Don't dance, body
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Kohei Wakaba
- subsidy category
- Startup Grant
- Grant Type
- single year individual
Reiwa 4 (2022) 4th Startup Grant
Business Overview
It is a planned performance with the aim of expanding the horizontal connection between dance and dance and developing a new genre in the dance world. Dancers Yoshimoto Daisuke and Wakaba Kohei and contemporary dancers Kawamura Mana and Kagaya Aoi perform together in a one-hour piece titled "Don't dance, body". The stage director was a dancer, Fumihiro YOSHINO. Using a garage-like space called an empty warehouse under an elevated track, he works on a production that defies audience expectations. Three performances from Friday, September 29, 2023 to Sunday, October 1. On Saturday, September 30, a workshop was held with Wakaba and Kawamura as lecturers.
- Period of Activity / Project
- Friday, September 29, 2023 - Sunday, October 1
- Venues
- Vacant warehouse under elevated tracks (Suginami Ward, Tokyo)
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Profile
Kohei Wakaba
He was a member of the Buto Company Daelakudakan for about 20 years. In addition to appearing in company productions, he appeared in 'Kinkaku-ji Temple,' 'Hoichi Miminashi,' 'Kaisei,' and 'Daigyushin,' produced by Amon MIYAMOTO, and others by Juro KARA. His work "To Those Who Could Not Be Anything" won various awards. He was invited to the Hong Kong Dance Exchange and Kyoto Arashiyama Art Festival. She is also active as a Heaven Artist "Neko Sogi."