Motofuji Akiko
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Akiko Motofuji (born 1928) was born in Tokyo. From her childhood she studied ballet and modern dance. In 1947 she became a Nobutoshi Tsuda dancing principal , and she established Asbestos Studio in 1950. In 1955 International Dancing Contest held in Vienna she won 4th prize for individual performance section. She met with Tatsumi Hijikata in 1956 , and started to perform on stage together , searching for the new expression way , by using ballet and Neue Tanz technique, on the basis of Butoh, original expression which gazes at body and soul severely. And they got married later. She's back to the stages in 1992 performing the piece "Together with Tatsumi Hijikata" , after that she makes great works one after another, her original world , showing a colorful field such as, charmingness, overflowing humor, severity shaved form, have always the theme " repeated life and death " on the bottom. At big hall, small space, outdoor, and so on, her direction spreadout in three dimensions, catch and keeps the audience interested in. She also tackle collaboration with the artist of other genres , direction with engraver, improvisation with musicians, joint production with Ms. Abakanovitch, etc., and continues searching for the possibility of new expression.
[edit] Quotes
One of her famous quotes is:
- "When viewing life, the blossoming of youth is beautiful, certainly. But in contrast, when something is withering, there's a beauty in that as well... is there not beauty within ugliness?"
