“Odoru Akita”vol.4

Dakyum Lee (Korea)
(Invited from NDA International Festival 2017 of Korea)

Title：Everything must be doubted
Choreography by Dakyum Lee
Performed by Dakyum Lee, Chorom Ham

I started to create my work based on my conceptual fear that “there is no such thing as a matter of course in this world.” In my effort to portray people who do not think/doubt and unconditionally accept to carry on living, I extract keywords against the matters of course that the society demands to our lives to create my work.

She graduated from Kyunghee University, Department of Dance.
She won the 4th Incheon International Dance Festival with “Are You OK?” and established a firm position as a young choreographer.
Her work “View-tiful” won the New Artist of the Year Award in Festival SP (Daejeon) Dance Culture Forum 2016 and “Everything must be doubted”, which was performed in NDA (New Dance For Asia) International Festival, was invited to “Odoru Akita” and International Comic Dance Festival (Korea).

Program: A broom stuck in a corner
Choreography and performed by Kyung Gu Lee
Dramaturgie by Kyung Min Ji
Lighting by Takashi SUMIDA
Music “Ah! Moranbong” by Hyang-Rim Park, “You really can’t die” by Space bar (arranged by Kyung Min Ji )

I wish I could tell you many words and express my feeling without hesitation. I truly hope that everything I emit goes straight into your heart. However, to you, I am just like the barley bag pushed against the corner. I just had to eagerly work on what I had to do. In rare occasions, astonishingly harsh anger flows out of my body as if it were punctured. Surprised, I shroud my anger in darkness. At the very same time, I honestly wish he could uncover the ephemeral mistake. On days when I feel infuriated by love-less and heart-less you, I have to say what I do not want to say yet cannot say what I want to say. I fell impatient. Under his vision, I try my best to hate through the small things I can do. If I am addicted to such a skimpy act, I feel as if I was taking myself to the unknown world in rare occasions.

Choreographer/dancer at the Korean dance company of“GOBLIN PARTY” which creates its own contemporary dance works. She is most famous for her leading choreography work, “A broom stuck in a corner”, the invitee to the Za Koenji Dance Award and the winner of the Judges’ Award at Yokohama Dance Collection, and “Come in, Houston”, the winner of the Best Work at Seoul International Duo Dance Festival and the invitee to Korean Cultural Center of Tokyo and SAI International Dance Festival. Prioritizing the communication with the audience, Lee constantly strives to search for the works that can extend the time of the audience.

Baku Ishii Memorial Award Winner Performance

Saburo Teshigawara has always been the forefront runner of the Japanese dance scene since 1980s. After thirty some years from the stunning debut, his vigorous passion for creation has never declined, rather, he has been choreographing new works almost every month at his base, KARAS APPARATUS, together with the rapidly developing dancer named Rihoko Sato. All artists living to convey their own messages including dancers should take his creative attitude as the guidepost. The collaborative work “idiot” by Teshigawara, the world-renowned Japanese choreographer/dancer, and Sato perform in Akita after the successful performance in Paris.
*Please be advised beforehand the program may be altered.

Profile of Saburo Teshigawara

©︎Norifumi Inagaki

Dancer, choreographer and director.
Teshigawa began his unique creative career in 1981 after studying classic ballet. In 1985, he formed KARAS and started group choreography and their own activities. Since then he and KARAS have been invited to perform in major international cities around the world. In addition to solo performances and his work with KARAS, he is also a choreographer and director. He has also been commissioned by international Ballet companies such as the Paris Opera to create repertoire pieces, including a new work set to Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Violin Concerto to premiere this fall at the Paris Opera Ballet. Teshigawara’s keenly honed sculptural sensibilities and powerful sense of composition, command of space and his decisive dance movements all fuse to create a unique world that is his alone. Keen interests in music and space have led him to create site-specific works, and collaboration with various types of musicians.

Awards

1986

The second place and a special prize at the Bagnolet International Choreo- graphy Competition for “Le Pointe du Vent” (France)

1988

Japan Dance Critic Award (Japan)

2002

Asahi Performing Arts Award (Japan)

2006

Japan Minister of Culture Art Encouragement Prize (Japan)

2009

Purple Ribbon Prize (Japan)

2017

Baku Ishii Memorial Prize (Japan)

2017

Awarded the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Officier (France)

 

Profile of Rihoko Sato

©︎Akihito Abe

Having participated in KARAS’ workshops in 1995, she joined the group in 1996. Since then, Sato has performed in all group works, and also works as the artistic assistant for Saburo Teshigawara in all his creative activities. She is acclaimed internationally, as one of the main figures in Teshigawara’s works. Her exceptionally sensitive body and nerves create a wide range of dynamism, from melting fragility to sharp intensity, opening a new dimension for physical expression. Sato has also worked as dance mistress for Teshigawara’s commissioned works for other ballet companies. She has received the Best Dancer Award for her duet with Vaclav Kunes in Scream and Whisper at Les Étoiles de Ballet2000 Awards in 2005 in Cannes, France, the Japan Dance Forum Award for 2007, and the Forty edition of the PREMIO POSITANO “LEONIDE MASSINE” Per la Danza 2012.

Awards

2005

The Best Dancer of the Year Award of 2005 of the French and Italian dance magazine “Ballet2000” for “Scream and Whisper” which was performed for the first time in Rome in 2005.

2012

40th Premio Positano Danza Léonide Massine

2017

Baku Ishii Memorial Prize

2018

The Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s Art Encouragement Prize

 

Outreach Performance in Mitanecho

The “Outreach Performance” is held in Mitanecho where Baku Ishii was born. Baku Ishii Memorial Creative Dance Company and Ayuko Tanahashi Ballet School perform and local children also appear on stage. Please enjoy the “Outreach Performance” in the birthplace of Baku Ishii.

Date of event

2:00 PM, Sunday, November 11, 2018

*The doors open 30 minutes before the show starts.

Venue

Yamamoto furusato culture Hall

Admission

Free

Performed by

Baku Ishii Memorial Creative Dancers, Ayuko Tanahashi’s Ballet School

 

Profile of Baku Ishii Memorial Creation Dance Company

Originally started by Baku Ishii as “Baku Ishii Creative Dance Company”, but was renamed as the “Baku Ishii Memorial Creative Dance Company” after Baku’s death. It was reorganized by Noboru Ishii in 1994 using Baku Ishii’s dance ideology as a base for their performances. They have studied for recreation of Baku’s works and endeavored to create new dance. They aim to expand the possibility of dance itself and to develop the sensitivities and the superior human quality in their dancers.

 

Profile of Ayuko Tanahashi Ballet School

Since the opening of the studio in 1958, they have received many awards including the second place in the modern dance category of the national dance competition. In 2005 they received an award of excellence in the Modern Dance Festival.
They performed in the Wakasugi National Athletic Meet, the National Tree-planting Festival held in Akita, the Nenrinpic Games, and National Cultural Festivals held in five prefectures. In the Akita National Cultural Festival held in 2014, they led a modern dance festival with the theme being Baku Ishii.