Competition Ⅰ Dance Composition Division
[Schedule]
February 10th(FRI) 7:00pm
Kaido Chikako
Lee Jae young(KOREA)
Kodama Takafumi / Toyofuku Akifumi ＜nmatu-posu＞
Ara Yuhei
February 11th(SAT/HOLIDAY) 4:00pm
Lee Ji hee(KOREA)
Iwabuchi Teita and Seki Kaori
Suzuki Yuriko
Yamaguchi Yoshiko
February 12th(SUN）3:00pm
Yokoyama Ayano/Takahashi Moto/Tomari Maiko ＜CRUSH THE TYMKS＞
Ishii Takeo
Sakai Yukina
Kim Jun gi(KOREA)
＋The latest work of 2011 CompetitionII prizewinner Kawamura Mikiko
＋Awards Ceremony
・doors open 30 minutes before
・All seats are unreserved
[Venue]
Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse No. 1, 3rd Floor Hall
[Tickets]
¥3,500（Students：¥2,500）
*Advance sale is ¥500 discount.
¥7,000＜3-day pass＞（advanse sale only）
[Jury]
Ono Shinji (producer, Aoyama Theatre/ Aoyama Round Theatre) , Shindo Hiroko (dance critic), Maeda Keizo (board director, realcities, an NPO), Hamano Fumio (senior editor,Shinshokan Dance Magazine), Murobushi Ko (dancer, choreographer), Rebecca Lee (director, L'Institut Franco-Japonais de Yokohama), Aymar Crosnier (vice-director, Centre national de danse contemporaine Angers).
[Supplementary prizes]
Jury Prize: 200,000 yen and the right to present work at the Prize winners performance in Yokohama Dance Collection EX in the following years.
French Embassy Prize for Young Choreographers: Residence in France for from 2 to 6 months during the year 2012.
MASDANZA Prize: Right to participate in the MASDANZA Contemporary Dance Festival (Spain)
Competition�� Profile
2/10（Fri）
(c) Wolfgang Kleber
Kaido Chikako
Title: "Shadow lines"
A native of Yokohama now living in Germany, Kaido was a member of the Folkwang Tanzstudio led by the late Pina Bausch and Rodolpho Leoni, as a dancer and choreographer. She went freelance in 2010. She won second place at the 2007 [MASDANZA], first place at the 2008 [Soloduo Festival], and was nominated for the Kurt Jooss Prize in 2010. She is also participating in [the 2011 project to commemorate 150 years of friendship between Germany and Japan].
Lee Jae young
Title: "The Rest"
Lee Jae-young graduated from the dance department of Seoul Institute of the Arts in 2004 and the dance department of Hansung University in 2006. He was awarded the Gold Prize in [the 2004 National University Dance Concours] and, in 2005, the Silver Prize in [the Korean Modern Dance Institute Concours]. In 2006 he performed "Nephilim" in the choreography division of [the Seoul Dance Contest] to considerable acclaim. "The Babe"l, which he performed at [the third Seoul Dance Collection], earned the comment that he is a talented newcomer able to choreograph a variety of powerful movements into just one minute's performance.
Kodama Takafumi / Toyofuku Akifumi ＜nmatu-posu＞
Title: "Hurdle"
Both Kodama Takafumi and Toyofuku Akifumi of 
Ara Yuhei
Title: "Better together"
Born in Aomori in 1985, Ara is single. He began dancing by happenstance at the age of 20. The summer he was 22, he spent a month roaming the Middle East. He has participated in the work of＜Makoto cluv＞ ,＜Junjun science＞, ＜Co. Yamada Un＞, and ＜CI bu＞, among others. He began solo performances at about the age of 24, thanks to the many who have assisted him.
2/11（Sat/ holiday）
Lee Ji hee
Title: "Shadow me"
The many awards Lee jihee has received in Korea include second place in the 2003 [Dance and People Competition], second place in the 2005 [Seoul International Dance Competition], and 36th prize in [the Dong-A Dance Competition] in 2006,2011 award for Young Choreographers Creative Performance.Works she has choreographed include Hidden Hostility(2008)," The Transparent Door"(2009), "Black Pure"(2010)," Shadow Me "(2010), "Dew Point"(2010)," Slaves of Memory".
(c) ボブ（岩渕）岩渕貞太（関）
Iwabuchi Teita and Seki Kaori
Title:" Hetero"
Iwabuchi studied theater and Japanese dance at university; Seki has studied classic ballet since childhood. Amidst other activities, in 2007 they organized <Mure>, a unit consisting of artists of about their age. In 2008, they were artists in residence at Asahi Art Square. They performed at [Wanna See Dance!] in 2009 and in an abandoned building in 2010. They co-choreographed "Sabua" in 2010 and "Hetero" in 2011.
(c) 竹内梓
Suzuki Yuriko
Title: "BORN/2012"
Suzuki began studying with Kisanuki Kuniko at the age of sixteen. A graduate of the contemporary dance program at the Nihon University College of Art, she has performed in work by Hamaguchi Ayako and Muramoto Sumire. She has been training at the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance since 2008 and took part, at the BODHI Project, in works by Matej Kežar ＜Rosas＞ and Maya Lipsker. She directs the energy from her passionate investigation of the possibilities of her own physicality into creative activity. "BORN/2011" was performed in five European countries and won the prize for [Best Choreographic Direction at Act Festival 2011].
Yamaguchi Yoshiko
Title: Midori's room
Yamaguchi realized in early childhood that dancing was life; for her, a place to dance, with her body alone, is all. She has studied with Sato Yoshiko and Senju Machiko. Until 2009, she was a member of ＜Zunchacha＞. She has performed at [Let's Dance!!] and [the Fukuoka Dance Fringe Festival], among other events. The leader of ＜R40＞, she performs in Hasegawa Takashi x violism x Yamaguchi Yoshiko (=ART x MUSIC x DANCE).
2/12（Sun）
(c) 横山 彰乃
Yokoyama Ayano/Takahashi Moto/Tomari Maiko ＜CRUSH THE TYMKS＞
Title:" Predawn where star doesn't fall"
"Live!" is the motto of this intensely human unit, which formed through an audition with KENTARO!!, its godfather, in 2009.
Reflecting the perspective of young women in its work, it seeks originality while positively incorporating existing techniques, aiming for an open style through pure dance that will reach a wide stratum of audiences. It was selected to perform at [the Komaba Agora Theater Festival 2010].
(c) スターメイカースタジオ
Ishii Takeo
Title: "Nonsense"
A dancer who works in no conventionally defined style, Ishii takes Sabar dancing from Senegal, Africa, as his base line for the many varieties of dances he performs. His multifaceted activities include stage performances, club showcases, television appearances, and serving as a dance contest judge. He also has experience in breakdance, house, hip-hop, contemporary dance, and acrobatics. His forte is free-style dance in which he utilizes his body to the full.
(c) 相川健一
Sakai Yukina
Title: "Spica"
Born in 1985, Sakai has studied modern dance since the age of five. A graduate in Department of Musical Creativity and the Environment from Tokyo University of the Arts, she presented "Hard Hearing Pearl/ Night in June" at [the i.e. project03] in 2010. Her work now includes stage pieces in collaboration with musicians and cartoonists as well as theatrical and music video choreography and performance.She won the prize for Kanagawa Culture Award Outstanding Youth Award in 2011.
(c) Kim Kang yi