(CEPRODAC, Mexico) Creation Residency Project by Choreographer Kaori Seki at Contemporary Dance Production Center
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- Name of the organization or individual
- Kaori Seki
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY30 Creation Grant [Single-year grant program] 1st term
Business Overview
The project name "RAISU/Rice" is based on rice, which is a staple food in Japan and Mexico, and starts with rice, which is a common point in both countries but is received differently. Seki Kaori performs a new work with the aim of exploring the similarities and differences between them and leading to a search for contemporary dance expression. In the process from creation to performance, Seki and six dancers (Three Japanese, three Mexicans.) stay in each other's base cities and, in addition to creating in studios, conduct contamination, a program to exchange artistic, cultural and symbolic customs and knowledge. The time spent sharing their cultural backgrounds, new values and experiences enabled deeper exchanges, sympathies and collaborative work. As a new project model for international collaboration, the project aimed to serve as a catalyst for further exchange between Mexico and Japan through contemporary dance. (1) Creation Residency in Tokyo (5/19–6/8) (2) Creation Residency and Presentation in Mexico (6/27–8/1) * Performance hi wo mu gu (premiered in 2018) Choreography/Direction: Kaori Seki Performers: Yu Goto, Yui Yabuki, Hayao Shimizu (Kaori Seki PUNCTUMUN), Paulina del Carmen Fernández, Ernesto Peart, Emmanuelle Sanders (CEPRODAC) Curator/Dramaturgist: Mariana Arteaga Choreography Assistants: Yu Goto, Yui Yabuki Lighting: Jésica Elizondo Sound Design: Carlos Iturralde Costume: Mauricio Ascencio
- Period of Activity / Project
- (1)Saturday, May 19, 2018 – Friday, June 8 (2) Wednesday, June 27, 2018 – Wednesday, August 1
- Venues
- Morishita Studio (Koto-ku, Tokyo) Contemporary Dance Production Center (CEPRODAC) (Mexico City/Mexico) Black Box, Centro Nacional de las Artes (Mexico City/Mexico)
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Profile
[Kaori Seki]
Kaori Seki studied classical ballet at the age of 5, and at the age of 18 began modern and contemporary dance as well as creative activities. He has been producing works since 2003, and in 13, he established Sekikaori PUNCTUMUN. In recent years, he has been interested in the ecology and sensory functions of humans, plants and animals, and has performed works in Japan and overseas that incorporate the sense of smell into their elements. In 12, she won the French Embassy in Japan Award for Young Choreographers in Yokohama Dance Collection for her collaboration with Teita Iwabuchi, the Toyota Choreography Award 2012 for the Choreographer of the Next Generation Award in the same year, the Rookie of the Year Award from the El Sur Foundation in 13, and the Japan Dance Forum (JaDaFo) Award 2016 in 17. He was a junior fellow of the Saison Cultural Foundation from 14 to 17.
[Main works] Utori (2017), Oko (2016), Miroedetuto (2014), Amiglecta (2013), Maamont (2010).
【 Seki Kaori PUNCTUMUN】
Established in 2013. It is a coined word from the Latin punctum(Small dots, dots, punctures) and the French un, meaning a collection of innumerable small dots in one.