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A young Japanese dancer appears Europe Meets Asia in Contemporary Dance 2014.

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The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam proudly presents a short contemporary dance piece “Good Bye” by Yo Nakamura, on Wednesday 24 & Thursday 25 September 2014, as a part of Europe Meets Asia in Contemporary Dance 2014 in Hanoi.

Nakamura entered into the world of contemporary dance through the modern dance club of Waseda University. She had performed some pieces which choreographed by Shuji Onodera, Ryohei Kondo and Ko Murobushi, and started to choreograph by herself since 2010. She was invited to Sibiu International Festival in Romania, residency program of National Theatre Wales “Wales Lab” in this year.

Good Bye, which was performed in Yokohama Dance Collection 2013 and she won the Jury Prize and the Sibiu International Theater Festival Prize.

Using text from the films “Tokyo Story” and “An Autumn Afternoon” by Yasujiro Ozu, Nakamura perform the gap between conversation and their mind.

Good Bye by Yo Nakamura, a 20-minitue dance piece will be shown on Wednesday 24 & Thursday 25 September at Youth Theatre (11 Ngo Thi Nham) in Hanoi. The free ticket will be distributed from 12:00 on Wednesday 17 September at three cultural institutions: the Japan Foundation (27 Quang Trung), Goethe Institute (56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc), L’Espace (24 Trang Tien).

For more information on the whole program and schedule of Europe Meets Asia in Contemporary Dance 2014, please access to:

http://www.goethe.de/ins/vn/han/ver/en13200340v.htm

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■ Profile

Yo Nakamura

Choreographer, Dancer

Yo Nakamura first entered into the world of contemporary dance through the modern dance club of Waseda University. In 2009, she started dancing in choreographies by Shuji Onodera and Ryohei Kondo, in addition to working as their assistant. Nakamura has performed in Onodera’s “Toritsukare Otoko,” Kondo’s duet “A Love Vacation” presented at Dance Triennale Tokyo 2012, and pieces by Ko Murobushi.

Since 2010, Nakamura has been choreographing her own repertoire. She mobilizes all the elements of a performance, including music, words, narratives, props, and relationships, in order to create pieces that are warm and sharp at the same time. Nakamura has also developed a workshop program called “Pop Song Switches” in which the participants are instructed to dance as characters from popular songs, and implements it in various places of Japan.

In addition to working in the field of contemporary dance, she has provided stage direction and choreography for a theater production at New National Theater, Tokyo. Nakamura is also active in the media, having performed in TV commercials and Avril Lavigne’s music video “Hello Kitty.”

For 2014, she is invited to present at Sibiu International Theater Festival in Romania in June, National Theatre Wales’ residency program “Wales Lab” in August, and Tokyo / Soul Duo Dance Fes 2014 in November and December.

Nakamura is the winner of the NEXTREAM21 Dance Competition’s Jury Award, Session Best Award, and the Jury Prize and the Sibiu International Theater Festival Prize at Yokohama Dance Collection EX 2013.

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■ For inquiries and interviews with the choreographer/dancer, please contact at:

Ms. Huong (04-3944-7419 ext: 106) / Mr. Kawai (04-3944-7419  ext: 109)
The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam
27 Quang Trung, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi, Vietnam         TEL 04 3944 7419     www.jpf.org.vn