{"id":79439,"date":"2014-10-06T19:30:25","date_gmt":"2014-10-06T10:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&p=54728"},"modified":"2016-04-01T02:08:20","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T17:08:20","slug":"contemporary-dance-performance","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/contemporary-dance-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Contemporary Dance Performance in Hakata: \u201cA Carrot Thrust into Bobbed Hair\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tending towards the avant-garde, Masakichi is a contemporary dancer and choreographer based in Fukuoka. A lover of carrots and bob haircuts, she pursues a jarring aesthetic of the sweet and striking \u2013 defining her distinctive dance as \u201cpetite-traumatic-cute.\u201d <\/p>\n

As a child Masakichi studied classical ballet, going on to perform in Japan’s famous Shiki Theatre Company. After featuring in popular stage shows \u201cThe Lion King\u201d and \u201cBeauty and The Beast\u201d she moved to England, encountering a variety of dance forms until her passion for contemporary dance emerged. Returning to Japan in 2005, Masakuchi began to perform her own contemporary dance shows, billed at dance festivals such as \u201cLet’s Go Dancing!\u201d (organized by Japan Contemporary Dance Network \u2013 JCDN) and “Fukuoka Dance Fringe Festival” (organized by Co.D.ex). Later, she met theatre director Erica Yamada while involved in the production “ARASHI” produced by the FFAC (Fukuoka City Foundation for Arts and Cultural Promotion), and has been involved in many of Yamada’s theatre productions as choreographer as well as dancer. In 2008, Masakichi started to work closely with Yamada to create a dance solo production called \u201cDancing Girl Project\u201d, holding their first independent production of dance performance in October 2013 at FUCA (Fukuoka Urban Community of Art).<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Oct. 10 (Fri.), 19:30~ (Doors open at 19:15), Oct. 11 (Sat.), 14:30~ (Doors open at 14:15)
\n\u2022 PomPlaza Hall 4F
\n\u2022 Adv.: \u00a52,300, Door: \u00a52,800, Students (High school and above): \u00a51,500, Students (Junior high school and under): \u00a51,000 (Students ID required), Pair: \u00a54,000 (Adv. only)
\n\u2022 070-5531-8798 or ikimons.info@gmail.com (English)
\n\u2022 8-3 Gionmachi, Hakata-ku
\n\u2022 http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/oopsolosolo<\/a><\/p>\n

*You can find an interview with Erica Yamada by Fukuoka Now here:
\nhttp:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/2013\/03\/interview-with-erica-yamada-space-giga-theatre-troupe\/<\/a><\/p>\n