A Vessel of Ruins 工藤 丈輝: 荒漠器 Taketeru Kudo at TEDxTokyo

衝動の根源は、永遠に満たされない人間存在。計画された理知ではなく、感情や官能と呼ばれる人間本来の力が手がかりとなる。慶應義塾大学仏文科在学中より演劇、ダンス、日舞などを学んだ工藤丈輝さんは、1989年に舞踏と運命の出会いを果たした。先駆者である玉野黄市さん、和栗由紀夫さんらの作品に出演し、1992年よりソロ活動を開始。山海塾への参加を経て、1997年には自らの集団「東京戯園館」を設立した。‪ジャン＝ルイ・バロー‬、‪ヴァーツラフ・ニジンスキー‬、三島由紀夫らの思想に共鳴。舞踏家の命である「火」を内に秘め、さまざまな分野のアーティストやカンパニーと関わりながら、ソロを中心に世界各所で公演を続けている。 - See more at: http://www.tedxtokyo.com/talk/kudo/

Butoh Dancer
The source of Taketeru Kudo's combustive physical artistry lies in a never-fulfilled quest to discover the core of human existence. His expressionist, creative butoh erupts from primitive emotions and sensuality rather than calculated muscular movements. While studying French literature at Keio University, Taketeru originally devoted himself to acting, modern dance and nichibu—a traditional Japanese dance form—before meeting his artistic destiny in butoh. After appearing on stage with butoh pioneers Koichi Tamano and Yukio Waguri, he began dancing solo in 1992. He also worked with butoh dance troupe Sankai Juku prior to establishing his own troupe, Tokyo Gien-kan, which channels the spirits of Jean-Louis Barrault, Vaslav Fomich Nijinsky and Yukio Mishima. Preserving the fire within that makes him a butoh dancer, Taketeru keeps dancing solo while frequently collaborating with artists and companies of various genres internationally.

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