Kaori Seki
Kaori Seki
Born in 1980, Seki began taking classic ballet lessons at the age of five, and from the age of 18 she commenced study of modern dance and contemporary dance and began creating pieces of her own at the same time. In 2008, her solo dance work Yuki-chan performed in the ST Spot Labo 20#20 series won the Labo Award. In 2012, Seki won two important awards in “The French Embassy Prize for Young Choreographers” of the Yokohama Dance Collection EX2012 for the piece Hetero co-created with Teita Iwabuchi, and the “Next Generation Choreographer Award,” grand prix of the Toyota Choreography Awards (performing the piece Marmont). In 2013, she presented the new work Amigrecta, produced by the Sainokuni Saitama Arts Theater. Also, as a dancer Seki has performed in the stage productions of works by artists such as Co. Yamada Un and Kakuya Ohashi & Dancers, and from 2007 she joined with other dance artists of her generation to launch the “Mure” artist group. She is the focus of much attention today as an artist with a unique dance language of her own and finely tuned sensitivities.