A new work by Yasumoto Masako, who began her term as the third Resident Choreographer at Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse No.1 in April 2026, and her first in six years since “Zenjido Bonno zuizuizu.” Yasumoto began presenting choreographic works in 2004 and, apart from a brief hiatus, has continued to dance with a freedom all her own. The work began with Yasumoto confronting her own aging and unfolds on a circular stage that is both a public square and an enclosed room.
In a space with neither front nor back, offering nowhere to hide yet open to every possibility of escape, performers of different generations, including Yasumoto herself, each present a dance show uniquely their own. Spicing delicate sensibilities with humor, venom, and eros, Yasumoto’s dance connects the festive and the everyday, slipping past meaning and interpretation as it moves slowly toward a world that never converges on catharsis.
Yasumoto Masako “mite- go-round・show”
- 02.17 [Wed] 19:15
- 02.18 [Thu] 19:15
Yasumoto Masako
“mite- go-round・show”
- Concept, Direction, and Choreography： Yasumoto Masako
- Dancer： Okada Tomoyo, Kikuzawa Masanori, Nakutemo///Osako Kenji , Murakami Wataru, Matsumoto Shigehiro, BC. (Moriwaki Ayumi), Yasumoto Masako
- Set Design： Matsumoto Shigehiro
- Costume Design： Fujitani Kyoko
- Publicity Art： Tange Hiroki, Uragami Yuhei
- Publicity Artwork： Takano Kaoru
- Subsidy： the Kanagawa Prefecture Magcul Expansion Promotion Subsidy, Zen-Zei-Kyo Cultural Foundation
Yasumoto Masako
Dancer and choreographer Yasumoto Masako rose to prominence in 2004 when “Dasshin Koza Konchu-hen” won the National Consultative Committee Prize at Yokohama Dance Collection’s Rencontres chorégraphiques internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis (formerly the Bagnolet International Choreography Competition) – Yokohama Platform. Her dance, characterized by free movement unconstrained by existing frameworks and the liberation of instinctive desires latent within the body, has attracted audiences beyond the theatre. Her wide-ranging practice includes interdisciplinary collaborations and choreography across diverse fields. After returning from a hiatus following childbirth, she founded ‘Aa99bibi’, an organization that plans and runs workshops alongside her creative work, offering niche yet essential workshops. Since 2026, she has served as the Resident Choreographer at Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse No. 1