To Belong -new ver.- (tentative name)

*Information at the time of adoption.

Name of the organization or individual

Office A/LB Akiko Kitamura

subsidy category

Tokyo Arts and Culture Promotion Subsidy

Grant Type

single year

FY 2013 Phase I Tokyo Arts and Culture Promotion Grant (Single Year Grant Program)

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Business Overview

An international collaboration between Indonesia and Japan. Choreographer Akiko Kitamura started her research in 2010, and this year marks her 3rd year as a stage creator. The theme is the "Right here." and attributes of the human body, and the bodies of Japan and Asia. With the diversity of Indonesia, where Javanese, Malay, and Hindu cultures coexist, and the regional character of Tokyo, which has a high degree of mixed culture, as its core, this theme will consider approaches to nature, religion, and science in everyday life. The original story, which is read from the artist's view of life and death, and the combination of modern technology and traditional techniques are turned into a stage production. It is a documentary structure that depicts the differences and similarities of social and cultural backgrounds in a multilayered manner through "dialogue" created by individual artists from different nationalities, religions, and ideologies with respect to a certain legend or myth. In addition, in these days when various forms of communication are possible, the author questions the ideal way of artistic collaboration that transcends national borders, and constructs the process itself as a collage of dialogues in search of a modern method of communication between artists at long distances.

implementation period

Sunday, August 11, 2013 to Saturday, March 22, 2014

Place of implementation

National University of Singapore (Singapore)

Profile

[Akiko Kitamura]
Choreographer and dancer, Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Shinshu University. Formed Leni-Basso after entering Waseda University. In 1995, he went to Berlin to study as an overseas trainee dispatched by the Agency for Cultural Affairs. Enact Oneself, a commissioned piece from the 2003 American Dance Festival (USA), was named Dance of the Year by The Independent Weekly. Won the Montreal HOUR 2005 Best Dance Award for "finks" (2001). His work "Ghastly Round" commissioned by the World Culture House in Berlin in 2005, was received well around the world. He started his solo career in 2010.