Guest] Kosuke Yamamoto (former Birmingham Royal Ballet First Soloist)
Navigator] Eri Karatsu (DaBY Artistic Director)
Host] Kenta Komori (Dance Evangelist, DaBY)

[Date] Saturday, June 27, 15:00~
[Place] Dance Base Yokohama

“Open Lab Vol.1” is a talk event in which dancers introduce their own activities in their own language. In order to explore the reality of diverse dance activities, we will explore what dancers are actually doing through talks, videos and actual movements. This time, we will talk with guest Kosuke Yamamoto about the beauty of British ballet, the significance of contemporary in ballet companies, and second careers for dancers.

Format: Live talk (limited to 35 people) Fee: ¥2500
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Speaker Profile
Kosuke Yamamoto


In 1996, at the young age of 13, she won the Special Jury Prize at the Nagoya World Ballet and Modern Dance Competition and the Nijinsky Prize from the Polish National Opera Theatre. 1998 entered the Royal Ballet School in England. In 2000, she joined the Birmingham Royal Ballet. Since returning to Japan in 2010, she has worked as a dancer, director, and teacher, and has appeared as a commentator on “Premium Café” (NHK) and “Prix de Lausanne” (NHK). Her first book “The World of British Ballet” was published this year.

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

©Takayuki Abe

Graduated from the Department of Dance Education, Faculty of Letters and Education, Ochanomizu University, and the Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences of the same university. After working on the stage, he became Japan’s first dance curator at the Aichi Arts Center in 1993, and in 2000 won the first Asahi Arts Award at the Aichi Culture and Information Center, where he is affiliated. 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, 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. He is the author of “Bodily Intelligence” and other books.

Kenta Kojiri (Dance Evangelist, DaBY)

©Takayuki Abe

Awarded the Prix de Lausanne in 1999. He was the first Japanese male dancer to join the Netherlands Dance Theater I. 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” (2017, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art). 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).