PROGRAM : YOKOHAMA DANCE COLLECTION EX

Choreographers who have won the Jury Prize, the highest award in Yokohama Dance Collection EX CompetitionⅠ, present their work in the Prizewinners Performance. In this, the twentieth year of the competition, three choreographers who earned prizes in 2012 to 2014, will unveil new works. Each of these three female choreographers will delineate her own world.

[Schedule]
February 11(WED / HOLIDAY) 16:00
Yuriko SUZUKI "BANANA"

February 13(FRI) 19:00
Bo ra KIM　"Gaksi" / "Thank you"
Shun NAKAMURA "[Karte]"

Feburary 15(SUN) 17:00
Yo NAKAMURA "Face"

Doors Open 30minutes before
All seats are unreserved

[Venue]
Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse No. 1, 3rd Floor Hall

[Tickets]
¥2,800（Students：¥2,300）
*Advance sale is ¥500 discount.
¥5,000 ＜3-day pass＞（advanse sale only）

Yuriko SUZUKI "BANANA"

[Schedule]
Feburary 11(WED) 16:00
Doors open 30 minutes before

[Venue]
Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse No.1, 3F Hall

[Choreography］
Yuriko SUZUKI
[Sound]
Kento KANNO
[Dancer］
aokid、Ahn min young、Yuriko SUZUKI

Yuriko SUZUKI
【Jury Prize (2012)】

Born in 1986. From Gunma Prefecture. Has studied ballet since she was small. A graduate of the Nihon University Faculty of Arts. Since 2008, she has been training at the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance (SEAD). She was a finalist at the Toyota Choreography Awards 2012, and has performed overseas in Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Slovakia, China and Singapore, as well as in Japan. In recent years she has collaborated in joint productions with Korean choreographer Soo-Hyun Hwang.　She is interested in the relationship between body and mind, and experiments with dance as an approach to exploring this relationship.

http://yurikosuzuki.com/

Bo ra KIM "Gaksi"/"Thank you"

[Schedule]
Feburary 13(FRI) 19:00
Doors open 30 minutes before

[Venue]
Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse No.1, 3F Hall

「Gaksi」（Solo Piece）
[Choreography・Dancer]
Kim BORA
[Music]
Kim JAEDUK
[Custume]
Choi INSOOK

「Thank you」（Co-choreographing Piece）
[Co-Choreography]
Kim BORA、Ji KYUNGMIN
[Music]
Kim JAEDUK
[Custume]
Choi INSOOK
[Dancer]
Kim BORA、Ji KYUNGMIN、Lee YOONHEE

Bo ra KIM
【Jury Prize (2014)】

The Choreographer, Bo ra KIM, who won the Jury Prize at Yokohama Dance Collection EX2014 focus on contemporary dance, leading the experimental works through the exchange with other genres and Breaking down the concept of genre and space. Approaching to the materials reflecting the same age with the various points of view, Bo ra KIM stimulates the audience’s emotion through unique and witty drama, and dramatic choreographing.

Shun NAKAMURA "Karte" (2014 Competition II PRIZE WINNER)

[Schedule]
Feburary 13(FRI) 19:00
Doors open 30 minutes before

[Venue]
Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse No.1, 3F Hall

[Choreography]
Shun NAKAMURA
[Assistant Choregraphy]
Shota UTAGAWA
［Dancer］
Shota UTAGAWA, Kyota UCHIDA, Ryota UCHIDA, Satoru TAMURA,
Tatsuki NAGASHIMA, Kentaro MIURA, Shotaro YAMAGUCHI

Shun NAKAMURA
【CompetitionⅡ Outstanding New Artist Prize (2014)】

Born in Saitama in 1992, He started dance as club activities of high school. Studied the essence of dance with MAWATARI Teruyo at Daitobunka University (Modern Dance Club.) to refine the skills and have a deeper understanding of body expression.　Currently, He is working with UTAGAWA Shota to research the possiblities of the body expressions and movements.

Yo NAKAMURA "face"

[Schedule]
Feburary 15(SUN) 17:00
Doors open 30 minutes before

[Venue]
Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse No.1, 3F Hall

[Choreography・Dancer]
Yo NAKAMURA

Yo NAKAMURA
【Jury Prize (2013)】

She began studying contemporary dance while a student at Waseda University. In 2009 she performed in, and worked as the assistant on, dance performances by Shuji ONODERA and Ryohei KONDO. In 2010 she began creating her own works. In 2014 she participated in the Sea View International Theatre Festival, National Theatre Wales Residency Program, Wales Labo, the Hanoi Dance Festival, in the Closing Ceremony of the 2014 East Asian Culture City program and various events (in Koshu and Yokohama), and the Tokyo Solo×Duo Dance Festival, amongst others. She has also been organizing a workshop series called “Kayokyoku Switch”, in which participants attempt to become the characters, which appear in the kayokyoku stories, through dance. (Kayokyoku is a form of Japanese pop music inspired by Western music, dating from the Showa Period, and the predecessor of J-Pop.)