08 May (Thu)
Countertechnique provides tools for body and mind to deal with the demanding dance practice of the 21st century. It is a movement system to help the dancer think about the dancing body, focusing on the process of incorporating information into action. Within a clear structure of exercises, the Countertechnique class thoroughly prepares the body for rehearsal and performance, enabling dancers to move bigger, more fluidly and more spatially, while becoming stronger and more flexible.
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Ema Yuasa
Dancer and Choreographer
About Ema Yuasa
Born in Japan, based in Nederlands.
After graduated at the top of her grade at the Princesse Grace Dance Academy in Monaco, she danced in few dance companies in Europe and Joined NDT (Netherlands Dans Theater) in Holland since 2004, there she worked and performed pieces from Jiri Kylian, Mats Ek, William Forsythe, Ohad Naharin, Hans van Manen, Lightfoot and León, Crystal Pite, Johan Inger, Wayne Macgregor, Marco Goecke, Alexander Ekman, Gabriela Carrizo & Franck Chartier (Peeping Tom), Sharon Eyal, amongst others. She became freelancer in 2016. Guesting in Royal Swedish Ballet for Mats Ek’s Julia & Romeo as Juliette, and Sasha Waltz’s Körper. She joined EASTMAN under the direction of Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, participating in creations, projects as a dancer.
She started choreograph while she was in NDT, and her piece was chosen to show in several theater in Holland, and renowned Kronos Quartet offered her to join as guest dancer to their concert.
She collaborated with many artists over the different genres like artist/pianist Tomoko Mukaiyama, fashion designer/Tamae Hirokawa, architect/Tsuyoshi Tane, Japanese Noh performer/Noboru Yasuda, theatre writer/Toshiki Okada among others and created several pieces and won 13th and 15th Japan Dance Forum award.
Recently she was in creations of Planet [wanderer] and Mirage [transitory] by Damien Jelet/Kohei Nawa and participating its world tour. She has also launched nosmosis research, which aims to interact with not only dancers but also various people through movement, expanding the possibilities of dance.
She is actively creating and performing in dance, opera, play in internationally, she is also a Countertechnique teacher since 2020 and also putting effort into developing young talents.
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©Kim Doeleman