Hot Cat 30: Butoh: Motoya Kondo/ Shuichi Chino/ Marie Takahashi/ Shiomi Kawaguchi/ Fumio Okura
Schedule
Sun, 24 Aug, 2025 at 08:00 pm
UTC+02:00Location
Kühlspot Social Club | Berlin, BE
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HOT CAT 30: Butoh Dance & MusicMotoya Kondo (Butoh-Dance) / Shuichi Chino (Piano) / Marie Takahashi (Viola) / Shiomi Kawaguchi (Shamisen, Shinobue, Effect) / Fumio Okura (Violin, Organization)
Open Doors: 20:00h I Concert: 20:30h
Venue: Kühlspot Social Club
Lehderstr. 74-79 13086 Berlin
Tram: 12, M2, M13 Prenzlauer Allee / Ostseestraße
----- The Artists Tonight -----
::: Motoya Kondo (Butoh-Dance)
Born in Nagoya Japan, dancer, movement director, and co-founder of Motimaru Dance Company. From 2005 he had been studying butoh with Yoshito Ohno, son of Kazuo Ohno and worked as his assistant. After 2010 he has started field work researches of local and traditional dances in Japan, India, Nepal, Spain, and Bali, studied Balinese dance with Agun Anom Putra, I Made Djimat, and Ida Bagus Oka Wirjana, in search of universal principle of movements and dance. Since 2008, he has been immersed in the practice and study of Eastern contemplative traditions, particularly following the Tibetan traditions, and bridging between contemporary art practices and the age old wisdom. He has been performing and teaching in: Venezia Biennale 2010, 9th International Choreography Competition "No Ballet”, International Dance Festival Lucky Trimmer 2016, Hildesheim University, Leipzig University, Hasselt University, Academy of Media Arts Cologne, etc., Europe, Asia, Australia in over 45 cities.
::: Shuichi Chino (Piano)
He began his career as a keyboardist and arranger in 1970. After serving as a supporting member of the Downtown Boogie Woogie Band, he became a full member around 1976 and married Kaori Nakamura . They divorced the year after the band disbanded in 1981. He joined Akira Sakata and Shigenori Kamiya to perform as the unit Wha-ha-ha , and also actively worked in several other units, including Chango 5 , which he founded with Eitetsu Hayashi and others. He also began working in the field of film music with Ryudo Uzaki in the late 1970s, achieving considerable success throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
Since the 1990s, he has been creating works using computers and synthesizers in addition to improvisation. He began creating software for music in 1996, and has performed solo with the "Pendulum Chair" at Kobe Xebec Hall, as well as creating computer -based sound installations such as "Mushi Mezuru." As a keyboardist, he has interacted with Otomo Yoshihide through his work with Ground Zero , and has performed in sessions and collaborated with many musicians, including Soulist Escape and Next Point , to this day. He has been living in Berlin since 2008 .
::: Marie Takahashi (Viola)
Marie Takahashi viola, baroque viola, composition, improvisation
After her studies and career as a classical musician in Japan, France and in Germany she moved to Berlin where she started more original and creative activities such as improvisations, compositions and collaborations with artists from various disciplines.
Her experimental compositions using calligraphy techniques, shapes and numbers have been presented in Europe and in Japan.
https://marietakahashi.info
::: Shiomi Kawaguchi (Shamisen)
Since she was a child growing up in Tokyo, she started learning Shamisen (a Japanese three-stringed instrument) and Min-yo (Japanese folk songs).mIn 2017, after years of traveling silk-road with the Shamisen, she moved her base to Berlin.
She is a member of the all-female 'Shamisen Trio Mitsune' http://mitsune.de/ ,
the psychedelic folk band "Jaguar no me" http://www.jaguarnome.com/
and jazz band 'The Japs' https://aandjaps.wixsite.com/sitetop
::: Fumio Okura (Violin, Organization)
Studied Violin, Conducting and Musicology in Tokyo and Berlin. Studied Conducting further with Prof. Peter Eötvös and was also the Guest Student at Staatsoper Berlin. He also works as a Voice Actor. In parallel with strong interest in Music and Theater he pursues the Sound Possibilities of the instrumental combinations with various styles and backgrounds. Furthermore, his project "Hot Cat" tries the Integrated Arts with Experimental Music and Film, Live Painting, Performance or Butoh-Dance.
In 2023 the CD of String Quartet "Your Dramatic Joy" was released
https://ernestorodrigues.bandcamp.com/.../your-dramatic-joy
In 2024 he played in various concerts in Tokyo.
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Kühlspot Social Club, Lehderstraße 74, 13086 Berlin, Deutschland, Berlin, GermanyEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
