Dates] 9/12 (Sat) 15:00-17:00
[Location] Dance Base Yokohama

In order to raise interest in dancers’ activities, DaBY will hold OpenLab “Dancing with Dancer Language,” a talk event in which dancers active in Japan and abroad will be invited to introduce their own activities in their own language, including their experiences in creation with world-class choreographers.

The third guest will be Yasutake Shimaji, who will give a talk on the theme of “Meeting W. Forsythe: Before & After”. After a 20-minute live performance with Shimaji and Kenta Komori at the beginning of the talk, the audience will be fascinated by Shimaji’s unique use of his body, from dynamic to comical movements, and his body and thought process. We will also ask him how his expression has changed before and after meeting W. Forsythe, using his creation experience as an example, and how it has influenced his own creative process.

Guest: Yasutake Shimaji (choreographer, dancer, unit Altneu〈Altneu〉)
Navigator: Eri Karatsu (DaBY Artistic Director)
Host: Kenta Komori (DaBY Dance Evangelist)

□Format: Talk Live (Capacity: 20 people)
□Price: 2500 yen (tax included)
□Registration:
Please register through Peatix (https://daby-openlabdancer3.peatix.com).
Ticket registration requires prior registration as a DaBY member.

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Guest: Yasutake Shimaji
(Choreographer, Dancer, Unit “Altneu”)


©Ryu Endo

From 2006 to 2003, he was a member of The Forsythe Company. Formed the unit “Altneu” with Hana Sakai. Became a member of Shiseido’s Seventh Tsubakikai and exhibited installation works in addition to performances. In recent years, he created “Arika,” a collaboration with ROY TANROY, produced by Aichi Arts Theatre, and “Oto no e,” the first Japanese artist to be selected for the residence program (Fabric Chaillot) at the Theatre National de Chaillot in France. He also created the stage piece “Silts” with filmmaker Hiraki Sawa for the Kanagawa Arts Theatre (KAAT), where he performed in the role of Altneu.

Navigator: Eri Karatsu
（ DaBY Artistic Director / Aichi Arts Theatre Senior Producer)


©Takayuki Abe

Graduated from the Department of Dance Education, Faculty of Letters and Education, Ochanomizu University, and completed the Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences of the same university. After working on stage, she worked at Aichi Arts Center as Japan’s first dance curator since 1993, won the 1st Asahi Arts Award in 2000 at her organization, Aichi Culture and Information Center, and has been in her current position since 2002. He has produced and invited more than 200 works and projects ranging from large-scale international co-productions to experimental performances. He has served as a member of the Cultural Policy Subcommittee of the Cultural Affairs Council of the Agency for Cultural Affairs, coordinator of the National Association of Public Cultural Facilities, jury member of corporate arts and culture foundations, board member and other various committees, jury member of dance competitions, chairman of the executive committee of the 65th Annual Conference of the Japan Society of Dance Performance, and part-time university lecturer. He has been involved in various activities to improve the environment of performing arts and theaters in Japan, including lectures, writing, and advising. His publications include “Bodily Intelligence.

Host: Kenta Kojiri
(DaBY Dance Evangelist)


©Takayuki Abe

In 1999, he won the Prix de Lausanne International Ballet Competition. He was the first Japanese male dancer to join the Netherlands Dance Theater I. Since leaving the company, he has been a guest performer 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” (Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, 2017). In recent years, she has been leading Opto with Rei Watanabe and Nagama Yuasa, coaching Japanese figure skaters, curating Dance Lab “Dancers, Dance with Words”, and working as an instructor/navigator for Saitama Dance Laboratory (Saitama Arts Theatre, Sainokuni).