This year we will be showing performances by the 10 finalists chosen from the 33 artists who entered the video and document screening for new artists under the age of 25 aiming to become choreographers.
PROGRAM
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Competition II New Choreographer Division
- 11.28 [Thu] 19:00
- 11.29 [Fri] 19:00
@Yokohama Nigiwaiza Small Hall
11.28 [Thu] 19:00
Katayama Tessho
“Jump Over the Hurdle, But Do It Diagonally.”
Tanaka Yui
“I can’t put it into words well.”
Odo Tomoko
“404”
ruki kojima
“I hear the sound of throb.”
Kato Rina
“absence”
11.29 [Fri] 19:00
Fukunaga Shoya
“Contact Shots”
Takahashi Akari
“Reincarnation”
Suzuki Iroha
“Doshaburi no Boku”
Toyama Haruhiro
“I ∋ 2”
Okada Yumi
“In the first place”
JURY
Kato Yumina (Director of Steep Slope Studio)
Suzuki Takuro (Head of the dance company CHAiroiPLIN, Dancer, Choreographer, Director)
Hamano Fumio (Senior Editor of Shinshokan Dance Magazine)
Yoshigai Nao (Filmmaker, Dancer)
The jury for the Architanz Artist Support Prize will be a representative of the organization.
Outstanding New Artist Prize
Opportunity to perform at Yokohama Dance Collection
Architanz Artist Support Prize
We will decide upon consultation regarding the provision of the studio use for creation at Studio Architanz and free attendance to classes, and the possibility of holding workshops.
Katayama Tessho
Born in 2011, Katayama is currently a second-year student at Miyazaki Nishi High School Junior High Division. He first fell in love with contemporary dance at a daycare. A first-generation member of CandY’s exclusive dance company ＜Odoru Sportsman Lab＞, he is currently experimenting with how to push boundaries at ＜Namstrops＞. During elementary school, he was inspired to create a prequel to the piece Hurdle after watching it at Miyazaki University.
Tanaka Yui
Starting jazz dance at the age of seven, Tanaka spent six years in the Body Expression Course and Dance Club at Shōin Junior and Senior High School, where she studied expressive arts. Currently a member of the dance club at Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences, she continues to explore the profound depths of dance expression. Recipient of the Toyama Governor’s Award at Artistic Movement in Toyama 2023.
© Isamu Yagi
Odo Tomoko
Born in 1999. At the age of 18, Odo encountered contemporary dance in the dance club at Daito Bunka University, directed by Ishibuchi Satoshi. Since then, she has been pursuing a method of transforming unconventional ideas into dance. This past June, she performed a solo work for the first time and now aims to share her art not only in Japan but globally.
ruki kojima
Kojima graduated from the Computer Music program at Kunitachi College of Music and is currently enrolled in the school’s master’s program. Focusing on auditory phenomena such as sound and music, she creates works across various media, including music composition, video, installations, and performances. In addition to her original creations, she also composes music for stage productions such as theater and body expression, pursuing a comprehensive artistic approach through auditory experiences.
Kato Rina
Dancer and choreographer. After completing Nihon University Graduate School of Art, majoring in performing arts, she is currently a project member of Tarinof dance company. While performing and creating her own works, she is actively involved in local projects through dance, international co-productions, and collaborations with different fields including video production.
Fukunaga Shoya
Fukunaga is involved in stage lighting and photography work, while working as a dancer and choreographer. Interested in the moments when people gather in a single space and spend time together observing a someone’s body, he explores how the use of various media can redefine that experience to create performance-based works.
Takahashi Akari
Takahashi started ballet at the age of 4 and contemporary dance at 12. Her first choreographed work, 4’33”, was performed at Roppongi Art Night 2018, TEDx 2019, and Yokohama Dance Collection 2020 Competition II. After graduating from Trinity Laban in the UK, she completed a master’s program at NSCD. Active both in Japan and internationally, including performances in Eun Me Ahn’s world tour and in works directed by Kaneta Ayuko.
Suzuki Iroha
Born in 2003, Suzuki started classical ballet, modern ballet, and contemporary dance from a young age, studying under Ito Midori and Ito Yuri. She was selected for a scholarship for Co. Yamada Un in 2024. Currently studying Dance Education at Ochanomizu University, she creates both solo and group dance pieces and is involved in stage production. She has received numerous awards, including first place at the Tsukuba National Western Dance Competition and the ART.M Jury Prize, among others.
Toyama Haruhiro
Born in Niigata Prefecture, Toyama is currently enrolled in the Graduate School of Education at Yokohama National University. He started Yosakoi-style dance at the age of 4 and took hip-hop lessons through elementary and part of middle school, spending six years in the track and field club during middle and high school. He began creative dance in a university club. Currently in graduate school, he conducts research on creative dance instruction in school physical education. In 2023, his work Banana Fish won the Takaoka Mayor’s Award at ART.M.
Okada Yumi
Born in 1999, Okada started learning classical ballet at the age of 5 and discovered creative dance in middle school. She graduated from the Department of Theatre, Western Dance Course, at Nihon University College of Art. Currently, she is enrolled in the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Department of Intermedia Art, at Tokyo University of the Arts. Focusing on actions and emotions that remain hidden within communities, she attempts to extract the “unspoken words” found in dialogues.