Place】Dance Base Yokohama

Lecturer / Navigator] Kenta Komori (Dance Evangelist, DaBY)

Kenta Komori’s “Class”, which has been offered to professional and aspiring professional dancers since its opening in June 2020, will be held as the OpenLab “Kenta Komori Dance Workshop”! Anyone with dance experience can take a special class by Kenta Komori for a limited time. While based on contemporary dance techniques, this dance class is open to participants from various dance backgrounds, and will cultivate sensitivity to thinking about expression through improvisation and work directly on creativity.

■Dates/Tickets on sale

Monday, April 12, 19:00-20:30 *Registration is closed.
Monday, May 10, 19:00-20:30 *Registration has been closed.
Monday, June 14, 19:00-20:30 *Registration has been closed.
Monday, July 12, 19:00 – 20:30 *Registration has been closed.*Some additional tickets available from 7/7(Wed.) 10:00 [7/6更新]
Registration starts 30 minutes prior to the start of the event.


Capacity and Target
Approx. 15 people / 5 years of dance experience or more

■Venue
Dance Base Yokohama (https://dancebase.yokohama/access)
KITANAKA BRICK&WHITE BRICK North 3F
5-57-2, Kitanaka-dori, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Directly connected to “Yokohama Kitanaka Knot”, Exit 2a, Bashamichi Station, Minatomirai Line

■ Fees
1 time ¥3,000

How to apply
Please register through Peatix.
*Pre-registration as a DaBY member is required to apply.

Monday, July 12 Class Application Link :https://daby-openlabws-2107.peatix.com/

Lecturer Profile
Kenta Kojiri [Dance Evangelist].

©Takayuki Abe

Dancer, choreographer, and dance evangelist at Dance Base Yokohama, winner of the Prix de Lausanne in 1999. He was the first Japanese male dancer to join the Netherlands Dance Theatre I. He has performed with the Royal Swedish Ballet, Noism, and Sylvie Guillem’s “6000”. 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 the solo performance “Study for Self/portrait” (Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, 2005). In recent years, he has been leading Opto with Rei Watanabe and Nagama Yuasa, curating Dance Lab “Dancers, Dance with Words,” which teaches Japanese figure skaters how to express themselves, and serving as an instructor/navigator at Saitama Dance Laboratory (Saitama Arts Theatre, Sai-No-Kuni).