"I believe that people are fluid and should flow like water so that exchange between those from different backgrounds can become easier and freer."

- Kota Yamazaki

Upcoming

Shadows Creep In From One-foot Under A Table

Premiere:December 28-30, 2022 at BankART (Yokohama, Japan)

Performed by Kaho Kugure, Teita Iwabuchi, Yuki Miyawaki, Mina Nishimura, Kazuhito Tsuruga, Asuka Yamanobe and Kota Yamazaki
Music Composed by Yoshio Otani
Set Design by Toshio Yamamura
Lighting Design by Takeaki Iwashina
Costume Design by Kota Yamazaki
Stage Management by Takashi Kawachi
Production Management by Kazuko Shimomura

photo : mina

ABOUT

Re-imagining and taking inspirations from Tatsumi Hijikata’s Hosotan, Yamazaki explores multi-dimensionality of darkness of body. From an abandoned, aging or marginalized body to slimy, marshy and alien-like beings, Shadows Creep In From One-foot Under A Table dives into a journey of opening up the depth of body of darkness.

In conjunction with the performance, a WIP showing of excerpted materials and Yamazaki’s Artist Talk will be held at Dance Base Yokohama (DaBY) on December 18, 2023 as part of YPAM 2023.

OnGOING PROJECT

Dance Teleportation (2020)

Commissioned and presented by Dance Base Yokohama (Japan)

ABOUT

Dance Teleportation: Choreography Beyond Space and Time, with floating wprds and bodies is a new choreographic method and installation that emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic when Yamazaki and dancers could not physically get together to rehearse. Based on Yamazaki's languaged-based choreography, each dancer delivered their "dance" using multiple media sources.

*The exhibition is on until September 13, 2020 at Dance Base Yokohama (DaBY)

Ongoing PROJECT

Becoming Invisible City (BIC) Project

Started in 2019

ABOUT

In Becoming Invisible City (BIC) Project, Yamazaki with fellow dance artists reserach and explore new body-based activies, practices and performances in a public space in a city. BIC project was conducted in Shibuya and Tamachi in Tokyo in 2019, and plans to continue in different cities and locations.

Trailer for BIC in Shibuya