”Good Bye” in “Europe Meets Asia in Contemporary Dance 2014″

24 and 25 Sep 2014, 8 pm
Youth Theatre

From Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam:

A young Japanese dancer appears Europe Meets Asia in Contemporary Dance 2014.

The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam proudly presents a short contemporary dance piece “Good Bye” by Yo Nakamura, on Wednesday 24 & Thursday 25 September 2014, as a part of Europe Meets Asia in Contemporary Dance 2014 in Hanoi.

Nakamura entered into the world of contemporary dance through the modern dance club of Waseda University. She had performed some pieces which choreographed by Shuji Onodera, Ryohei Kondo and Ko Murobushi, and started to choreograph by herself since 2010. She was invited to Sibiu International Festival in Romania, residency program of National Theatre Wales “Wales Lab” in this year.

Good Bye, which was performed in Yokohama Dance Collection 2013 and she won the Jury Prize and the Sibiu International Theater Festival Prize.

Using text from the films “Tokyo Story” and “An Autumn Afternoon” by Yasujiro Ozu, Nakamura perform the gap between conversation and their mind.

Free tickets available from 17 September, 12 pm (noon) at:

Goethe-Institut, 56 – 58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Hanoi

L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi

Japan Foundation, 27 Quang Trung, Hanoi