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 has been closed.
Monday, May 10, 19:00 – 20:30 *Registration has been closed.
Monday, June 14, 19:00-20:30 *On sale from Saturday, May 15, 10:00
Monday, July 12, 19:00-20:30 *On sale from Saturday, June 12, 10:00
*Registration starts 30 minutes before the start


■ Capacity and Target
About 15 people, dance experience 5 years and up

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

■Fees
1 time ¥3,000

■Register at
Please register through Peatix.
Prior registration as a DaBY member is required to register.

June 14 (Mon.) class registration link :https://daby-openlabws-2106.peatix.com/
July 12 (Mon.) class registration link :https://daby-openlabws-2107.peatix.com/

■Instructor Profile
Kenta Kojiri Kojiri [dance evangelist]

©Takayuki Abe

Dancer, choreographer, and dance evangelist at Dance Base Yokohama. 1999 Prix de Lausanne International Ballet Competition winner. He was the first Japanese male dancer to join the Netherlands Dance Theatre I. After leaving the company, he performed with the Royal Swedish Ballet, the Noh Ballet, and the Royal Ballet of Sweden. 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 his creative activities through solo performances such as “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 expression to Japanese national figure skating team members, and serving as an instructor/navigator at Saitama Dance Laboratory (Saitama Arts Theatre, Sai-No-Kuni).

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