Kaori Ito (伊藤郁女)(born 1979) is a Japanese dancer and choreographer who is active in France. She founded the dance company Hime.

Early life and education

Ito was born in 1979 in

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, Japan. She began studying dance at 5 years old, learning from Syuntoku Takagi (高木俊徳). She studied at

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in the United States, and earned a degree in

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and education from

Rikkyo University , also known as Saint Paul's University, is a private university, in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan. Rikkyo is known as one of the six leading universities in the field of sports in Tokyo (東京六大学 "Big Six" — Rikkyo University, University of ...

in Tokyo. After graduation, Ito received a grant from the Japanese government to study in New York with the Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre.

Career

Ito began her career by dancing works choreographed by

Philippe Decouflé Philippe Decouflé (born October 22, 1961) is a French choreographer, dancer, mime artist, and theatre director.

and

Angelin Preljocaj Angelin Preljocaj (; born 19 January 1957) is a French dancer and choreographer of contemporary dance. Early life Angelin Preljocaj was born in 1957 in Sucy-en-Brie, France. He is of Albanian descent. Career His choreographic work is steeped ...

. In 2008, she began to choreograph her own works, and created a dance company called Hime in 2014. She was awarded the Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2015. Some of Ito's best known works include "Plexus", a collaboration with Aurélien Bory in which Ito hung from strings at the Brooklyn Academy of Music; and "I dance because I do not trust words", a duet piece with her father, sculptor Hiroshi Ito.

References

External links

Official website
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