Shigehiro Ide
Shigehiro Ide
Shigehiro Ide is head of the dance company IDEVIAN Crew, which he founded in 1995 and has continued to give performances with both in Japan and abroad. His choreography is recognized for its combination of everyday gestures and movement that takes advantage of the individuality of the dancers involved plus the originality of the group dancing it employs. His works involve collaborations with artists from other fields, such as the contemporary artists Noboru Tsubaki and the musician ASA-CHANG. Recently he has also won acclaim for his choreography for a large number of theater works and musicals, such as AMERIKA (directed by Osamu Matsumoto), Lulu (directed by Akira Shirai) and Letter from Claudia (directed by Tatsuo Kaneshita). In 2004, he was awarded the Outstanding Staff Award of the Yomiuri Theater Grand Prix awards.