Arifumi Tanaka

2000: Began creating dance works.
2002: Performed TOBU KYOSHITU （directed by Kim Ito, at the Kanie Elementary School）.
2004: Performed DANCE opera AKUMA NO MONOGATARI （directed by Yuri Ng, at the Aichi Geijyutsu Bunka Gekijyo）.
2005: Performed SILENCE DANCE at the Dongurihiroba Project, as a part of the "We're Gonna Go Dancing!! Vol.6" tour at Nagakute Cultural Center. Willing participants were invited to join Arifumi's performance.
2006: Exhibition x Performance x WS: “IN THE AIR” at TAJIMI CITY BUNKA KAIKAN.

Advocates "silence dance" （dancing without dancing）. Strives to commune with the environment, architecture, furniture, art, literature, fashion, and so on. Wants to establish good relations with the staff of halls, museums, schools, & warehouses. Organizes communication workshops （"Entertaining One's Self in Existing Spaces Using the Body"; "Read the Air"）, for the purpose of releasing the accumulated sensitivities of one's body.
Supervises SILENCE scape.

1.To provide indoor/outdoor performances at museums which correlate with the scheduled exhibitions.
2.Live performances and promotions at furniture & apparel shops, etc.
3.To approach publishing companies, cultural magazines, and Web-based organizations for the purpose of promoting the concept of body expression.