enra

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Japanese performing arts company enra (stylized in lowercase Latin letters.[1]) combines video art with live performance, synchronizing human body motion with computer graphics. Established March 1, 2012, enra is composed of video artist Nobuyuki Hanabusa and eight performers: Tsuyoshi Kaseda, Maki Yokoyama, Saya Watatani, Tachun, Yusaku Mochizuki, Kazunori Ishide, Takako Morimoto, and Aoi Nonaka. [2]

enra
Performing Arts Company
Founded March 1, 2012
Based Tokyo, Japan
Creative Director 花房伸行 (Nobuyuki Hanabusa)
Members 加世田剛 (Tsuyoshi Kaseda)、横山真希 (Maki Yokoyama)、和多谷沙耶 (Saya Watatani)、汰椿 (Tachun)、望月ゆうさく (Yusaku Mochizuki)、石出一敬 (Kazunori Ishide)、森本天子 (Takako Morimoto)、野中葵 (Aoi Nonaka)
Website http://enra.jp/

Tradition and origin

The Tokyo-based performing arts and production company seeks to create the ultimate union between motion graphics and live performance. The intent is to synchronize on-screen images with dance and other forms of live expression. Made up of eight individual performers, enra incorporates martial arts (especially wushu), rhythmic gymnastics, ballet, animation dance, juggling (especially with the diabolo), and club dance into its performances.[3]

Performances by enra consist of a synchronized fusion of motion graphics (video art) and live performance (contemporary dance in a variety of genres) in front of a screen. The group regularly performs all over the world, and has received high praise not only in its native Japan, but also in Europe, North America, East and Southeast Asia, and the Middle East.

In Japan, enra performed as a guest of the prime minister of Japan at the official welcoming dinner for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) during its evaluation of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics plan, an event that also served to commemorate the 50-year anniversary of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.[4]

FILMS, a homage to movies, was performed by enra to open the award ceremony at the 68th Festival de Cannes, where the group also walked the red carpet.[5]

In March 2016, enra kicked off its 2016 Japan tour with a public performance at Kitazawa Town Hall in Shimokitazawa, Tokyo.

enra walked the red carpet a second time at the Lunas del Auditorio ceremony at the National Auditorium in Mexico City in October 2016, where they performed as a special guest.

Name origin

According to the Mainichi Shimbun, "The group's name is derived from the smoke-like shape-shifting Japanese yōkai spirit, Enenra".【グループ名は、煙のようにさまざまな形に姿を変える日本の妖怪「煙々羅」にちなんだ。】[6]

Performance history

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

References

  1. ↑ "Empire Entertainment: enra". www.empireartists.jp. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  2. ↑ "MEMBER". enra.jp. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  3. ↑ "about". enra.jp. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  4. ↑ http://business.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/topics/20130908/253131/?rt=nocnt
  5. ↑ "enra". enra.jp. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  6. ↑ "ｅｎｒａ：国内初ツアー　言葉や文化の壁超えるストーリー - 毎日新聞". 毎日新聞 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  7. ↑ "エンラ -enra- - enra " PROXIMA " JAPAN tour 2016 スケジュール... | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-04-21.

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