"I believe that people are fluid and should flow like water so that exchange between those from different backgrounds can become easier and freer."

- Kota Yamazaki

Upcoming

Thin Paper, Autonomy of Synapse, Nomads and Tokyo[-ing]

In collaboration with Footnote New Zealand Dance

Japan Tour:
October 5-6, 2024 at Aichi Prefectual Art Theater (Aichi)
October 12-14, 2024 at Theater Tram (Tokyo)
followed by a preview performance at Tempo Dance Festival, Auckland (NZ)

Special Website for info and tickets: https://www.footnotekota.com
*Japanese only- English page is coming soon!

ongoing

Whenever Wherever Festival

Since 2009, Tokyo (Japan)

ABOUT

Body Arts Laboratory (BAL), the first artists-run organization for dance artists in Tokyo was founded in 2009 by Kota Yamazaki, for which Yamazaki continues to serve as a director. BAL organizes the Whenever Wherever Festival (wwfes) with the intention of creating a platform where body-based artists from different disciplines and backgrounds can meet, exchange and converse. The festival’s various experimental programs curated, proposed and conducted by artists are presented in flexible and various formats. These programs include experimental laboratories, workshops, performances, installations, and round table discussions that facilitate artists’ process-oriented practices and dialogues among artists and with a public.

Next Festival is scheduled to be held from the mid-January through the mid- February of 2024 across various locations in Minato-ku, Tokyo

Ongoing

Becoming Invisible City (BIC) Project

Started in 2019

ABOUT

In Becoming Invisible City (BIC) Project, Yamazaki with fellow dance artists reserach and explore new body-based activies, practices and performances in a public space in a city. BIC project was conducted in Shibuya and Tamachi in Tokyo in 2019, and plans to continue in different cities and locations.

Trailer for BIC in Shibuya