enra
This article contains content translated from the existing Japanese Wikipedia article at jp:enra
The Tokyo-based, Japanese performing arts company enra infuses video art with live performance. It is an art form that depicts how the human body blends with computer graphics. Established on March 1, 2012, enra is composed of video artist Nobuyuki Hanabusa and six performers: Tsuyoshi Kaseda, Maki Yokoyama, Saya Watatani, Tachun, Yusaku Mochizuki, and Kazunori Ishide.[1]
The name "enra" is stylized in lowercase Latin letters.[2]
Formation | March 1, 2012 |
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Type | Theatre group |
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Membership | Tsuyoshi Kaseda, Maki Yokoyama, Saya Watatani, Tachun, Yusaku Mochizuki, Kazunori Ishide |
Artistic director(s) | Nobuyuki Hanabusa |
Website | http://enra.jp/ |
Tradition and origin
The Tokyo-based performance and production company seeks to create the ultimate union between motion graphics and live performance. Its concept is to synchronize on-screen images with dance and other forms of live expression. Made up of six individual performers, enra incorporates martial arts (especially wushu), rhythmic gymnastics, ballet, animation dance, juggling (especially with the diabolo), and club dance into its performances.[3]
Performances by enra consist of a synchronized fusion of motion graphics (video art) and live performance (contemporary dance in a variety of genres) in front of a screen. The group regularly performs all over the world, and has received high praise not only in its native Japan, but also in Europe, North America, East and Southeast Asia, and the Middle East.
In Japan, enra performed as a guest of the Prime Minister of Japan at the official welcoming dinner for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) during its evaluation of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics plan, an event that also served to commemorate the 50-year anniversary of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.[4]
“FILMS”, an homage to movies, was performed by enra to open the award ceremony at the 68th Festival de Cannes.[5]
In March 2016, enra kicked off its 2016 Japan tour with a public performance at Kitazawa Town Hall in Shimokitazawa, Tokyo.
Name origin
According to the Mainichi Shimbun, "The group's name is derived from the smoke-like shape-shifting Japanese yōkai spirit, Enenra".【グループ名は、煙のようにさまざまな形に姿を変える日本の妖怪「煙々羅」にちなんだ。】[6]
Performance history
2012
- Japan: Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2012 Award Ceremony
- Japan: Kiryu Short Film Festival 2012 Opening Act
- Japan: Momoiro Clover Z X’mas Eve Live
- Japan: Information & Media 10th Anniversary, Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts
- Japan: IOC Evaluation Commission Visit - Prime Minister’s Tokyo 2020 Dinner
2013
- Hong Kong: Citibank ULTIMA Card Presentation
- Indonesia: NET. Mediatama Indonesia Launch Event
- Romania: Summer Well Music Festival 2013, Bucharest
- Japan: Honda Fit & Fit Hybrid Unveiling
- Japan: Mori Art Museum 10th Anniversary Gala Dinner
- Japan: Sharp “AQUOS XL10” Web Commercial
- China: “primitive” Guest Performance at Hermès Forum
2014
- Japan: Patek Philippe 175th Anniversary Event
- Japan: Bioderma Japan Anniversary Party
- Qatar: “Japanese Projection” Show in Doha
- France: CB 30th Anniversary - Extreme Event at Le Petit Palais, Paris
- France: Performance at Opéra Comique, Paris
- Germany: Zeiss AG "ZEISS Forum”
- Spain: TV “El Hormiguero”
- Singapore: Samarpana 2014: The Asian Festival of Classical Dance
- Japan: “→PJ←WONDERLAND~” with →Pia-no-jaC← at Zepp Tokyo
- Czech Republic: Volkswagen Passat 8 Event
- Japan: “primitive” Show in Tokyo
- China: “primitive” Show in Hong Kong
- Singapore: Morgan Stanley Gala Dinner
- SK-II Web Commercial
2015
- USA: 16th Contemporary Dance Showcase: Japan + East Asia
- USA: 31st Space Symposium
- China: Hewlett-Packard Event
- Turkey: Gala Modern at the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art
- Switzerland: IWC Gala Dinner
- Costa Rica: TEDxPuraVida
- Bahrain: Corporate Event
- USA: TV “America’s Got Talent”
- France: 68th Festival de Cannes - Award Ceremony
- Singapore: "primitive" Show at Esplanade Presents "Flipside 2015"
- Switzerland: Red Cross Ball – Gala Dinner, Geneva
- Taiwan: Performances at Taiwan National Theater
- Romania: Orange 4U Performance
- Japan: Lexus 10th Anniversary Event
- USA Tour 2015
- Birmingham, Alabama
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Durango, Colorado
- Detroit, Michigan
- Knoxville, Tennessee
- Portugal: Residency at Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon
2016
- India: Corporate Event
- Japan: Google Brandcast Tokyo
- Italy: Corporate Event at Pala Alpitour
- UAE: YPO EDGE Conference Opening
- Australia: Corporate Event
- Kuwait: Porsche 911 Launch Event
- Japan: Performance with Nobuaki Kaneko of Rize in Tokyo
- Argentina: Coca-Cola Rebranding Event in Buenos Aires
- Singapore: Michelin Guide 2016 Award Ceremony & Gala Dinner
- Japan: "planet" in Achimura, Nagano
- Japan: "newton" at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
- Germany: Corporate Event in Berlin
- Japan: PROXIMA Tour 2016[7]
- Tokyo
- Toyama
- Sendai
- Sapporo
- Niigata
- Okayama
- Hyogo
- United States: PROXIMA North America Tour 2016
- Mexico: PROXIMA North America Tour 2016
References
- ↑ "MEMBER". enra.jp. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ↑ "Empire Entertainment: enra". www.empireartists.jp. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ↑ "about". enra.jp. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ↑ http://business.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/topics/20130908/253131/?rt=nocnt
- ↑ "enra". enra.jp. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ↑ "enra:国内初ツアー 言葉や文化の壁超えるストーリー - 毎日新聞". 毎日新聞 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ↑ "エンラ -enra- - enra " PROXIMA " JAPAN tour 2016 スケジュール... | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
Further reading
- Nikkei Business Online (September 9, 2014) "東京五輪招致を決定づけたパフォーマーたち IOC評価委員会を熱狂させた最後の晩餐" http://business.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/topics/20130908/253131/ (Japanese)
- artsBHAM (October 19, 2015) "Dance Review - enra" http://www.artsbham.com/dance-review-enra/
- The Detroit News (October 21, 2015) "Japanese troupe, Enra, ties choreography to animation" http://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/2015/10/21/japanese-troupe-enra-ties-choreography-animation/74321692/
- Mainichi Shimbun Digital (April 11, 2016) "国内初ツアー 言葉や文化の壁超えるストーリー" http://mainichi.jp/articles/20160411/mog/00m/040/012000c (Japanese)
- Culture Source, "enra fuses technology and dance in mesmerizing performance at The Berman", by Hillary Brody (October 21, 2015) https://www.culturesource.org/201510212194/stories/enra-fuses-technology-and-dance-in-mesmerizing-performance-at-the-berman/
- The US Huffington Post, "Japanese troupe enra combines dance and light in mesmerizing video" (February 2014) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/02/enra-pleiades_n_4532918.html