10/8 (wed) 舞踏ナイト~Butoh Night 2DAYS 秋の Special day 2

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Ima Tenko

Butoh Dancer, Choreographer Artistic Director of Butoh Company KIRAZA and Director of Ima Tenko Butoh Studio.

Tenko was born in 1958 and studied Butoh from Isamu Osuga, who apprenticed with Tatsumi Hijikata, one of the founders of Butoh. From 1980 to 1994, Tenko was a core member of BYAKKO-SHA―one of the most acclaimed Butoh groups, performing with distinct recognition both abroad and locally. She also designed and produced costumes for the company. In 2000, she created the Butoh Company KIRAZA in Kyoto. From 2007 to 2016, she performed constantly in Gojo Rakuen Kaburenjo, a historical theater in Kyoto. In 2016, she began a long-run performance of her solo work ‘HISOKU’ at the Kyoto Butoh Kan Theater, a theatre specializing in Butoh, and she welcomed audiences from 68 countries around the world until the theatre shut down in March 2020 due to the pandemic of COVID-19. In 2020, Tenko became the first Butoh dancer to win the Award of Excellence at the 75th edition of the National Arts Festival by the Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan for her performance “Diamond” at UrBANGUILD. November 22-24, the 25th anniversary of the Butoh company KIRAZA, KIRAZA Butoh Performance“Coral Blood” (tentative title) will be held at UrBANGUILD Kyoto. She explores and pushes the boundaries of her arts and herself in the avant-garde field of Butoh. Her arts are supported by the Shinto practice of Tamafuri, “reinvigorating the soul,” a practice seen at the heart of Japanese performing arts. As one of Japan’s leading butoh dancers, she uses Kyoto as a base to breathe new life and vigor into the field of Butoh.

Photo: Hiroshi Mimura