[Date] September 13 (Sun) 17:00~18:00
[Venue] Royal Netherlands Ambassador’s Residence in Japan *Will also be streamed on DaBY channel.

Kenta Koyurugi, who has been active for many years in the Netherlands’ leading contemporary dance company “Netherlands Dance Theater (NDT)” and is currently a dance evangelist at Dance Base Yokohama (DaBY), will present a dance performance “Study for Self/ portrait 2020” will be performed at the official residence of the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Japan. The dance performance will make full use of the space of the Dutch Ambassador’s Residence, which is not usually open to the public, and will vividly portray a portrait painted with the body.
In addition, the work to be performed this time will be reborn in a different form as a video work in collaboration with sound designer Yasuhiro Morinaga. The collaboration between Mr. Morinaga and Kenta Komori will be presented as a video work by the end of this year.

Royal Netherlands Embassy Statements

The Royal Netherlands Embassy is committed to the development of the contemporary dance scene in Japan, and the establishment of Dance Base Yokohama (DaBY) is a major step forward in the promotion of contemporary dance. It is also significant that DaBY was established in Yokohama after the history of the Netherland Dance Theater’s (NDT) first performance in Japan in 13 years at Kanagawa Kenmin Hall and Aichi Arts Theatre in 2019. The Embassy would have liked to invite dancers from NDT, which celebrated its 60th anniversary this year, but unfortunately this is not possible under the current circumstances.

Therefore, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands has opened its doors to Mr. Kenta Komori, Dance Evangelist of DaBY, the first Japanese male to join DaBY and Nederland Dance Theater 1 (NDT 1), and congratulates him on the establishment of DaBY, and asks him to continue to support the contemporary dance scene under these difficult circumstances. We will support the contemporary dance scene in this difficult situation. We are very excited to have Mr. Komori, a successful Dutch goodwill ambassador who has had a variety of experiences in the Netherlands, collaborate with the 90 year old ambassador’s residence of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. We hope that his performance will inspire many people and lead to an exchange of contemporary dance between Japan and the Netherlands.

Peter van der Vliet, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

◆Outline of work

Study for Self/portrait 2020″
Premiere: 2017 Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
Performed and composed by Kenta Komori*
Sound: Yasuhiro Morinaga
Music used: J.S. Bach – Goldberg
Variations BWV 988 Aria
Costume assistance: matohu (Hiroyuki Horibata, Makiko Sekiguchi)

◆Schedule

Sunday, September 13, 17:00~18:00

◆Format

Live performance (capacity of 20 people) Fee: ¥2500 (tax included)
Live streaming fee: Free

◆Venue

Live Performance at the Royal Netherlands Ambassador’s Residence
3-6-3 Shiba-Koen, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0011
https://www.orandatowatashi.nl
Live Streaming on DaBY Channel
https://www.youtube. com/c/DanceBaseYokohama

◆Application Method

Please register through Peatix.
Prior registration as a DaBY member is required to apply for tickets. Please register here.

◆Creator Profile

Kenta Kojiri
(Dancer, Choreographer, DaBY Dance Evangelist)

©️Takayuki Abe

In 1999, he won the Prix de Lausanne. He was the first Japanese male dancer to join the Netherlands Dance Theater 1. Since leaving the company, he has made guest appearances with the Royal Swedish Ballet, Noism, Sylvie Guillem’s “6000 Miles Away,” and Kirlian Productions, while developing activities around his creative work, including his solo performance “Study for Self/portrait” (2017, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art). In recent years, in addition to leading Opto with Rei Watanabe and Nagama Yuasa, she has been teaching expression to Japanese national figure skaters, curating Dance Lab “Dancers, Dance with Words”, and serving as an instructor/navigator for Saitama Dance Laboratory (Saitama Arts Theatre, Sainokuni).

Yasuhiro Morinaga Yasuhiro Morinaga



Sound designer. After graduating from Tokyo University of the Arts, he moved to France. Since returning to Japan, he has been conducting fieldwork around the world from a musical and artistic anthropological perspective, producing sound sources and presenting his works while making field recordings of the primary sources of musical instruments and songs, soundscapes of rituals and ceremonies, and environmental sounds of cities and settlements.　(www.the-concrete.org)

Study for Self/portrait 2020″
Supervision: Eri Karatsu*
Live Streaming: Director’s Univ.
Photography: Akari Eda
Stage Manager: Satou Oikawa
Technical Advice: Satoshi Ozaki
Photography: momoko japan
Hair and Make-up: Rina Jasmine Asayama
Production: Marika Futagawa*
Production Assistant: Eijun Sugihara
Reception and customer service: Marika Futagawa*, Mariko Ono*, Yuka Okamoto*
Cooperation and support: Royal Netherlands Embassy
Organizer: Dance Base Yokohama / Kenta Onori*.
Agency for Cultural Affairs, FY 2020 “Continuous Support Program for Cultural and Artistic Activities”.

Video work <untitled>
Director/Cinematographer/Editor: Yasuhiro Morinaga
Concept/Performance: Kenta Komori*
Programmer (Notation): Shoya Dozono
Performer Cooperation: Takuya Sato
Cinematography Assist: Eijun Sugihara

*Dance Base Yokohama (DaBY)