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TAKAYUKI FUJIMOTO : Director & Lighting
1987 - present member of artist group Dumb Type
http://dumbtype.com
Lighting design/operation and
technical management for the theatre art performances.
selected works :
"S/N" (Dumb Type performance) : World tour 1994-1996
"OR" (Dumb Type performance) : World tour 1997-1999
"memorandum" (Dumb Type performance) : World tour 1999 - 2003
"formula" (Ryoji Ikeda concert) : World tour 2000 - continue
"Voyage" (Dumb Type performance) : World tour 2002 - continue
"Night Colors" (Takao Kawaguchi dance performance) : Tokyo/Japan 2003
"Refined Colors" (Dance performance with LED lighting) : World tour 2004 - continue
"Little Prince Hamlet" (Dance performance, commissioned by
Hong Kong Arts Festival) : Hong Kong 2005
"path" (Installation with concert, commissioned by
Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media) : Yamaguchi/Japan 2005
"Drought and Rain Vol.2" (Company Ea Sola dance performance) :
World tour 2005 - continue
KOSEI SAKAMOTO : Choreographer, Dance Director & Dancer
1990-present director of Monochrome Circus,
presented his works in 15countries in 20cities.
www.nhk.or.jp/monomania
| selected works : |
| 1996-2005 |
"Shukakusai" : World tour |
| 2000 |
"Uta-Kata" France, Germany, Lithuania, USA , Japan |
| 2001 |
"Skin/Ephemera" France, Germany, Japan |
| 2003 |
"Dai Shukakusai" Kyoto Art Center : directed major collaboration
with 11 visiting artists from Korea, Thailand and USA |
| 2004- |
"Refined Colors" World Tour |
| 2005 |
"Little Prince Hamlet" performance
(Commissioned by Hong Kong Arts Festival) : Hong Kong |
| 2006 |
"Mizu no Ie (Water House)" atelier GEKKEN, Kyoto, Japan
"Kaibutsu (Monster)" OBP Hall, Osaka, Japan
"Last Smileh atelier GEKKEN, Kyoto, Japan
"Kizahashih Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto,Japan/ Loxodanta, Osaka, Japan |
YUKO MORI : Choreographer
One of the main dancer, choreographer, YUKO MORI has grew her career with MATOMA France - Japon ('93-98) with dancing on many international stages, e.g. Avignon Festival, Montpelier Festival. On the other hand, she has participated in almost of all the works of MONOCHROME CIRCUS. Simple and innocent energy from her small body create a unique atmosphere that makes an audience warm and comfortable. She is also one of the famous teacher for contact improvisation in Japan.
Also, she has been contributed to introduce many French choreographers to dance community in Kyoto. Organiser for International Contemporary Dance Workshop Festival in Kyoto, which is one of the biggest workshop festival in Japan.
| selected works : |
| 1998-
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"Natsu-no-niwa" Paris, Kyoto, Osaka |
| 2000 |
"Uta-Kata" France, Germany, Lithuania, USA , Japan |
| 2003 |
"FLOAT" Park Tower Hall, Tokyo
"Creative Circuit Dai Shukakusai" Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2004 |
"Les locataires" (choreographed by Dider THERON)
atelier GEKKEN, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2005 |
"Mizunoie/Water House" Loxodonta, Osaka, Japan
Seian University of Art and Design, Shiga, Japan |
| 2006 |
"Mizunoie/Water House", "Last Smile" atelier GEKKEN, Kyoto, Japan
"Kizahashi" Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto,Japan/ Loxodanta, Osaka, Japan |
1996- Organizing "International Dance Workshop Festival in Kyoto"
http://www1.neweb.ne.jp/wb/hot-summer/
HIROKAZU MORIKAWA : Choreographer & Dancer
| 1997-2000 |
Magenia, school for pantomine / Paris |
| 1999-2000 |
Ecole Nationale du Cirque Annie Fratellini, school for circus / Paris |
| 2001-2002 |
Coaching Project CP1, produced by Kyoto Art Center |
| 2002 |
Join to the activity of Monochrome Circus
produced by Kosei Sakamoto |
| Experience of Performances: |
| 2003 |
"Float" (with Monochrome circus) Park Tower Hall, Tokyo |
| 2004- |
"Refined Colors" (directed by Takayuki Fujimoto, Dumb Type)
World Tour |
| 2005 |
"Voyage" (with Dumb Type)
Bergen Intrernational Festival, Grieghallen, Norway,
Muffathalle, MuNnich, Germany
Altstadtherbst kulturfestival duNsseldorf , DuNsseldorf, Germany
REDCAT, Los Angels, USA |
| 2005 |
"Les locataires" (choreographed by Didier Theron)
Morishita Studio, Tokyo, Japan
Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2005 |
"Patchworks2" (with MizutoAbura) Kyoto Art Cener, Kyoto |
| 2005 |
"Mizu no Ie (Water House)" (with Monochrome circus)
Loxodonta, Osaka, Japan
Seian University of Art and Design, Shiga, Japan |
| 2006 |
"Two Chairs in the Room" (choreographed by Hirokazu Morikawa)
Loxodonta, Osaka, Japan
Okinawa National Theatre, Okinawa, Japan
Art Theatre dB, Osaka, Japan
"Seikan Renrakusen: Hakkoudamaru" Aomori, Japan |
YUKA SAEKI : Choreographer & Dancer
Baced classic ballet learn from childhood.
Start contemporary dance after graduate university.
Try to many dance technic including contact improvisation.
2001- present member of Monochrome Circus
| selected works : |
| 2003 |
"Float" Park Tower Hall, Tokyo, Japan
"Dai Shukakusai in Seoul" (Seoul Fringe Festival)
Theatre ZERO, Seoul, Korea
"Botan Doro" Art Complex 1928, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2004 |
"INTERLACE" (choreographed by Fattoumi Lamroux)
Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto, Japan
"Les locataires" (choreographed by Dider THERON)
atelier GEKKEN, Kyoto, Japan
"promenade" Kyoto Tachibana University, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2005 |
"Dai Shukakusai in Sendai" Beeb Basement Theater, Sendai, Japan
"Les locataires" (choreographed by Didier THERON)
Morishita Studio, Tokyo, Japan
"ORANDA(SAKA)" atelier GEKKEN, Kyoto, Japan
"RANKA" shin-bi, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2006 |
"Mizu no Ie (Water House)" atelier GEKKEN, Kyoto, Japan
"Kaibutsu (Monster)" OBP Hall, Osaka, Japan
"EARTHDAY" metro, Kyoto, Japan
"OFURO" (Park in progress) Maely-le-Roi, France
"Konyoku" shin-bi, Kyoto, Japan
Untitled (sync-) room market, Kyoto, Japan |
TAKUYA MINAMI : Sound & Visual design
1999-present director of "Softpad"
softpad.org
| selected works : |
| 1999-2000 |
Audio Visual Live "How They Get the Way They Are"
Kyoto, Seoul, Belfort, Paris, Osaka |
| 2000 |
Audio Visual Live "in the house"
"interactive media art 2000@wakayama",
Wakayama citizens hall, Wakayama, Japan |
| 2001 |
Installation "in the house" Biennial de Valencia
"Body and Sin", Valencia, Spain
Installation "Recording" "Le Tribu dellfArte", Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Roma, Italy
DJ style Live, Istanbul Biennial "egofugal" opening event,
Istanbul, Turkey
Installation "in the house" Voice Gallery, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2002 |
Installation "information" Voice Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
Installation "Eau Rouge"
"SON/IMAGE" Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto, Japan
Installation "information" / ISEA, Nagoya, Japan |
| 2003 |
Installation "Sfera Sound Scape" / SferaExhibition, Kyoto, Japan
Graphic+Sound Design "Mark Rosko Interactive2"
Hirakata City Gallery, Osaka, Japan |
| 2004 |
Installation "PlayTime" Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2004.2005 |
DJ style Live, "Namura Art Meeting",
Creative Center Osaka, Osaka, Japan |
| 2006 |
Exhibition "Sensibilia" The Museum of Modern Art, Shiga, Japan
Audio Visual Live "BCN" Sonar 2006, Barcelona, Spain
Audio Visual Live "geogram" Sonarsound Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Installation "geogram" Media City Seoul 2006 "Dual Realities",
Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea |
| 2007 |
Audio Visual Live "geogram" EXIT Festival,
Maison des Arts de CreLteil, CreLteil, France
Audio Visual Live "geogram" VIA Festival, Le Manege,
Maubeuge, France |
DAITO MANABE : Sound & Programming
Born in 1976 in Tokyo
Graduate of Tokyo Science University, mathematics department
Graduate of IAMAS academy, DSP department
Besides the creation of works which are about peculiarities and similarities between a sense of touch and hearing, and which use vibrations and super low frequencies, he is also known as a experimental turntablist. Being enrolled in IAMAS, he implanted some special signs in a record to develop the system to control Open GL. He recently often collaborates with Satoshi Horii to perform scratching sounds and images with Ms.Pinky.
He joined DGN in the spring of 2004 to cover system engineering and artistic parts.
| Live performance: |
| 2004 |
Ars Electronica 2004, Linz |
| 2005 |
"Laptop Orchestra" Overtoom301, Amsterdam
"Ku-ki" Aoyama Spiral Hall, Tokyo
Yokohama Triennale,Nakaniwa, Yokohama
"Lib-LIVE" ICC, Tokyo |
| DJ: |
| 2004 |
Ars Electronica 2004, Linz |
| 2005 |
"Shoboshobo bus tour" Superdelux
"Spontaneous Core: Beyond the Performing Arts" Unit, Tokyo |
| 2006 |
"Impluse" Beijing |
| Visual works: |
| 2004 |
"Sonar Tokyo" Ebisu garden hall, Tokyo |
| 2005 |
"Metamorphose" Cycle sports center, Shizuoka |
| 2006 |
"Fatal plumage" GMEM, Marseille
"Metamorphose" Cycle sports center, Shizuoka |
| Exhibition : |
| 2004 |
"Riot please aha++" ICC , Tokyo |
| 2005 |
"Engage" Aoyama Spiral, Tokyo |
| 2006 |
"RFID VJ" Skipcity, Kawaguchi
"RFID LED Sequencer" ICC, Tokyo |
| Programming support : |
| 2005 |
"Path" Ycam, Yamaguchi
"And beyond" Axis gallery, Tokyo |
| 2006 |
"Tablemind" Uplink Factory, Tokyo |
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