Performance Iwa-Kagami
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MARCH 30 | 06:30 pm

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2019

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Ateneu Comercial
Performance Iwa-Kagami

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The solo dance piece is about the artist´s father who died recently. After he was diagnosed with cancer, he was going through the memories of his whole life, trying to settle the end, while trying to enjoy life fully as long as possible. Iwa-kagami is a pink flower which blossoms in certain mountains. In his last days, due to his strong request, the artist and her father climbed a very steep mountain to see this flower. Yuko remembers his happiness while seeing the flower, and the resemblance between him and the flower, crawling and blossoming beautifully. The piece is a homage to a soul who cherished his life and precious memories.

Bio

Born in 1973, Japan. She studied butoh and dance in Tokyo. After finishing her BA in Japanese history at Waseda University, she did a Professional Diploma in Community Dance Studies and an Independent Study Programme at Laban Centre London from 1998 to 2000. She obtained her MA in Dance Cultures, Histories and Practices from the University of Surrey in 2006. She has been working as an independent dance and performance artist. She has collaborated with other dancers, choreographers, artists, musicians and theatre directors of various landscapes. She has performed her work in prominent festivals such as Festival June Events - Atelier de Paris Carolyn Carlson, Les Repérages Danse à Lille, Festivalul International de Teatru de la Sibiu, Bodyradical in Budapest, Odisha Biennale in India and so on. She has also worked and performed in countries around the world – including Luxembourg, France, Germany,Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Hungary, Romania, Latvia, Finland, Turkey, U.K. , Japan, China, India and Peru.
Her work includes “Ones Voices” (2004) collaboration with Steve Kaspar, “Linnunrata” (2007), “reMEMBRANEce” (2009), “Project O” (2010) collaboration with Rajivan Ayyappan and Emanuela Iacopini, “Mayu” (2011) collaboration with Tomás Tello, “Recollections” (2012) collaboration with Kunihiko Matsuo, “Winter Worm-Summer Grass” (2013), “Three Short Stories” (2015) collaboration with Sayoko Onishi, “Dreaming Scarlet Medusa” (2017). Her work consists of experiments with movements in-between (movements of becoming) where intensities of individuals intersect. And through these experiments she aims towards affirmations of multiple and fragmented movements of ‘a life’.


Choreography/Dance: Yuko Kominami

Music/Composition: Tomás Tello
Video: Diego Vizcarra
Executive production: Rhysom Danz Kollektiv asbl
Coproduction: Centre Culturel Régional Dudelange opderschmelz
Centre de Création Chorégraphique Luxembourgeois TROIS C-L
Subvention: Fondation Indépendance
Created in residency at corpodehoje, TROIS C-L and opderschmelz

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