| The main activity base： Fukuoka-ken |
| Management：Hyogenshuudan“Mangekyo” |
1985: Entered the world of butoh in a Byakko-sha workshop in Kumano, Wakayama, and founded art group Mangekyo.
1987: Performed at Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art in Fukuoka, at the 23rd Sigma Theater Festival in Bordeaux, France and also at theaters in Paris.
1993: Started participating yearly in the Kitakyushu Theater Festival.
1998: Became performing arts instructor at Kitakyushu Theater Academy. Learned the traditional Kyushu dance Tsukushi-mai and began using it as a creative source for his butoh.
Major works:
Amazoku-tachi no Shirabe (Song of the Sea Folk), Nankyoku Rojinsei no Hitorigoto (Canopus Soliloquy), Mizu no Senritsu (Water Melody) and Mienai Mono no tameni (For the Unseen).
Juri aspires to create a form of corporeal expression that reflects current social phenomena through the human body and mind. From a technical foundation in the traditional Kyushu dance Tsukushi-mai, and flowing together with aspects of nature such as wind and water and rustling trees in his consciousness, Juri forms his solo butoh as well as the butoh choreography for about ten other performers. He also performs at music venues around Japan with ethnic, jazz and classical musicians.
Working on butoh/theater collaborations.
Performing monthly at venues in Hakata and Kitakyushu.
Interested in working jointly with stage designers who use projected images.
- Nankyoku Rojinsei no Hitorigoto
:One dancer + two musicians
:Any interesting location, including outdoor sites, temples and shrines, natural places and museums.
:100,000 yen - Mienai Mono no tameni
:Five dancers + three technicians
:Theater space preferred
:300,000 yen
- Corporeal Expression Workshop
Starting with breathing, standing, and walking, and then controlling the joints and muscles, this workshop makes use of a process of self-release.
:Open to actors, dancers and people with or without experience in art.
:15 participants
