Yokoyama Ayano＜lal banshees＞

Yokoyama Ayano is a dancer and choreographer who began studying modern dance in her childhood and later pursued dance theory at Japan Women’s College of Physical Education. Since 2009, she has been active as a dancer with Tokyo ELECTROCK STAIRS. In 2016, she founded her own company, ＜lal banshees＞, and started launching original dance projects. In 2020, her solo work Suiyoubaion, part of her two-part solo trio series, won both the Jury Prize and the Porosus Endowment Fund – Camping 2020 Prize at YDC Competition I. The following year, she was invited by Aerowaves and performed both domestically and internationally. As can be seen in her 2019 piece Snow on the seafloor, which won the Kyoto Choreography Award Encouragement Prize, and YU-KEI (2022), she explores movement based on the individual sensitivities of her collaborating dancers, blending a refined, urban sensibility with the primal physicality of nature and rich musicality, while creating choreography where music and body resonate, generating a unique groove. Yokoyama also creates installation-type performances such as STRANGER THAN PHENOMENON (2022), and continues to expand her activities in her hometown of Nagano.
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