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Yokohama Dance Collection 2019　 Competition I and II Finalists Chosen

Competition I attracted 208 entries from 35 countries.
Based on videos the entrants submitted 10 finalists from Japan, Korea, the Philippines and Latvia have been selected to perform at the final stage.
DATE:February 9th (Sat) and 10th (Sun)

■Finalists of Competition I 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　

Choreographer	Age	Country	Title
Okamoto Yu	30	Japan	MANUAL
Kaigaishi Nami	30	Japan	Dripping grain boundary
Shimomura Yu	31	Japan	Defections for beginners:The country of DREAMS
Hoei Miki	32	Japan	a bulb
Norimatsu Kaoru/Tetsuda Emi/Myung Hyun Choi	35 / 32 / 35	Japan / Japan / Korea	The Ignited Body
Chen Yi En	26	Taiwan	Self-hate
Jana Jacuka	23	Latvia	FAUX PAS
Japhet Mari Cabling	25	Philippines	nothing|special
Subin Kang	29	Korea	Cut
Tan-ki Wong / Sze-yeung Justyne Li	37 / 39	China(Hong Kong)	Division

□JURY
OKAMI Sae (Dance Critic)
KONDO Ryohei (Director of CONDORS, Choreographer, Dancer)
TADA Junnosuke (Director of TOKYO DEATHLOCK, Artistic director of cultural centre of Fujimi city)
HAMANO Fumio (Senior Editor, Shinshokan Dance Magazine)
YANAIHARA Mikuni (Director of Nibroll, Choreographer, Play writer, Associate professor of Kindai University)
Samson Sylvain（Cultural attaché of the French Embassy）
Xavier Person (Director of the French Institute of Japan-Yokohama)
Aymar Crosnier (CND Deputy Managing Director)
*The judges will include dance experts in a variety of fields at each countries.


Competition II, the New Choreographer Division, is open to choreographers who are 25 and under.
The 12 finalists chosen from among them will perform at the final stage.
DATE：February 7th (Thu) and 8th (Fri)

■Finalists of Competition II 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　

Choreographer	Age	Country	Title
Aoyagi Machiko	21	Japan	foam
Aramata Natsumi	24	Japan	Spring has fallen
Omori Yoko	22	Japan	stars fall in sink-corner strainer
Kai Hirona	23	Japan	Pretty Vacant
Shawn k.Farrell	23	Japan	Did you forget something?
Nishi Junnosuke	24	Japan	RINJIN NO
Fujimoto Shigetoshi	24	Japan	off body
Furusawa Miki	22	Japan	mother
Furuyabu Naoki	21	Japan	!-Exclamation point
Honjyo Yuya	21	Japan	react
Mita Mao	24	Japan	reincarnation
Yokoyama Yaeko	24	Japan	silence

□JURY
ITO Chie (Choreographer, Director, Dancer, Artistic Director of Strange Kinoko Dance Company)
Vivienne SATO (Artist)
SHIBA Yukio (Playwright, Director, Founder of the Theatre Company Mamagoto)
HAMANO Fumio（Senior Editor, Shinshokan Dance Magazine）