a Japanese choreographer / dancer / music theater director, who is based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands When we DANCE, we are all DANCERS. When we FLOW, we are all FLOWERS. So let us all DANCE and BLOSSOM.
As a Choreographer
KENZO KUSUDA - a Japanese dancer & choreographer in Amsterdam
AWAKENINGS - Oene van Geel (viola) & Kenzo Kusuda (dance)
* Pneu Pneu Pneu - a group choreography
( for 8 dancers ): created for Aura Dance Theater in Lithuania
WHO is KENZO KUSUDA? ( * If you click the above picture, you will be guided into Kenzo's biography )
Beyond Words ( * If you click the above picture, you will be guided into the series of inspirational texts and essays about Kenzo's workshop " Vitalizing the Invisible " and more. )
* Below are the links to the collections of choreographic works by Kenzo Kusuda. *
If you click each picture below, it will further navigate you to more detailed information ( such as: casts and team credit, concept description, reviews, stage photos, video footages, etc ) of each choreographic production.
* If you click the above picture, you will be guided into the link page that shows you several more examples of Kenzo's choreographic works and productions.
ONEIRO - a choreography for Šeiko Dance Companyin Lithuania : Mindaugas Bačkus (cello) & Kenzo Kusuda (dance & choreography)
Kenzo's Solo Scene in the performance " Dance in Four Colours (2022) " - North Sea Round Town & BIMHUIS & Festival WHY NOT - performed by: Sun Mi Hong (drums, compositions), Philipp Ruttgars (piano, compositions), George Dumitriu (violin), Oene van Geel (viola), Pau Sola (cello), Thomas Pol (bass), Menno van Gorp (dance), Joseph Simon (dance), Alesya Dobysh (dance), Kelly Bigirindavyi (dance) & Kenzo Kusuda (dance).
DREAM COLLECTION -
a performance by
Zapp4 :
Jasper le Clercq (violin)
Jeffrey Bruinsma (violin)
Oene van Geel (viola)
Emile Visser (cello) &
Dance Improvisation by
KENZO KUSUDA
KENZO in ZAANDAM - Opening performance at the Art Exhibition by artist Edd Visser at NS Zaandam Station, production by Carel van der Linde.
Spinoza Manifestatie - My Name is Spinoza
duet in red : Makiko Ito & Kenzo Kusuda
HOUND DOGS COUNCIL 猟犬会議
Group dance scene in the performance " Dance in Four Colours (2022) " - North Sea Round Town & BIMHUIS & Festival WHY NOT- performed by: Sun Mi Hong (drums, compositions), Philipp Ruttgars (piano, compositions), George Dumitriu (violin), Oene van Geel (viola), Pau Sola (cello), Thomas Pol (bass), Menno van Gorp (dance), Joseph Simon (dance), Alesya Dobysh (dance), Kelly Bigirindavyi (dance) & Kenzo Kusuda (dance).
Alfonsina (2022) - Nawras Al Taky (ud, voice), Sanem Kalfa (voice, bells), Felix Hildenbrand (bass, guitar, voice) & Kenzo Kusuda (dance, voice) at On The Roof in Amsterdam Noord.
Improvisation performance by Setareh Nasifi (music, electronics, voice), Oene van Geel (music, viola, percussion) & Kenzo Kusuda (dance)- at Vogel Lab, as a part of DOEK Festival in 2020
Improvisation performance by Setareh Nasifi (music, electronics, voice) , Oene van Geel (music, viola, percussion) & Kenzo Kusuda (dance) - at Vogel Lab, as a part of DOEK Festival in 2020
* If you click the above picture, you will be guided into several more examples of Kenzo's Solo performances and video footages, in collaborations with fantastic musicians & artists
Illuseum Presents - Philemon Mukarno (music) & Kenzo Kusuda (dance) Part 1 & 2 *** If you click above green picture, you will be guided into the video footages of this Philemon Mukarno & Kenzo Kusuda's performance at Illuseum ( part 1 & part 2 ).
* If you click the above picture, you will be guided into several more examples of Kenzo's LIVE IMPROVISATIONS in various settings, together with many beautiful people
* If you click the above picture, you will be guided into the video footages of Kenzo' 3 Early Solos in Tokyo, JAPAN : Omoidashi Brush 思い出しブラシ( 2000 ), Hinhagare Botcha ひんはがれぼっちゃ( 1996 ), Yukayuma ni Erabasete ゆかゆまにえらばせて( 1997 )
* If you click the above picture, you will be guided into various examples of Kenzo's GROUP IMPROVISATION Performances, Live on stage, together with many dancers & musicians
Artistic Collaborations & Beyond
Collaboration with artist / designer Maria Blaisse - * Kenzo has long been in close collaboration with Dutch designer / visual artist Maria Blaisse, with whom he has been working in depth as a dancer in many of Maria's art projects, films, book publications, museum exhibitions and experimental performances.
Convoi Exceptionnel ( artistic direction by: Jon R.Skulberg ) in Denmark
ONEIRO - a choreography for Šeiko Dance Companyin Lithuania : Mindaugas Bačkus (cello) & Kenzo Kusuda (dance & choreography)
Collaboration with artist Cocky Eek
Collaboration with artist Cocky Eek
MERGE - Sato Endo & Nicola Unger
* If you click the above picture, you will be guided into the link page that shows you several more examples of Kenzo's Artistic Collaborations and Projects
Braille - a choreography for Indu Panday - in collaboration with artist Cocky Eek & KORZO Theater in The Hague, NL
Moving Guitars
Moving Guitars
A music theatre piece " MOVING GUITARS " is created by Izhar Elias (baroque guitar), Florian Magnus Maier (composition / electric guitar), Paul de Nooijer & Menno de Nooijer ( both of them stop-motion animation film makers and visual artists/performers ), Cocky Eek (inflatable object / visual artist ), Thomas Niehof (light/sound/technique), Lindy Balduk (photography/movies/technique) & Kenzo Kusuda (dance / choreography), bringing fascinating multiplicities of guitar music, everchanging movement of shapes, images and human dynamics all blended together in this peculiar kaleidoscopic theatrical experience. MOVING GUITARS is touring theatre/concert venues and also welcomed by unconventional locations such as outdoor music festivals in the forest and woods across The Netherlands.
* More info about MOVING GUITARS:
www.movingguitars.nl
Madama Butterfly - Kenzo has worked as a choreographer for this successful opera production at La Monnaie / De Munt Opera in Brussels, Belgium in 2017.
Collaboration with : La Monnaie / De Munt Opera in Brussels, Kirsten Delholm ( Hotel Pro Forma ) & Ulrike Quade Company
NABUCCO - Kenzo has worked as a choreographer for this successful outdoor super spectacle opera production " NABUCCO " ( directed by Krystian Lada ) at Wroclaw Opera & Ballet in Poland in 2018.