What we do

“I have no idea why I'm dancing, and I don't expect anyone to understand me, but I think I want to resonate and tremble with everyone.”
Performance by Yusuke Miya

  • Organization : Yusuke Miya
  • Section : Artistic and creative activity in Tokyo
  • Type of Grant Program : Single Individual
  • Art Forms : Dance

Outline

First stage production by Yusuke Miya with a running time of approximately 70 minutes. The event comprised the triple performance bill of (1) “Katachi tachi,” (2) “Kakuu seibutsu no naki mane (Alien Blues),” and (3) “Haiyu no min,” along with a post-performance discussion. Miya’s creative process involves writing and performing his own works, which explore how to share real personal experiences with others and how an individual’s real experiences can take on the qualities of a work of art. With this performance, Miya has choreographed other performers in his own representative works for the first time.
At the creative stage, he considered the choreography according to three concerns: dealing with other people’s bodies, dealing with other people’s experiences, and getting other people to deal with his experiences. He attempted to share this approach with the audience/society at the performance stage.
Choreography, conception and direction/music, sound and lighting/planning and production: Yusuke Miya
Performers: (1) Kanae Asakawa, Sato Yamada / (2) Sakura Yokohama/ (3) Yusuke Miya
Design: Sakura Yokohama
Video: Mai Kobayashi 
Photography: Miyu Araki
Co-organizer:  MIYA+

Profile

Yusuke Miya
Physical performer and stage writer born in 1998 in Niigata Prefecture. Completed studies at the University of Tsukuba and its graduate school. He has danced in works by leading Japanese choreographers including RYOHEI KONDO, Yukio Suzuki, and Hiroaki Umeda. As a choreographer, he explores dance works he both writes and performs in, based on his own experiences. He gives workshops and creates works under invitation from different regions. Miya won the Yokohama Dance Collection 2022 competition II Best New Artist Award and first prize in the SAI DANCE FESTIVAL2023 solo category.

Contact

Yusuke Miya
Choreographer, Dancer
ajikan_1125@yahoo.co.jp

Venues

MURIUI , Setagaya City , Tokyo