Rootedness and Beyond

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Name of the organization or individual

Yuta Kuroki

subsidy category

start-up subsidy

Grant Type

single year individual

The 3rd Startup Subsidy in FY 2021

Rootedness and Beyond(2022)

Rootedness and Beyond(2022)

Rootedness and Beyond(2022)

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Business Overview

Dancer Kuroki Yuta was invited to Festival Lima Gunung (Festival Lima Gunung), an art festival held in five mountain villages in Indonesia to pray for a bountiful harvest, and the Japan-Indonesia joint production "Rootedness and Beyond" was realized using dance and traditional music. In this collaboration, Ki Ageng Qithmir (Ki Ageng Qithmir), who plays a unique mix of traditional and contemporary music from Indonesia, and Yuta Kuroki, who has roots in Shiiba Kagura and excels in various forms of body expression, presented their works in two cities in Indonesia (Magerang Pati), visited local traditional performing arts schools and traditional festivals, and conducted workshops and research. “Rootedness and Beyond ” starts with an exploration of one's“ roots ” in tradition and culture called “rootedness ”, and uses our close connections such as indigenous cultures and ancestors as motifs. ■ Performers Kuroki Yuta (Japan, Dance) Ki Ageng Qithmir (Indonesia, Music) ■ Producer Brian Trinanda Kusuma Adi ■Special thanks Komunitas Lima Gunung, Jepalo village

implementation period

Monday, May 23, 2022 Saturday, May 28, 2023

Place of implementation

Studio Mendut (Magelang/Indonesia) Joglo Kalinaga (Pati/Indonesia)

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Profile

[Yuta Kuroki]
His father's family has inherited Toganoo kagura in Shiiba Village for generations, and he grew up with kagura from his childhood. He started studying under Korutsuji in 2015. In addition to participating in the improvisational group ApicupiA, she also worked as a class assistant for Ryohei Kondo at the University of Tokyo for 2 years. She also conducts unique workshops in which young and old people and people with various disabilities come together. In 2018, she performed solo at "WHEN THE DIFFERENCES MEET" (Yogyakarta) by Taketsumusha, and in 2020, she presented her work "The Spider and the Moon" at Kagurazaka Session House.