Online Performance
Takao Kawaguchi
About Kazuo Ohno
After touring 38 cities worldwide since it first premiered in 2013 and being nominated for a Bessie award, Takao Kawaguchi’s About Kazuo Ohno (AKO) returns to Tokyo eight years later. This version of AKO, which is both a faithful reproduction and a bold reinterpretation of the legendary Butoh dancer Kazuo Ohno created by “totally copying” his movements, has been directed specially for film.
Takao Kawaguchi
After joining the performance group Dumb Type in 1996, Takao Kawaguchi started creating his own solo works in 2000. His world-acclaimed About Kazuo Ohno, which premiered in 2013, was nominated for a Bessie Award. He has worked as a director for the Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (1996-99), translator for Chroma—a book by British experimental film director Derek German (2003), and appeared in the short film KINGYO directed by Edmund Yeo (commissioned by the Venice Film Festival 2009).
photo by: Takuya Matsumi
photo by: naoto iina
photo by: Takuya Matsumi