Biografi

Kazue Ikeda (född i Kobe, Japan) är verksam som dansare, performance artist, koreograf och certifierad Craniosacral Biodynamics practitioner. Hennes koreografier och soloverk presenteras i USA, Japan, Tyskland, Sverige och Europa. Hon undervisar nutida dans teknik, improvisation, komposition, kontaktimprovisation och “body awareness”.

Förutom hennes dansutbildning i Osaka och New York, lärde hon sig Floor Movement (Floor Barre), Alexander Technique, Iyanger Yoga, Susan Klein Technique, Feldenkrais och utbildade sig i Craniosacral Biodynamics. Dessa aspekter integrerar hon i egna konceptet av dansteknik och arbetet med kroppen, som baserar på balansen mellan styrka och släppa loss, kroppsmedvetenhet, rörelse och energiflöde.

I New York (1991-1995) arbetade hon med The Kevin Wynn Collection, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, Anna Sokolow's Players' Project, Alan Danielson, Heidi Latsky med flera.

I Tyskland (1999-2015) arbetade hon på Oldenburgisches Staatstheater/Tanztheater och jobbade med olika artister som Helena Waldmann, Christoph Winkler, Iztok Kovač, Posttheater, Christian Ziegler, Tatraum Projekte Schmidt med flera.

Hon har fått första priset "Das beste deutsche Tanzsolo" på Euro-Scene Leipzig 1999 och hennes soloverk "re/lease" tilldelades tredje plats och kritikernas pris på “International Festival of Choreographic Miniatures” Belgrad 2008. "re/lease" också turnerade med finalisterna av “13. Internationales Solo-Tanz-Theater Festival”, Stuttgart 2009. Hon var artist in residence hos Tanzfabrik Berlin, Schloss Bröllin och Künstlerhaus Lukas Ahrenshoop.

På vinterterminen 2008 var hon gästprofessor på School of Dance, Korea National University of Arts, och i 2009 på Han Sung University i Seoul, Sydkorea. Från och med 2009 lär hon på Center for Contemporary Dance, University for Music and Dance Cologne.

Idag lever och arbetar Kazue Ikeda i Sverige.

Ett axplock av hennes arbeten hittar du på Vimeo.

Kazue Ikeda (born in Kobe, Japan) is dancer, performer, choreographer, and certified practitioner of Craniosacral Biodynamics. Her choreographies and solo performances are presented in Europe, USA, South Korea, and Japan. She teaches contemporary dance technique, improvisation, composition, contact improvisation and body awareness.

After her dance education in Osaka and New York, she learned Floor Movement (Floor Barre), Alexander Technique, Iyanger Yoga, Susan Klein Technique, Feldenkrais and Craniosacral Biodynamics. These aspects she continuously integrates into her own concept of dance technique and body work, which is based on the balance between strength and release, and the awareness of body, movements and energy flow.

In New York (1991-1995), she worked with The Kevin Wynn Collection, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company (apprenticeship), Anna Sokolow's Players' Project, Alan Danielson, Heidi Latsky and others.

In Germany (1999-2015) she worked at Oldenburgisches Staatstheater/Tanztheater and performed with different artists such as Helena Waldmann, Christoph Winkler, Iztok Kovač, Posttheater, Christian Ziegler, Tatraum Projekte Schmidt, and others. She received the first price at "Das beste deutsche Tanzsolo" at Euro-Scene Leipzig 1999, and 3rd prize and critics award for her piece "re/lease" at the “International Festival of Choreographic Miniatures”, Belgrade 2008. "re/lease” also toured with the finalists of “13. Internationales Solo-Tanz-Theater Festival”, Stuttgart 2009. Since 2009 she teaches at the Center for Contemporary Dance, University for Music and Dance Cologne.

She was artist in residence at the Tanzfabrik Berlin, Schloss Bröllin and Künstlerhaus Lukas Ahrenshoop. During the winter semester 2008 Kazue Ikeda was a guest professor at School of Dance at Korea National University of Arts, and in 2009 at Han Sung University in Seoul, South Korea.

Currently she lives and works in Sweden.

A selection of her works can be found on Vimeo.

Foto: © Hans Finckh