Carlotta Ikeda
Carlotta Ikeda | |
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Born | Sanae Ikeda 19 February 1941 |
Died | 24 September 2014 | (aged 73)
Occupation(s) | dancer, choreographer |
Years active | 1960–2014 |
Career | |
Former groups | Dairakudakan, Ariadone |
Website | http://ariadone.fr/eng/ |
Carlotta Ikeda, born Sanae Ikeda[2] (19 February 1941 – 24 September 2014), was a Japanese-born butoh dancer. She chose her artist name, Carlotta, after Carlotta Grisi.[1]
Biography
Carlotta Ikeda, who had studied
Kô Murobushi the Ariadone Company, an all-female butoh dance troupe.[3] In the 1980s, she settled in France, first in Paris and later in Bordeaux.[1] In Europe she became well-known after she performed solo Utt.[2]
Choreographies (selection)
- 1975: Mesu Kasan (re-performed in 2005)
- 1980: Zarathoustra - at Sogetsu Hall in Tokyo
- 1981: Utt - at Sogetsu Hall in Tokyo
- 1993: Aï-Amour - at Danse Hus in Stockholm, Sweden
- 1996: Waiting after a text by Marguerite Duras - at Théâtre national de la danse et de l'image
- 1999: Haru no saïten - Un sacre du printemps - at Théâtre de la Bastille in Paris
- 2002: Togue - at Vieille Charité, Marseille
- 2005: Zarathoustra-Variations - at Centre culturel des Carmes, Langon
- 2008: Uchuu Cabaret - création Les Hivernales - CDC d'Avignon
- 2010: Chez Ikkyû - création Le Cuvier - CDC d'Aquitaine
- 2011: Medea - at Théâtre Paris-Villette
- 2012: Un coup de don - at Festival Automne en Normandie
References
- ^ a b c "La danseuse et chorégraphe japonaise Carlotta Ikeda est décédée à Bordeaux" (in French). Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ^ ISBN 2-84597-188-5.
- ^ "Japanese dancer Carlotta Ikeda dies in France". Retrieved 27 September 2014.
Bibliography
Carlotta Ikeda: Danse Butô et au-delà pby Laurencine Lot, Jean-Marc Adolphe, éditions Favre Sa, 2005,
ISBN 978-2828908645
.