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Seisaku & Yuri Nagaoka for choreography, direction and performance of Dance Medium’s program “Coming Home”, in which penetrated deeply into the impact of the Tohoku earthquake on Mar. 11, 2011
Yoko starts participate small-theatre plays in 1999.In 2004 on a play-performance she encounters Butoh, Since than, deeply facsinated by Butoh she participates Dance Medium performances and creates solo pieces.
Yuri Nagaoka (born Tokyo) began training in ballet aged 10, and at aged 12 joined the Hiraoka Shiga Dance Company, learning modern ballet. She became engaged in butoh in her late teens, and has been active in creating and performing worldwide since 1997: in countries such as South Korea, Hungary, Poland, Germany, France, United States and Mexico. In 2004 she acted in Masaki Iwana’s film Shureitachi, which won the grand prix at Portobello Film Festival. Award of Japanese Dance Critic Association (2012).
�e Tohoku earthquake on Mar. 11, 2011 was taken up as a theme among various genres. “Kae-Ru”, that was prepared with spending time of half a year and elaborate choreography with 6 dancers, expressed the sorrow of the pandemonium through actual and contemporary performance of butoh with delving into the major crisis bravely with avoiding Japanese-ish resignation and gloominess. Echoing of aria of “Baïlèro” reminds me of “Hou Sou Tan” of Tatsumi Hijikata, the mentor of Seisaku, and his word “Tohoku is being everywhere!” Hijikata’s performance expressed extremely tragic and powerful message with concentrating “the negative legacy” such as starvation, small box, leprosy and radiation sickness, and "Kae-Ru” which produced by Hijikata’s pupil is an excellent and problematic work which has di�erent taste from Hijikata’s works. I hope a revival of “Kae-Ru” with more enrichment and larger scale will give an opportunity for people of the world to �nd the fact that such great tragedy is not occurred only in Japan, but is repeatedly occurred in whole world and gave serious scar for man and it can bring serious risk for the earth itself. I think we need to share a permanent ground vision. As all nature other than human such as sea, wind, birds, woods and animals, the artistic forms which has no borders, especially dance have great possibility to connect many �elds totally...
Seisaku (born in Fukushima) in 1984 starting Butoh under Hijikata Tatsumi. After Hijikata`s death participates in Hakutobo Studio performances. Since 1997 continue solo and collaborative artistic work in various fields of expression on stage. In 2004 organizes Dance Medium with Nagaoka Yuri, continue artistic activity with few choreography and dance works in Japan every year, touring abroad. Award of Japanese Dance Critic Association (2012).
Starts Butoh at Asbestos Studio in 1993. In 1996 he founds butoh group “Pavillion of Red Comet”, where leads creation up to 2005. Participates international festivals in Germany, Russia and Sough Korea. At the moment, Temmetsu is one of noticeable butoh dancers, concentrated on solo performances and collaboration with artists of various fields, especially acting, photo - and cinemtography. temmetsu.com