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JAPANESE
Yui Kawaguchi, choreographer/performer, has studied Classical Ballet, Jazz, Hip-Hop and contemporary dance, acting and singing. She danced by H.art.chaos (1998-2000) , Kota Yamazaki/Rosy, co (2000-2002) and Motoko Hirayama (2007), performing in Japan, the USA and Europe.
Her choreography consists of fluent movements and fragmented motions, with emphasis on synchronisation with music/sound. She choreographed for the opening festival of East Asian Olympic 2001, and has also worked with music videos, TV-CF, films, concerts and fashion shows.
Between 2001- 2003, she worked as a choreographer and performer with the “media drive unit 66b/cell". Together with this multimedia performance group, she was engaged in developing the three-year project, "test-patches", which integrated composers, visual artists, system engineers with performers. The project was invited to perform at ARS Electronica (Linz), Seoul International Dance Festival and Japan Virtual Reality Conference, etc.
Since 2005, she works in Berlin. She performed by Ismael Ivo, Helena Waldmann, NICO AND THE NAVIGATORS, Michaela Lucenti and Tomi Paasonen, among others. Her own works were invited at the “Tanztage Berlin 2006”, “Rohkunstbau International Art Festival”, etc. 2006, she won the Jury-Prize in “Yokohama soloxduo <competition>+” in Japan. Her multimedia solo performance "REM - the Black Cat" was presented at the DANCE EXHIBITON 2008 in New National Theatre, Tokyo.
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