”Kelex Goes Back To The Woods” by KENTARO!! in “Europe Meets Asia in Contemporary Dance 2015”

Sat 03 Oct 2015, 3 pm
Sun 04 Oct 2015, 8 pm
Youth Theatre

From Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam:

The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam proudly presents the short contemporary dance piece “Kelex Goes Back to the Woods” by KENTARO!!, on Saturday 3 & Sunday 4 October 2015, as a part of “Europe Meets Asia in Contemporary Dance 2015” in Hanoi.

KENTARO!! was born in 1980, started to dance when he was elementary school. His dance is based on the technic of street dance, in hip-hop style.

In 2008 at Yokohama Dance Collection R, KENTARO!! won “The French Embassy Prize for Young Choreographers”. He also received “The Audience Award and Next Age Special Award” at Toyota Choreography Award 2008. In 2010 he received “The Japan Dance Forum Award”.

He performed in many cities and at different festivals in Korea, Indonesia, Hong Kong, France, Poland, Bulgaria, Germany and India.

“Kelex Goes Back to the Woods”, a 30-minitue dance piece, premiere at Montpellier, France in July, 2015, will be shown in the afternoon of Saturday 3 & in the evening of Sunday 4 October at Youth Theatre (11 Ngo Thi Nham) in Hanoi. Free tickets will be distributed from 12:00 on Wednesday 23 September at three cultural institutions: The Japan Foundation (27 Quang Trung), Goethe-Institut (56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc), L’Espace (24 Trang Tien).

Free tickets in Hanoi available from 23 September, noon at:
Goethe-Institut, 56 – 58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Hanoi
L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi
Japan Foundation, 27 Quang Trung, Hanoi

*Please refrain from taking children under 6 years old.