HIROAKI UMEDA

Presented with The Dance Centre



"Visual art, dance, mime - the definitions are redundant in Umeda’s brave new world." - The Guardian, UK

Jan 22 - 24, 2009 8pm
The Scotiabank Dance Centre

Running Time 65m

Post-show Talkback Jan 23 2009

while going to a condition
Choreographer Hiroaki Umeda
Dancer Hiroaki Umeda
Sound S20
Visual Creation S20
Production S20

Accumulated Layout
Choreographer Hiroaki Umeda
Dancer Hiroaki Umeda
Sound S20
Lighting Design S20
Production Théâtre national de Chaillot and S20 with the support of La Chaufferie (DCA), Saint-Denis

Supported by EU Japan Fest
Producer Dominique Laulanné
Associate Producer Sarah Ford/Quaternaire
Tour Coordinator Aicha Boutella/Quaternaire

In just a few years Hiroaki Umeda has become one of Japan’s most exciting artists. His body movements borrow from both hip hop and butoh, and unfold in response to a crescendo of pulsating sound and light to conjure a futuristic, fiercely poetic landscape. In while going to a condition, Umeda fuses human movement, sound design and projections to conjure a futurist environment where the primacy of the body is undone. In Accumulated Layout, working exclusively with light, the artist sculpts space by manipulating the source and intensity of the illumination of the dance.

Hiroaki Umeda currently lives and works in Tokyo. He studied photography at Nihon University, but at age 20 changed his focus to dance. His work has been seen at the Japan Dance festival (Korea), Yokohama Dance Collection (Japan), Uovo e Contemporanea (Italy), FIND Festival (Canada) and the Rencontres Chorégraphiques Internationales (France), among others. Umeda is a multidisciplinary artist: choreographer, dancer, sound, image and lighting designer. His work is both minimal and radical, subtle and violent, and very much in touch with his contemporary Japanese roots. Next season, he will be performing in France, Europe and the USA.

www.hiroakiumeda.com. |  preview from while going to a condition + Accumulated Layout

Tickets $26.00/18.00

This show is fully eligible for PuSh Pass access. Group sales available, $15 for groups of 8 or more, contact 604.606.6420 for more information