Barabbas Okuyama 奥山ばらば
Choreographed and Performed by Barabbas Okuyama
Video Release Date Jan 13, 2023
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Biography
Butoh Dancer and Choreographer.
In 2001, He joined the Butoh company DAIRAKUDAKAN (meaning; Great Camel Battleship) founded in 1972 by Akaji Maro, its leader to this day. Besides taking roles in all DAIRAKUDAKAN’ s productions, in its studio programs he choreographed and performed his own original works “ Sagram-Boy ” (2009), “ Crucifixion ” (2013) and the solo piece “ U TSU SHI MI ” (2016).
In 2016 he left DAIRAKUDAKAN to start his own company, PROJECT BARABBAS, which has staged his original solo works “ TRIGGER POINT ” (2016), “ KA BA NE GA TA RI ” (2017), “ SA SO HA RE TE ” (2018), “ Na ga re Ta ri ” (2020), “ SO RA NO HI TO ” (2020) and duo works “ Hi no shi du ku ” (2019).
Meanwhile, he has performed in Butoh and contemporary dance programs, and at several international dance festivals in South Korea or Hungary and so on, with renowned artists such as Josef Nadj, Akira Kasai, Naoko Ito, Motoko Hirayama, Mitsutake Kasai, Ikuyo Kuroda, Kentaro Kujirai, KitaMari. He has also appeared as an actor in theatre productions with artists such as Juro Kara, Sujin Kim, Akira Shirai, Mansai Nomura, Taizoh Shiota, and so on.
振付・出演：奥山ばらば
プロフィール
舞踏家。
2001年、舞踏グループ大駱駝艦に入団、麿赤兒に師事。
2016年、大駱駝艦を退団し独自の活動を開始。自らの企画団体PROJECT BARABBAS を設立。数々のソロ作品やデュオ作品をこれまで発表する他、様々な国際ダンスフェスティバルにも多数参加している。
また、多くのコンテンポラリーダンサーの振付作品に参加するほか、ミュージシャンとのコラボレーションや、映像・演劇作品にては役者として参加したりと、ジャンルにとらわれずに活動を多彩に展開。
舞踏による身体法を背骨にしながら、緊張感と強度のある立ち方や、異なるカラダとの更なる可能性を模索している。
Producer: Dai Matsuoka
Videographer: iromono lab
Photographer: Masabumi Kimura
Translation: NPO Dance Archive Network
Web/Project Management: NPO LAND FES
Supported by Kanagawa Prefecture Cultural Affairs Division, Agency for Cultural Affairs, The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam
助成：神奈川県文化芸術活動再開加速化事業補助金、文化庁文化芸術活動の継続支援事業
協力：国際交流基金ベトナム日本文化交流センター
