Dance Triennale Tokyo 2012

Kawamura opens with an undefined presence. But once she starts to move, her body’s many fulcrum points – her chest, abdomen, and waist – seem to come uncoupled, presenting a lightness that defies gravity. Her basis is in hip hop. In <Ganbattandane, omae no naka deha (You did your best, considering what you’ve got)> (2012), a middle movement in which her four limbs move explosively, in the contrast to subtle ripples in her torso, transport the audience simultaneously to anxious tension and blissful release. In <Alphald> she builds her world from movement and musical expression, within spatial coordinates created by lighting. Expect unexpected stagings and surprise. (Shigeto Nuki, Dance Critic)

Born in 1990. Kawamura began street dance from the age of sixteen while she studied and finished the dance program at Japan Women’s College of Physical Education. In 2011 she won the Outstanding New Artist Prize at the Yokohama Dance Collection, and since then, has been presenting her works at venues in Japan and abroad including Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse, ZA-KOENJI Public Theatre, and Nakano RAFT in Japan, and also at the Seoul International Dance Festival, and Korean National University of Arts (K-Arts) in South Korea.

Choreography and Perofrmance : Mikiko Kawamura

Production Support : Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse Number 1 Space

Alphard ( Hya, Hydrae, Alpha Hydrae ) is the brightest star in the constellation Hydra.
The name Alphard is from the Arabic (al-fard), “the solitary one.” At apparent magnitude 1.98, it far outshines the lesser stars around it. Sextans and Crater, the other constellations nearest to Hydra, are made up of much fainter stars, making Alphard, gigantic, spectral class K3 II-III star, located light years from Earth, easy to identify.