The Japan Foundation, Kuala Lumpur proudly brings you a contemporary dance performance by Dance Company Batik from Japan, as part of their Russia (Moscow, Permi) ? Malaysia Tour. In Permi, they will attend renowned ?Diaghilev Festival?.
Dance Company Batik was founded by Ms. Ikuyo Kuroda in April 2002. This time in Kuala Lumpur, they will perform their best piece called ?SHOKU? led by 7 dancers. Shoku has performed at Dance Biennale Tokyo 2002, Korea and Japan Festival. In 2003, the troupe performed at SPAC (Shizuoka Performing Arts Center) Dance Festival 2003, and was awarded the Excellent Work Prize. Besides, they also performed at Toyota Choreography Award 2003, awarded the grand prize and Ms. Ikuyo Kuroda won as the ?Choreographer of the Next Generation?.
Shoku is defined as touch. It is an attempt to express the inner feeling and the physical touching through subversive dance; the faint and frail feel of inside and outside derived by Shoku (touch). The dancers express their feeling of differentiating between the special of themselves and the world by the use of touching.
This performance is supported by Toyota and The Saison Foundation.
There will be a Post Performance Talk by Mr. Joseph Victor Gonzales, Head of Dance Department from ASK (National Arts Academy) and Ms. Ikuyo Kuroda, the choreographer of the Dance Company BATIK. This Talk will be held on 26 (Thu) May 2005 at 9:30pm right after the ?SHOKU -full version-? performance.
This is the golden opportunity for you to any question to one of the leading choreographers in Japan.
Note: Audiences who attend the performance on 25 (Wed) May, can come for the Talk. Please present the ticket at the counter to enter.
Date : 25 ? 26 May 2005
Time : 8:30pm
Venue : Pentas 2, KL-PAC (Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre)
Sentul West, Jalan Strachan, off Jalan Ipoh, KL
Ticket : RM 32, RM 17 (JFKL members & students)
KL -PAC Location Map
*** Please contact The Actors Studio @ BSC box office at 03-2094 0400 / 1400 or KL-PAC box office at 03-4047 9000 for ticket reservation.
The audiences should be 18 years old and above.
Ms. Ikuyo Kuroda
Ikuyo Kuroda studied ballet under Momoko Tani since age 6, and is currently a member of Momoko Tani Ballet Company.
Then in 1997, she studied contemporary dance at Laban Centre, London, England, and completed Independent Study Program course. She joined ?Kim Itoh the Glorious Future? in 2000, and performed both in Japan and abroad.
She performed in Rencontres Choreographiques Internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis (former Bagnolet International Choreography Contest) Yokohama Platform, with her first choreographed work ?Side B,? and received the National Advisory Panel Award.
In April 2002, she founded her company ?BATIK? and performed at Dance Biennale Tokyo 2002, Korea and Japan Festival. In 2003, she performed at SPAC (Shizuoka Performing Arts Centre) Dance Festival 2003, and was awarded the Excellent Work Prize. She performed her awarded piece at ?Japanese Performing Arts?, which held in Moscow in May, 2003. Then, performed at Toyota Choreography Award 2003, and was awarded the grand prize.
BATIK joined SI Dance Festival in Seoul, Korea, and Dance Umbrella in London with the work ?SIDE B? in October 2004. Recently, she was awarded Performing Arts Award and Kirin Special Grant for the Dance at the Asahi Performing Arts Awards 2004.
BATIK Activities
2002
- Presented ?SIDE B? in Rencontres Choreographiques Internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis
- Participated in Dance Biennale Tokyo 2002
- Participated in Korea and Japan Festival
- Participated in Next Next 3
2003
- Yokohama Dance Collection 2003
- Entered SPAC Dance Festival 2003, awarded the Excellent Work Prize
- Performed AURA at Creative Performance by Momoko Tani Ballet Company
- Invited to Chekhov International Theater Festival, performed ?SIDE B?
- Performed “SIDE B” at Toyota Choreography Award 2003, awarded the grand prize
Participated in Japan Korea Dance Contact
2004
- Participated in Next Dance Festival Premiered ?Flowers flow, Time congeals?, Tokyo
- Performed ?SHOKU-Full version? at Theater Tram, Tokyo
- Invited to SI Dance Festival, performed ?SIDE B?, Korea
- Invited to dance umbrella 2004, performed ?SIDE B?, ?SHOKU-solo version?, UK
- Participated in Al Hall Dance Collection vol. 37, performed ?SIDE B?
2005
- Participated in 8th Annual Japanese Contemporary Dance Showcase, performed “SHOKU-middle version”, USA
