Kaori Ito | |
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伊藤郁女 | |
Nationality | Japanese |
Education | State University of New York at Purchase and Rikkyo University |
Occupation(s) | Dancer and choreographer |
Kaori Ito (伊藤郁女)(born 1979) is a Japanese dancer and choreographer who is active in France. She founded the dance company Hime.
Ito was born in 1979 in Tokyo, Japan. She began studying dance at 5 years old, learning from Syuntoku Takagi (高木俊徳). [1] She studied at Purchase College in the United States, and earned a degree in sociology and education from Rikkyo University in Tokyo. [1] After graduation, Ito received a grant from the Japanese government to study in New York with the Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre. [2]
Ito began her career by dancing works choreographed by Philippe Decouflé and Angelin Preljocaj. [3] In 2008, she began to choreograph her own works, and created a dance company called Hime in 2014. [4] She was awarded the Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2015. [3]
Some of Ito's best known works include "Plexus", a collaboration with Aurélien Bory in which Ito hung from strings at the Brooklyn Academy of Music; [5] [6] and "I dance because I do not trust words", a duet piece with her father, sculptor Hiroshi Ito. [7]
Kaori Ito | |
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伊藤郁女 | |
Nationality | Japanese |
Education | State University of New York at Purchase and Rikkyo University |
Occupation(s) | Dancer and choreographer |
Kaori Ito (伊藤郁女)(born 1979) is a Japanese dancer and choreographer who is active in France. She founded the dance company Hime.
Ito was born in 1979 in Tokyo, Japan. She began studying dance at 5 years old, learning from Syuntoku Takagi (高木俊徳). [1] She studied at Purchase College in the United States, and earned a degree in sociology and education from Rikkyo University in Tokyo. [1] After graduation, Ito received a grant from the Japanese government to study in New York with the Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre. [2]
Ito began her career by dancing works choreographed by Philippe Decouflé and Angelin Preljocaj. [3] In 2008, she began to choreograph her own works, and created a dance company called Hime in 2014. [4] She was awarded the Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2015. [3]
Some of Ito's best known works include "Plexus", a collaboration with Aurélien Bory in which Ito hung from strings at the Brooklyn Academy of Music; [5] [6] and "I dance because I do not trust words", a duet piece with her father, sculptor Hiroshi Ito. [7]