Kaori Seki PUNCTUMUN New
"water and tears" (Midou Tsunemita) North America Tour
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- Name of the organization or individual
- Kaori Seki
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY29 Creation Grant [Single-year grant program] 2nd term
Business Overview
As a Japanese artist of Asia Exchange: U.S. Japan Connection – Residency and Performance by National Performance Network/Visual Artists Network (NPN/VAN), after residency in North America and Kobe from 2016 to 17, she created a new work in North America tour. [Performance] "water and tears" (premiere) The Japanese title is "midu tsu namita." The pronunciation of 'water' and 'tears' in ancient Japanese, 'midou' and 'namita,' are connected by 'tsu,' the belonging case in proto-Japanese. When the line between me and all living things and what was there was blurred. A sense of separation between oneself and others, an awareness of time in an era when one might not have recognized oneself as a single "thing" in the first place. To take in or blend into nature or other creatures in their entirety or in part. Just as when two glasses of water mix with water, it becomes impossible to tell which water was originally there, so that even now, with the concept of me, I have a body containing water like many other creatures. Whether or not you see what is in front of you as "I am" or "something that is continuous with you." Choreography and direction: Kaori Seki Performers: Masashi Koyama, Kaori Seki Assistant choreographer: Yui Yabuki Understudy: Kozue Hisamiya Lighting: Kiyotoshi Endo Sound design: Yuji Tsutsumita Sound operator: Seiei Ando Stage director: Chikage Yuyama Costume: Midori Hagino Production: Kumi Hiraoka Yoko Kawasaki Production: Kaori Seki
- Period of Activity / Project
- Saturday, April 14, 2018 - Sunday, May 12
- Venues
- Fusebox Festival: Ground Floor Theatre(AUSTIN, TX/U.S.A.) Bridge Dance Festival: Studio A (White Studio), Links Hall(CHICAGO, IL/U.S.A.) Open Eye Figure Theatre(MINNEAPOLIS, MN/U.S.A.) * Talks and demonstrations FlynnSpace, The Flynn Center for the Arts(BURLINGTON, VERMONT/U.S.A.)
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Profile
[Kaori Seki]
Started creative activities at the age of 18. He began publishing works in 2003. 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 Choreographer of the Next Generation, 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. Major works: Utori (2017), Oko (2016), Miroedetuto (2014), Amigreta (2013), Maamont (2010).