YUBIWA Hotel:EXCHANGE




Michimoto Satoh - Managing Director Takako Nakahora - Company Assistant Takao Kawaguchi - Performer YUN MYUNG FEE - Performer Shirotama Hitsujiya - Performer,Artistic Director Kazumasa Hashimoto - Sound Director&Composer Kei Itoh - Lighting Director Tomohiro Kaburagi - Sound Operator Akiko Sakata - Stage Art Director Eigo Takada(ZOESTYLES) - Costume Designer Mayumi Iijima - Costume Designer&Manager Masahiko Taniguchi - Photographer Shinichi Matsukawa - Visual Artist COLOR KINETICS JAPAN - Lighintg Coordination
EXCHANGE - Premiere Performance in Japan:Information michimoto@yubiwahotel.com ◆Tokyo Unit - theatre IWATO 4th October Open19:30/Start20:00 Preview Performance 5th October Open19:30/Start20:00 6th October Open14:30/Start15:00 6th October Open19:30/Start20:00 7th October Open14:30/Start15:00 ◆Kyoto Unit - Kyoto University of Deign and Art "Seisoh-kan" A-Studio 13rd October Open18:30/Start19:00 14th October Open14:30/Start15:00 ◆Sapporo Unit - Concarino 19th October Open19:30/Start20:00 20th October Open15:30/Start16:00
	Shirotama Hitsujiya - http://www.shirotama.com Artistic Director/Playwright/Actor. Since she founded the company YUBIWA Hotel in 1994, she has worked on all productions as a director and playwright, in which her unique sensitivity toward space and visual images is deeply reflected. In 2006, YUBIWA Hotel made its first Europe & North America tour with “CANDIES---girlish hardcore.” Especially in Portland, all tickets were sold out, and a local curator admired it as “one of the best performances in 2006.” In June 2006, Newsweek Japan selected her as one of "The World’s 100 Most Influential Japanese Women," and she appeared on the cover of the issue. Currently, she is a member of Japan Playwrights Association, and a commissioner of Japan Directors Association. Takao Kawaguchi - http://www.kawaguchitakao.com Performer. He co-founded the dance company ATA DANCE in 1990, where he presented and performed numerous dance pieces. From 1996 to now, he takes part in the performance group “dumb type” as a creative member, and he has also developed his independent solo career since 2000. Notably since 2003, he collaborates with various artists and performers who traverse the fields of music and art, and actively creates performances which cannot be categorized merely in dance nor in drama. Major works are: “D.D.D.---How many more times will my heart beat before it stops?,” “Di Que No Ves,” “Night Color”(Solo), etc. He also joins in “True,” a residency project of Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media (Direction and Lighting: Takayuki Fujimoto, Co-performer: Tsuyoshi Shirai, Premiere in September, 2007). YUN MYUNG FEE Dancer/Choreographer. Born in Tokyo. She has been playing an active role as a Korean/Choson dancer inside and outside Japan since she was seven years old. Throughout her career, she has been learning various physical methods, both Eastern and Western, including classical ballet, Quigong, Yoga, and mitsuba technique (chiropractic). Absorbing herself in the traditional dance and music in her mother country, she realized its essence of “individuality” and “improvisation.” In 1998, she participated in the dance company BIWAKEI, where she presented her performances. Currently she is creating works as a freelance dancer/choreographer. In February 2007, she took part in “Italy-Japan: Spotlights on contemporary dance festival.” Major Works are “-Schein-,” “Aktamokta≦” (the first grand prize TORII Award winner), “=pebble<,” “FEVER,” “Peverada,” “Canary and Commitment” etc. Kazumasa Hashimoto - http://home.att.ne.jp/star/bd/ Composer/Musician. Born in Tokyo, he started to learn to play piano since his early childhood. His composition originates in the discovery that sounds shape a certain form when he plays as freely as he wishes, instead of playing established classical pieces. At the same time, he started to use computer for creation. Then he entered in a college of music in Tokyo, majored in composition, and to this day, his field of activity is getting broader, includes releasing the albums, offering pieces for commercials, and producing other artists. In April 2003, the first album "yupi" was released from PLOP label, in which his sensitivity and experiences were fully demonstrated. His second album "epitaph" and the third album “Gillia” achieved a high critical acclaim all over the world; they were reviewed in more than 40 publications mainly in Europe and America, got 5 stars on the German DE:BUG magazine, and aired on BBC TV. In 2007, he appeared at “SONAR 2007,” a festival held in Barcelona, Spain. As for collaboration with Yubiwa Hotel, he offered the pieces to “YIN&YANG” in March 2007. This production will become his first full-scale challenge to stage music. Eigo Takada(ZOESTYLES) - http://zoestyles.jp Designer. After he graduated from the Department of Economics, MEIJI GAKUIN University, he attended to the Department of Fashion Creation, Bunka Fashion College; then to the BA Fashion Course, Central Saint Martins College of Art&Design. During the stay in London, he sold his apparel brand on consignment, worked on fashion show productions, and joined in making music videos as a stylist. Returned to Japan in 1999, he renamed his brand into ZOESTYLES, with the concept that is “the extraordinary in ordinary life.” Items by ZOESTYLES are now available in 15 specialty stores all over in Japan. In 2006, ZOESTYLES participated in ROOKIES, an exhibition held in Stockholm, Sweden. This is the first time that the brand provides costumes for stage.
	Directed by Michimoto Satoh(YUBIWA Hotel)&Produced by YUBIWA Hotel YUBIWA Hotel are: Michimoto Satoh(Managin Director&Company Manager),Shirotama Hitsujiya(Artistic Director), Takako Nakahora(Assistant) with Katsunari Fujinuma(Creative Director), Takuya Okajima(Finacial Director), Masashi Tada(Accounting)