Rootedness and Beyond(2022)
Rootedness and Beyond(2022)
Rootedness and Beyond(2022)
Yuta Kuroki was invited to Festival Lima Gunung, an arts festival held in five mountain villages in Indonesia to pray for a good harvest, to create “Rootedness and Beyond,” a collaborative performance of dance and traditional music between Japan and Indonesia.
In this collaboration, Ki Ageng Qithmir, who plays a unique mixture of traditional and contemporary Indonesian music, and Yuta Kuroki from Miyazaki, who has roots in Shiiba Kagura and specializes in a variety of physical expression, performed in two Indonesian cities (Magelang and Pati). In addition to presenting their works, they visited at a local traditional performing arts school and traditional festival, where they held workshops and research.
“Rootedness and Beyond” began as an exploration of one’s “roots” in traditions and cultures and is based on the motif of our close connection to our indigenous culture and ancestors.
■Performers
Yuta Kuroki (Dance, Japan) Ki Ageng Qithmir (Music, Indonesia)
■Producer
Brian Trinanda Kusuma Adi
■Special thanks
Komunitas Lima Gunung,Jepalo vilage
Yuta Kuroki
Yuta Kuroki was born into a family that inherits the Japanese ‘Kagura’ (sacred music and dancing performed at shrines) from generation to generation. Since he was a child, he has been familiar with the Japanese ‘Kagura’, a traditional Japanese performing art.
He has also joined with “Apicupia”, a barrier-free improvisation company since 2015. “Apicupia” is organized by Kaoruco, a well-known choreographer in Japan. Kuroki also worked as an assistant instructor of Ryohei Kondo, who presides over the Condors, at the University of Tokyo in 2018/ 2019. Kuroki carries out workshops where diverse people meet, men and women of all ages and people with various disabilities.
In 2018 Kuroki was selected to represent Japan at the “When The Differences Meet”, a performance supported by the Japan Foundation Asia Center, with his solo piece in the section of traditional music and dance performance.In 2020, Kuroki created, “The Spider and The Moon” in the series of ” at the Session House Kagurazaka.
Yuta Kuroki
info@gado-gado.org
Studio Mendut, Magelan, Indonesia
Joglo Kalinaga, Pati, Indonesia
