[Kentaro Kujirai]
Born in Sendai City. He studied under Ei KASAI. Based in Tokyo and Sendai, they are active in Japan and overseas. KENTARO KUJIRAI Compeito presides. In 2024, they launched their "Buto Plan: To the Crafted Light" program, the first of which toured England, Italy, and Japan with "Ubusuna Heiden". His recent works include 'Aun Sansui' and 'GINGAN ARAHABAKI GINGEN ARAHABAKI.'. CORVUS (2010 ~ 2022), Eureika!! Project, WEU and BAM. He is a lecturer of physical expression at Setagaya Art Museum College of Fine Arts.