Butoh

Kokoro Dance

Kokoro Dance Theatre Society was incorporated as a non-profit society in Vancouver, British Columbia on July 31, 1986. Its mandate is to re-define the meaning of Canadian culture through teaching, producing and performing new dance theatre with an emphasis on multi-disciplinary collaboration and cross-cultural exploration. Taking its name from the Japanese word kokoro – meaning […]

Dawn Obokata

Dawn Obokata has been acting professionally since 1980. A graduate of the University of Toronto, Dawn is a long-time artistic collaborator with Actor’s Lab Theatre in Toronto, (now known as LeTHAL) where she has created several image and movement-based performances. Dawn has toured in Canada and Europe with her solo performance Soulscape Wilderness Trilogy, a […]

Jay Hirabayashi

Jay Hirabayashi was born in Seattle, Washington in 1947, but grew up in Beirut, Lebanon, Cairo, Egypt, and Edmonton, Alberta. He has a B.A. degree from the University of Alberta and a M.A. degree from the UBC in Buddhist philosophy. In 1978, Hirabayashi began a career as a dance artist. After performing with several prominent […]

Denise Fujiwara

Denise Fujiwara is a choreographer, dancer, teacher and presenter. EUNOIA, her multimedia adaptation of Christian Bök’s award-winning book was premiered by World Stage at Harbourfront Centre in Toronto, and received three Dora nominations; it was named one of NOW’s Top 5 Dance Shows of 2014, and has begun national touring. In 2015 she was a […]