Details
Kaoruco trained under Mari Tatekawa, Hiroshi Ieki; the Broadway Dance Center and Lee Simon So in New York and at the Pineapple Studio, London. She has choreographed for numerous top artists and musicians including Ryuichi Sakamoto, Haruomi Hosono, Yukihiro Takahashi of YMO and recently she won the Avon Arts Award, the prestigious international dance award, for her choreography work with disabled children and adults, having set up a dance school for children with disabilities in 1996 and choreographing The Nagano Paralympics Opening Ceremony in 1998. In a world where contradiction and struggle have replaced traditional human values Shinla unearths the universal truth. It is a symbolic and fantastical journey that explores the true spirit and values of 'Bushi-do' (the traditional art of living as a Samurai) - the merging of moral behaviour and spiritual power to pursue the truth - and their necessity in 21st Century living. It also uses human Bunraku (Japanese life-size puppets) in its demonstration of the invisible energies that are born from the universe and united with the human spirit to create the dynamic natural world in which we live.
Cast/Performers
Kaoruco,
Kaiji Moriyama,
Koji Aoyama,
Hiroaki Noguchi,
Hitomi Yoshida,
Takeshi,
MachakiCreatives/Company
Choreographer:
Kaoruco
