Fumiyo Ikeda

Fumiyo Ikeda

Born in Osaka in 1962 and raised in Fukui, Japan. In 1979 Fumiyo Ikeda entered the Mudra School founded by Maurice Bejart. There she met Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and joined her in forming Rosas. From then until 1992 Ikeda participated in the creation of all Rosas works and performed in them as a dancer. After leaving the company she has continued to participate as a dancer in Rosas stages, films and videos. In 1997, Ikeda rejoined Rosas. In recent years she has begun creating works based on her own ideas. With the cooperation of Alain Platel and in collaboration with actor Benjamin Verdonck as co-creator and co-performer she presented the work Nine Finger (2007) and then presented her solo work in pieces (2009) created in collaboration with representative British choreographer Tim Etchells. She worked with the Nature Theater of Oklahoma to present the work Life ＆ Times Episode 2 (2010) and is touring in 2012 as a dancer with the Rosas productions Drumming and Elena’s Aria