Short CV

Ito Shoko Profile

 

Studied under Japanese painter Matazo Kayama, dancer Saburo Teshigawara, and Aikido master Moriteru Ueshiba.

 

2001-04

Interacted with dancer Pina Bausch.

 

1986 Founded ITO-GUMI, a comprehensive theater company combining Japanese theater, painting, video, Japanese musical instruments, and dance.

 

World's first mapping performance, performed for one year in front of the Georges Pompidou Center in Paris. Provided by Sharp Corporation

 

Sponsored by the Embassy of Japan in France, Shoko Ito's one-person play "Rain Girl" ~ Embassy of Japan, Paris, France

 

2013-23 Dance choreography collaboration with Kei Takei (CV below) for theater performance.

 

Shoko Ito has performed in 85 countries for over 40 years, including at theater festivals around the world.

 

Ito Shoko's original scripts, which fuse classical rakugo, a unique Japanese culture, with modern manga, have been highly praised for their sympathy and inspiration in countries around the world.

 

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The Choreographer Kei Takei CV

Dancer and choreographer. Head of Kei Takei's Moving Earth Orient Sphere. Studied under Kenji Hino and Kiyoe Fujima.

1969

New York debut with "LIGHT, Part 1". To date, he has produced 39 Parts and given lectures around the world. In 1978, he performed at the Netherlands Dance Theater, and in 1982, he performed at Inbau I in Israel. To date, he has produced 39 Pans and choreographed for companies. Lecturer at the American Dance Festival from 1980 to 1983. In 1979 and 1985, he was invited to perform in Japan (invited by the Agency for Cultural Affairs and the Japan-US Foundation). He first performed "24 Hours LIGHT" in Minneapolis, USA in 1990. After returning to Japan in 1992, he performed in Tokyo Theater X-Odaiba in 1995, and in Berlin and Wales in 1997. He performed in Israel, San Francisco, and New York in 2001, India in 2002, and the Netherlands in 2007. He performed at the 75th anniversary of the American Dance Festival in 2008. He often collaborates with various artists. He restarted the "LIGHT Series" in 2009 and has been actively creating works. He has received the Dance Critics Association Award, Meet the Composer Award, and Nimura Dance Award, as well as the 29th Eguchi Takaya Award and the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award in 2012. He was the choreographer for the Nagano Olympics. He is currently studying under Noh performer Okaniwa Zen.

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