p r e s s r e l e a s e Ukiyo [Moveable World]by dap-lab / dans sans jouxA choreographic installation fusing dance, sound, design and digital projectionsMonday, June 1, 19:oo Antonin Artaud Building, Brunel University, West London (UK) Ent…

Here is information on Workshop of Kyogen - Dear ColleaguesITI Japanese Centre will organize Traditional Theatre Workshop for 10 days in August 2009. This year, the workshop is on KYOGEN, that is the theatre form usually played with Noh pi…

At the end of last year, Chiyo Hanayagi, published the book on training of Nihon Buyo in English. The title of the work is "Nihon Buyo no Kiso"(Basis of Nihon Buyo). She finished this work with great effort. Even in Japanese original versi…

The following roundtable will be held at Society of Dance History Scholars: http://www.sdhs.org/ I will attend as a panel. I have been working as a member of INETDANCE Japan: http://www.inetdance.com/ and demonstrated dance contents inside…

"Steve Paxton’s Lecture in Japan"by Yukihiko YOSHIDASteve Paxton, the inventor of Contact Improvisation, had lecture in Tokyo. The lecture was held in Waseda University and many dancers and dance scholars gathered. Paxton lectured American…

Digital Contents on Japanese Ballerinas are appearing more these days.The hourable ballerina these day would be Miyako Yoshida(ex. Royal Ballet). Here is her latest interview(Japanese). http://mainichi.jp/select/opinion/kakeru/news/2009052…

Tetsuya Kumakawa K-Ballet “Giselle”By Yukihiko YOSHIDA Tetsuya Kumakawa was the principal dancer at Royal Ballet and he have started his own company here in Japan. This time, Viciana Durante was injured and could not dance. I saw the cast …

For working E-Ukiyo workshop, I had visited in London for days. At this time, I could see the installation,"Scatterd Crowd" by William Forthythe.William Forthythe, "Scatterd Crowd" In the large space of old factory of King's Cross Central,…

I have attended the following workshop from 2nd May to 6th May. UKIYO LaboratoryMay 2 – May 8, 2009 Antonin Artaud BuildingThe UKIYO workhop in dance/performance, design and network technologies features artists and researchers from the DA…