©Hajime Kato

Shintaro Hirahara x Benefit Nakamura x Eri Karatsu on stage
New Year’s Eve Project!
The Heartbeat of Cracks” trilogy @DaBY

At DaBY, as of January 2022, following October 2021, resident choreographer Shintaro Hirahara (OrganWorks leader) is working on a new creation, “The Heartbeat of Cracks / hidden world code”.
The show premiered at the KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre last December, and will be followed by a performance at the Aichi Arts Theatre from February 4 ㈮ to February 6 ㈰.
This time, along with the performance of some scenes excerpted from “Cracks in the Heartbeat,” we will welcome as guests choreographer/dancer Nakamura Megumi and DaBY artistic director/Executive Producer Karatsu Eri, who will delve deeply into the work with the keywords consciousness and unconsciousness, and actor and choros. The performance will delve deeply into the work with the keywords of consciousness and unconsciousness, actors and choros.

This is a special DaBY edition of “Torisetsu,” a lecture series that has been held by OrganWorks for many years.

As DaBY’s first New Year’s gift in 2022, we will be accepting applications for free of charge from a limited number of 20 DaBY Members/OrganWorks Official Supporters Club Orquesta members. We look forward to your participation.
If you are not a registered member, please register as a member before applying.

Click here to register as a DaBY member .


Schedule
Saturday, January 22, 2022 from 14:00

■Speakers
Shintaro Hirahara, DaBY Choreographer in Residence
Nakamura Benefit
Eri Karatsu (DaBY Artistic Director)
Performers for “The Heartbeat of Cracks” (TBD)

■ Contents
Introduction by Shintaro Hirahara
Performance (approx. 30 min.)
　Two scenes will be excerpted from “The Heartbeat of Cracks”. There will be no lighting.
Talks about the works (Guests: Benefit Nakamura, Eri Karatsu)

■ Fees
free

■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

How to apply
Please register through Peatix (https://torisetsu-daby.peatix.com).

Artist Profile

Shintaro Hirahara
Choreographer in Residence at DaBY / OrganWorks


©️Eiji Takahashi
Born in Hokkaido, Japan in 1981.
After a career in classical ballet and HipHop, she became an expert in contemporary dance, working as a dancer, choreographer, stage composer, and dance instructor.
He also runs a dance company [OrganWorks] and engages in creative activities.
In Japan, he has choreographed for the Ikiume Theater Company, Kentaro Kobayashi, Kensaku Kobayashi, Akira Shirai, Keishi Nagatsuka, Ken Kamikita, and others, and as a dancer, he has collaborated with artists in other fields, including Shintaro Oue, Mirai Moriyama, and others, and with the Condors, the artist Chiharu Shiota, and Midori Harima. In addition, he has collaborated with artists in China, Korea, Spain, and Scotland, and has choreographed for them.
Selected in the Performing Arts category for the “BRUTUS” magazine’s special feature “Tsugi no Hito. ～ The people who will change tomorrow” in the Performing Arts category.
In 2013, he was dispatched by the Agency for Cultural Affairs to study abroad as an up-and-coming artist for 9 months in Spain.
In 2015, he received the Otaru City Cultural Encouragement Award.
She won both the Next Generation Choreographer Award and the Audience Award at the 2016 Toyota Choreography Awards.
In 2017, he received the Japan Dance Forum and Dance Forum Award.

 

 

Megumi Nakamura

©Tadashi Okochi
After winning a prize at the Prix de Lausanne, she moved to Europe. After winning the Prix de Lausanne, she moved to Europe and joined the Netherlands Dance Theater led by Ili Kylian, where she was involved in the creation of works by world-leading choreographers. Since 2007, he has been based in Japan, where he has choreographed for Noism, K Ballet, the New National Ballet Company, and others. He has received the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s Art Encouragement Prize, the Medal with Purple Ribbon, and others.

 

 

Eri Karatsu
DaBY Artistic Director

©︎Takayuki Abe
Executive Producer, Aichi Arts Theatre.
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 and board member of corporate arts and culture foundations, and various other committees, as well as a judge for dance competitions, chairman of the executive committee for 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.

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