Creation: Lucía Vázquez & Nobuyoshi Asai.
Original Music: Jesús Calderón.
Nobuyoshi Asai, Nagoya, Japan.
At his young age Asai started practicing street dance in Japan at an international level.
Formerly a member of the acclaimed Japanese Butoh company Sankai-Juku, Asai has toured and performed all over the world. He also received a grant from the Japanese Agency of Cultural Affairs to dance with the famous Batsheva Company in Tel Aviv.
He became the first Japanese to receive the Special Prize at the Arte Laguna Art Awards in Venice for his piece “Prohibition.” Also he received the First Prize for choreographic conception at NEXTREAM21, Japan, 2015; First Prize for choreographic conception at Festival Afrik Urbanarts, Abidjan, 2013; The 6th Asahi Performing Arts Prize, Japan, 2006; The Prize of Kirin Dance Support, Japan, 2006, and First Prize at World Hip-Hop Championship, USA, 2002. Currently he directs his own dance company PIERRE MIROIR based in Paris and Moonlight theater in Japan.
Duration 15min.
First stage of creation with the support of Instituto Cervantes Tokyo. Second and last stage is programmed for April 2018.
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