Touch is an emotional roller coaster, an explosion of rage related to the frustration of Japanese women and the tension between internal (me) and the external (not me). The high energy unison movement is full of twitches and falls, punctuated by caryatid poses, while the score moves between classical and pop.
Kuroda says that “I’ve always been curious about the idea of inside and outside that’s separated by a layer of skin, the feeling of differentiating between myself who’s special, and the rest of the world. That’s why touching another person was a major event.”
BATIK is an all-female dance company founded in 2002, by choreographer, Ikuyo Kuroda. After winning the “National Committee Award” at Yokohama Platform of “Rencontre Choreographic Internationales de Seine Saint Denis” in 2002, they officially started as a professional dance company. Besides performing in Japan, the company has given overseas performances in various occasions so far including the Dance Umbrella Festival in U.K., Venice Biennale in Italy and Expo Zaragoza in Spain.
Ikuyo Kuroda started taking classical ballet lessons when she was six years old. While being a member of Tani Momoko Ballet Company, she went to London in 1997 to study contemporary dance at the Laban Centre. With BATIK she won the “Next Generation Choreographer Award” as well as the “Audience Award” at Toyota Choreography Award. Of late, she has expanded the area of activities─presenting solo works, choreographing for other companies and participating as a dancer in ASOBU choreographed and directed by Josef Nadj.
24 September 19-20h
Taste of Japan by SAKURA Sushi Restaurant.
Direction and Choreography by: Ikuyo KURODA
Dancers: Chiaki ISA, Haruka KAJIMOTO, Ayaka NAKATSURU, Mamiko OE, Rie TERANISHI, Minako UEKI, Kumiko YAJIMA
Set Design: Ikuyo KURODA
Lighting Design: Satoe MORISHIMA
Sound: Kyoko YAMADA
Stage Manager: Eiji TORAKAWA
Costume Design: Kazuko GOTO
Producer: Koichiro TAKAGI
Program Manager: Ayako TSUCHIYA
Premiere: 2002@Yokohama Land Mark Hall (Japan)
Related events at National Dance Theatre
2013. szeptember 3-29.
EXHIBITION | Experimental Body 1969-2013
2013. szeptember 23-24-25.
16:00–19:00 WORKSHOP | Daiji MEGURO (J): Butoh
2013. szeptember 27.
18:00–19:00
GASTRONOMY | Taste of Japan by SAKURA Sushi Restaurant
18:30–18:50
MUSIC | Japanese School of Budapest - Taiko drum ensemble
19:00
PERFORMANCE
| Batarita (H) & Daiji MEGURO (J):Instant Message - Premier!
| Ko MUROBUSHI (J): Krypt
21:15 AUDIENCE TALK
2013. szeptember 28.
14:00–17:00 WORKSHOP | Ko MUROBUSHI (J): Butoh workshop
18:00–19:00
GASTRONOMY | Taste of Japan by SAKURA Sushi Restaurant
19:00
PERFORMANCE
| Tohru KOMATSU (J): Sister Morphine - European premier!
| Lola LINCE (MEX): Studies and Fragments on Dreams
21:15 AUDIENCE TALK
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Kuroda says that “I’ve always been curious about the idea of inside and outside that’s separated by a layer of skin, the feeling of differentiating between myself who’s special, and the rest of the world. That’s why touching another person was a major event.”
BATIK is an all-female dance company founded in 2002, by choreographer, Ikuyo Kuroda. After winning the “National Committee Award” at Yokohama Platform of “Rencontre Choreographic Internationales de Seine Saint Denis” in 2002, they officially started as a professional dance company. Besides performing in Japan, the company has given overseas performances in various occasions so far including the Dance Umbrella Festival in U.K., Venice Biennale in Italy and Expo Zaragoza in Spain.
Ikuyo Kuroda started taking classical ballet lessons when she was six years old. While being a member of Tani Momoko Ballet Company, she went to London in 1997 to study contemporary dance at the Laban Centre. With BATIK she won the “Next Generation Choreographer Award” as well as the “Audience Award” at Toyota Choreography Award. Of late, she has expanded the area of activities─presenting solo works, choreographing for other companies and participating as a dancer in ASOBU choreographed and directed by Josef Nadj.
24 September 19-20h
Taste of Japan by SAKURA Sushi Restaurant.
Direction and Choreography by: Ikuyo KURODA
Dancers: Chiaki ISA, Haruka KAJIMOTO, Ayaka NAKATSURU, Mamiko OE, Rie TERANISHI, Minako UEKI, Kumiko YAJIMA
Set Design: Ikuyo KURODA
Lighting Design: Satoe MORISHIMA
Sound: Kyoko YAMADA
Stage Manager: Eiji TORAKAWA
Costume Design: Kazuko GOTO
Producer: Koichiro TAKAGI
Program Manager: Ayako TSUCHIYA
Premiere: 2002@Yokohama Land Mark Hall (Japan)
Related events at National Dance Theatre
2013. szeptember 3-29.
EXHIBITION | Experimental Body 1969-2013
2013. szeptember 23-24-25.
16:00–19:00 WORKSHOP | Daiji MEGURO (J): Butoh
2013. szeptember 27.
18:00–19:00
GASTRONOMY | Taste of Japan by SAKURA Sushi Restaurant
18:30–18:50
MUSIC | Japanese School of Budapest - Taiko drum ensemble
19:00
PERFORMANCE
| Batarita (H) & Daiji MEGURO (J):Instant Message - Premier!
| Ko MUROBUSHI (J): Krypt
21:15 AUDIENCE TALK
2013. szeptember 28.
14:00–17:00 WORKSHOP | Ko MUROBUSHI (J): Butoh workshop
18:00–19:00
GASTRONOMY | Taste of Japan by SAKURA Sushi Restaurant
19:00
PERFORMANCE
| Tohru KOMATSU (J): Sister Morphine - European premier!
| Lola LINCE (MEX): Studies and Fragments on Dreams
21:15 AUDIENCE TALK
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