Biography
1967–1969
1967 * Started the event group "Mandoragora." Experimentally ran a variety of event performances in the street and indoors, such as A funeral procession for Marilyn Monroe, Chrysanthemum, Sacred flag – A solar eclipse, CAN, etc. 1968 * First encounter with Hijikata through Hijikata's solo, Hijikata Tatsumi and Japanese People: Revolt of the Body (Nippon Seinen-kan, Tokyo, Japan) 1969 * Studied with Tatsumi Hijikata and spent 18 months living at Asbestos Studio1970–1979
1970 * Researched on Shugendo that he had long been interested in as the theme of his university thesis, and practiced "Yamabushi" (practices asceticism) twice, in the spring course and in the autumn course. Attained the first grade. 1972 * Co-founder of the Butoh company Dairakudakan (with Maro Akaji) * Dance Anzu Machine, the debut performance of Dairakudakan (Tokyo, Kyoto, Japan) 1973 * Kinkondoria Reshiantoyata, Dairakudakan (Tokyo, Japan) * Myth of the Phallus, Dairakudakan (Tokyo, Japan) 1974 * Established Kaiou Planning ("The king of ocean planning") * Editor-Publisher of the first Butoh Newspaper Hageshii Kisetsu (la Saison Violente) * Producer and Choreographer of the female Butoh Company ARriadone. (1974-1985) * Sumera Daikougan, Dairakudakan, Tama River (Tokyo, Japan) * Danniku Monogatari, Dairakudakan, Nihon Seinenkan (Tokyo, Japan) 1975 * Mesukazan, Ariadone no Kai debut performance. Producer: Kaiou Planning, Director: Maro Akaji, Choreography: Maro Akaji, Ko Murobushi, Ushio Amagatsu, several members of Dairakudakan (Tokyo, Japan) * Ranchujingi, Dairakudakan, Kyoto University (Kyoto, Japan) 1976 * Founded the all-male Butoh company "Butoh-Ha Sebi" and founded the Butoh Studio Hokuryukyo (Fukui, Japan) performed the opening performance KOMUSO (Wandering Monk) * Arashi, Dairakudakan, Toranomon Hall (Tokyo, Japan) * Mesukazan Vol.II Le Blue du Ciel (Ariadone no Kai), Direction, Choreography: Members of Dairakudakan (Tokyo, Japan) 1977 * Hinagata as the debut performance of Sebi, Hokuryukyo (Fukui, Japan) * Zougerei, Dairakudakan (Nagoya, Kyoto, Japan). * Mesukazan Vol. III SHISEI, Ariadone no Kai (Tokyo, Japan) * Performed at the cabaret 'Jardin' (Paris, France) 1978 * The first Butoh creation in Europe. Choreographed and directed Le Dernier Eden: porte de l’au-dela for Sebi and Ariadone (Mesukazan), Nouveau carré Silvia Monfort (Paris, France) * Kaze Sakashima, Dairakudakan (Tokyo, Japan). * Hinagata II: Jour sans jours, Nuit sans nuits, Hokuryukyo (Fukui, Japan) 1979 * Hinagata III: Die Welt its in Cabarett—Saint Duke Cabaret or Spasm Toward the Other Shore (Ishikawa, Toyama, Fukui, Japan) * Binbou na Hito, Dairakudakan, Toyotama Garan (Tokyo, Japan)1980–1989
1980 * Hinagata IV: Organ and Vitriol "Lotus Cabaret '80s" (Fukui, Japan) * Choreographed Z/A 1980☆Zarathoustra for AriadoneE, Sogetsu Hall (Tokyo, Japan) * La Mome olo Sogetsu Hall (Tokyo, Japan) * Hinagata V: Tarahumara Trans "Lotus Summer Cabaret '80s, in Hokuryukyo" (Fukui, Japan) * Choreographed A Choreograph of Chorea for Ariadone and Sebi, (Tokyo, Japan) * Anin no Hikari, Dairakudakan, Toyotama Garan (Tokyo, Japan) 1981 * Artistic Director of SebiI and the company Ariadone. (1981–84) * Hinagata VI: Mummy–Hierophany (Tokyo, Japan) * Choreographed Utt as Carlotta Ikeda's solo performance, Sogetsu Hall (Tokyo, Japan) * Opened the live underground cabaret "Shy." Opening solo performance Hinagata VII: Neon ou Neant, Minami Aoyama (Tokyo, Japan) * Zarathustra, toured France and Belgium. * Lotus-Cabaret for Sebi and Ariadone, Georges Pompidou Center (Paris, France). 1982 * Hinagata VIII Sebi, Theatre Gestuel Paris (Paris, France). * Zarathoustra, toured Europe. * Zarathoustra, toured across Theatre Municipal (Paris, France), Theater 11 (Zürich, Switzerland), Maison de la Danse (Lyon, France), Nouveau carré Silvia Monfort (Paris, France), * The Round House Theater (London, UK), etc. 1983 * iki-1 olo Maison des Cultures du Monde (Paris, France) * Choreographed Utt for Carlotta Ikeda olo Festival Klap-stuk (Bergium) * Choreographed La Nuit for Michel Bruel Ballet, (Paris, France) * Zarathoustra, Plus la peine de frimer (France), C. A. C. Théâtre (Angoulême, France) and Teatro Principal (Valencia, Spain), etc. 1984 * iki-2 olo Maison des Cultures du Monde (Paris, France) * Improvisation for Natsuyuki Nakanishi, "Private Exhibition of Narsuyuki Nakanishi," (Tokyo, Japan) * Zarathusra, Utt, toured Israel, Austria, Spain, Swiss, Holland 1985 * IKI 2, Chapter Arts Centre (Cardiff, UK) * Dehors olo "Avignon Février de Danse" (Avignon, France) * 9creations with Wim Mertens and Carlotta Ikeda, Original tape music Takehisa Kosugi and Osamu Goto, Festival "Buto '85," Espace Kiron (Paris, France) * Choreographed Hime for Ariadone, Festival "Montpellier Danse" (Montpellier, France) * Monsieur Kafka1990–1999
1990 * Station-Event at Strasbourg, Direction and choreograph (Strasbourg, Swiss) * Ephemere, Werkstadt Duesseldorf (Duesseldorf, Germany) * EN olo toured France, Germany, Italy. * Le Cycle des Stupeurs, (Duesseldorf, Germany) 1991 * EPHEMERE and EN, toured Mexico, Italy, France, Germany. * Quiet Sand in UTOPIA, choreography for Company No-Made (Freiburg, Germany) 1992 * Directed and choreographed Mamushi for the opening of "Mamu Festival" (Ko Murobushi, Urara Kusanagi, Tadashi Endo2000–2009
2000 * Dissection d’un homme armé [Choreographed by Bernardo Montetl, Théâtre de la Ville (Paris, France), Théâtre National de Bretagne (Rennes, France) and Le Quartz (Brest, France) * Another Human, Another Thing (Soto No Hito, Ta No Mono) olo Torii Hall (Osaka, Japan) * Untitled olo Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna (Rome, Italy) * Coaching Project, ImPulsTanz International Dance Festival (Vienna, Austria) * Edge olo die Pratze Kagurazaka (Tokyo, Japan) 2001 * Edge 01 olo David Zambrano Invites [Guest improvisation with David Zambrano], Workshop: PRO Series and Supervisor for Akemi Takeya's Black Honey Drops, * "ImPulsTanz: Vienna International Dance Festival," (Vienna, Austria) * Edge 01: Face with Valentina Castro, Raul Parrao and Rodrigo Angoitia, "Festival Arte 01," Teatro de la Danza (Mexico City, Mexico) * Poetry Readings mprovisation with Ben Shozu Musashi University (Tokyo, Japan) * Kuchinoha Christmas with Koichi Makigami (Voice), Lauren Newton (Voice) and Ko Ishikawa (Sho), Ochanomizu Christian Center (Tokyo, Japan) * Ko vs Kota with Kota Yamazaki, De Pratze Kagurazaka (Tokyo, Japan) * Edge 01 olo and collaboration with V.Castro, R. Angoitia, R.Parrao Theater Tram, (Tokyo) * Edge-Warsaw, Maty Theater (Warsaw, Poland) * Edge-ExTra (Sapporo, Japan) * Workshops in Warsaw, London, Mexico City, Marseille. 2002 *"The U.S.-Japan Choreographers Exchange Residency Project" (Dance Theater Workshop, Japan Society and Japan Contemporary Dance Network), (Philadelphia, New York, USA) * East Wind III: No Boat in Sights, New Delhi, Chandigarh (INDIA) and Setagaya Public Theater (Japan) * Edge 02: Bach Sketch, "Festival Internacional de las Artes Coahuila," Teatro de la Ciudad Fernando Soler (Mexico) * Coaching Project, ImPulsTanz International Dance Festival (Vienna, Austria) * Edge 01, Edge 02-back sketch, "ImPulstanz International Dance Festival", Museums Quartier Halle G, TQ-Studios (Vienna, Austria) 2003 * 3 Improvisations for FAREWEL ASBESTOS Hall with Akiko Motofuji, YAS-KAZ and Osamu Goto, Asbestos Hall (Tokyo, Japan) * 2 Improvisations for bp with Jean François Pauvros (gr) and Alain Mahé (elc), "Butô Festival 4ème Edition," Espace Culturel Bertin Poirée Paris, (Paris, France) * Edge 03 and Coaching Project orkshop "ImPulsTanz: Vienna International Dance Festival," Akademietheater (Vienna, Austria) * Memorial Motofuji Akiko, Taro Okamoto Museum (Kawasaki, Japan) * Handsome Blue Sky (Bibou no Aozora) o & Edge Co. "JADE 2003 International Dance Festival," Park Tower Hall (Tokyo, Japan) * Edge-India (New Delhi, India) * Edge 01 "Ravenna Festival Teatro e Danza Giapponese" (Ravenna, Italy) * Edge 03 (Daiji Megiro, V.Castro, R.Angoitia) II Polisendorian Festival (Mexico) * Edge 01, The Place (London, UK) * Workshop (Curitoba, Brazil) 2004 * PINE with the Staff Juku, (Manila, Philippines) * Opening Performance for the Exhibition of Hijikata,2010–2015
2010 * a ball olo Terpsichore, (Tokyo, Japan) * quick silver, Latin America Tour 2010: Buenos Aires, Argentine/Bogota, Colombia/ Mexico City, Xarapa, Mexico. * MUSIC, uet Teatro de la Danza (Mexico City, Mexico) * Le centaure et l’animal, Collaboration with Bartabas (Toulouse, France) * Teaching, Centre National de Danse Contemporaine (Angers, France) * Le centaure et l'amimal, Collaboration with Bartabas (Normandie, France) * Contorsions with Ko & Edge Co, Centre National de Danse Contemporaine (Angers, France) * Le Centaure et l’animal, Théâtre National de Chaillot (Paris, France) * quick silver, DEAD1, "GREC 2010 Festival de Barcelona" (Barcelona, Spain), Pumpenhous (Muenster, Germany), "International Istanbul Theatre Festival" (Istanbul, Turkey) * quick silver, i-camp (Munich, Germany) * The Crazy Cloud Collection, collaboration with InkBoat (USA) * Hommage and Kazuo Ohno, "ImPulstanz Vienna International Festival" (Vienna, Austria) * contorsions, direction and choreography, Ko&Edge, CNDC Angers (Angers, France) * Teaching, CNDC Abgers (Angers, France) * Mu(s)-Krypt Blues, collaboration with J-F.Pauvros, Alain Mahe, Dorothee Munyaneza Atudio CAMP, Micadanse, Orleans Festival (Paris, Orleans, France) 2011 * Le centaure et l’ammal, Collaboration with Bartabas, La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime, FRANCE) and Sadler's Wells theatre (London, England) * Mu(s) Krypt - The last song I dance, open rehearsal, Micadanse (Paris, France) * Mu(s) Krypt - The last song I dance, live music with Alain Mahé (elc), Jean-François Pauvros (gr) and Dorothée Munyaneza (v), "June Events," L'Atelier de Paris - Carolyn Carlson (Paris, France) * Mu (s): krypt blues, "ImPulsTanz Vienna International Dance Festival," Odeon (Vienna, Austria) * quick silver, DEAD 1 and Workshop, Bird Theatre (Tottori, Japan) * Left over shadow with Rita Batarita orkshop MERLIN Theatre (Budapest, Hungary) * The Last News, Edge, Teatro Nacional La Castellana and Teatro Sogamoso (Bogota, Colombia) * TRIADE with Julio Estrada, Le Centre national de danse contemporaine (Angers, France) * Improvisation and talk session, with Keisuke Sakurai, YCC (Kanagawa, Japan) * Le centaure et l’ammal, collaboration with Bartabas, "Sadller's Well is danse" (London, UK) * Le centaure et l’ammal, collaboration with Bartabas, "GREC FESTIVAL" (Barcelona, Spain/Trino, Italy) * Improvisation two nights, snac (Tokyo, Japan) * Workshop, Butoh UK, (London, UK), "Kyoto International Workshop Festival" (Kyoto, JAPAN/Mexico) 2012 * The Crazy Cloud collection with InkBoat, Philadelphia, New York and San Francisco (USA) * Le centaure et l’animal, Collaboration with Bartabas, "Le French May Arts Festival" (Hong Kong), (Amiens, Brest, France), MC93 (Bobigny, France) * The Back, Keio University the Noguchi Room, (Tokyo, Japan) * Krypt with "core of bells," Kamakura Shogai Gakusyu Center Hall (Kanagawa, Japan) * quick silver, Teatro Apolo (Buenos Aires, Argentina/Venice, Italy), ImPulstanz International Dance Festival (Vienna, Austria), "Festival International Era" (Pontedera, Italy/Santiago, Chile) * Edge and Workshop La Carpintería Teatro (Buenos Aires, Argentina) * Edge, Teatro Solis (Montevideo, Uruguay) * Choreographed Un coup de don for ARIADONE, "Festival Automne en Normandie 2012," Théâtre Le Rayon Vert (Seine-Maritime, France) * Edge-Moscow and Workshop (Moscow, Russia) 2013 * Le centaure et l’animal ollaboration with Bartabas "Festival Internacional de Teatro Santiago a Mil," Teatro Municipal de Santiago (Santiago, Chile) * The school of moments Vol.1 orkshop "Butoh Summer 2013," Saison Foundation Morishita Studio (Tokyo, Japan) * Improvisation: Fire, Atashgah Zoroastrian Fire Temple (Baku, Azerbaijan) * Ritournelle/Danse'MILLE PLATEAUX'Vol.1 orld Premiere "ImPulsTanz: Vienna International Dance Festival," Odeon (Vienna, Austria) * Produced & Directed "Outside-1001" estival Choreographed Enthusiastic Dance on the Grave, The Last News (Yokohama Version) and DEAD 1, Funk on the edge Blues beside water * mprovisation with Yoshio Ootani Artaud a Double with Masahiko Akuta uet Ritournelle olo Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse (Yokohama, Japan) * Hel Gabal irected by Masahiko Akuta Sogetsu Hall, (Tokyo, Japan) * Teaching, CNDC Angers (Angers, France) * Krypt, Museo Universitario del Chopo (Mexico City, Mexico) * quick silver, "Tanz ist" (Austria) * Krypt, National Contemporary Dance Theater (Budapest, Hungary) 2014 * The school of moments Vol.IV orkshop (Tokyo, Japan) * The 45th AWARD of Dance Critics Society of Japan. * Ritournelle, Workshops and Choreographed Performance, Cartagena and (Cartagena, Bogota, Colombia) * WorkShop, (Santiago, Chile) * quick silver, Ritournelle and Workshop, Serviço Social do Comércio São Paulo, (São Paulo, Brazil) * Improvisation and Workshop, LEIMAY CAVE Studio (New York, USA). * ZIME, collaboration with Siomona Orinska and Soshi Matsunobe, Latvian National Opeta (Riga, Latvia) * Ritournelle, Latvian National Opera (Riga, Latvia) * Improvisation, "20 Dancers for the XX Century", Treptower Park (Berlin, Germany) * Enthusiastic dance on the Grave, Faux Pas and Workshop, "ImPulsTanz International Dance Festival," Akademie Theater, Odeon (Wien, Austria) * Faux Pas, "ImPulsTanz International Dance Festival," Odeon Theater (Vienna, Austria) * Research Class – Innombrable Nijinski, "ImPulsTanz International Dance Festival" (Vienna, Austria) * Improvisation, "Tokyo Experimental Performance Archive," Roppongi Super Deluxe (Tokyo, Japan) 2015 * Dancing in the Street, "Roppongi Art Night 2015" (Tokyo, Japan) * Improvisation, "If the Tate Modern was Musee de la danse?", Tate Modern, (London, UK) * Ko Murobushi y el Popol Vuh, Academia de la Danza Mexicana, Auditorio Josefina Lavalle (Mexico City, Mexico) * Ritournelle, El Circulo Teatral (Mexico City, Mexico) * Faux Pas, Enthusiastic Dance on the grave, sesc Ipiranga (São Paulo, Brazil) * quick silver, contorsions, Cena Brazil International 2015, Centro Cultural Banco de Brazil Rio (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)References
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