Kota Yamazaki | Fluid hug hug
2010 Swing Space Resident, Building 110: LMCC’s Arts Center At Governors Island
Photo Credit: Tsuyoshi Nakajima
In 2002, Kota Yamazaki/Fluid hug-hug was founded on the policies; “Traveling, Exchanging and Exploring.” Yamazaki believes that a person is fluid and has to keep flowing, like water, so that exchange between people from different backgrounds can become more easy and free. The name Fluid hug-hug came from this idea of fluidity and meeting people from all over the world. Fluid hug-hug presents original works choreographed by Yamazaki in close collaboration with visual artists, architects and lighting designers. The company has been invited to perform in national and international venues/festivals such as PICA/TBA Festival, Melbourne International Arts Festival, Les Hivernales Festival de Danse (Avignon), Dance Theater Workshop, Danspace Project, 92Y Street Harkness Dance Festival, The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, NUS for the Arts in Singapore, Korean National Theater among others. Yamazaki has taught at universities including Barnard College at Columbia University, Arizona State University, National University of Arts in Korea, Kyoto University of Art and Design, Tokyo Zoukei University, and a guest faculty at Bennington College and at Yotsuya Art Stadium, Kinki University since 2008. In 2007, Yamazaki, with Germaine Acogny, received the Bessie Award for the choreography of FAGAALA that was performed by Senegal-based Company, Jant-bi.
During the residency at Governors Island, Yamazaki with a group of performers will work on a new piece, (glowing), that is scheduled to premiere at EMPAC followed by performances at several venues including Japan Society in April of 2012. They will use their time doing somatic practices, learning fundamental elements of butoh, experimenting with ideas, generating movement vocabularies, working out choreography and building a sense of group.
