Activity programmed in collaboration with the TopARTE program of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.
K(-A-)O
Theme of piece is “symbolization of feelings.” Based on my experiences I felt that human emotional expressions become poorer in the information society. On internet we can have neutral face even if we are happy or sad during a communication, or pretend another emotion which we don’t feel in the present moment. But we send emoticons and symbols according to our own feelings. While doing so, all the infinite expressions and emotion of a human being become poorer and less complex.
” K(-A-)O ‘’ throw a question to you, how can we get back our own feelings?
Company: Kenji Shinohe
Length: 15′
Category: Dance
Origin: Germany
Cast: Kenji Shinohe (Creator & Performer)
Kenji Shinohe is a Japanese choreographer and dancer, based in Wuppertal. He has danced Ballroom dance with his grand mother since early childhood. He studied dance philosophy & art history in Japanese university then has MA. In 2015, He got a scholarship of International exchange student program to study at Folkwang Universität der Künste in Essen, GERMANY. Since 2019 he is working internationally as a freelance choreographer and dancer, being active in the performance scene in NRW.
In his artistic work he is interested in bringing together body movements in relation to structures of music, approaches of extending the dance expression through the idea of metafictional techniques. His choreography pieces are invited and performed in many theater over 15 countries 45 cities.