Carlotta Ikeda, born Sanae Ikeda''Panorama de la danse contemporaine. 90 chorégraphes'', Rosita Boisseau, Éditions Textuel, Paris, 2006, p. 270-271, . (19 February 194124 September 2014), was a Japanese-born

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dancer. She chose her artist name, Carlotta, after

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Biography

Carlotta Ikeda, who had studied

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in the tradition of

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and

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from 1960 to 1964, began to collaborate in the early 1970s with the Japanese butoh group Dairakudakan. In 1974, she founded with Kô Murobushi the '' Ariadone Company'', an all-female butoh dance troupe. In the 1980s, she settled in France, first in Paris and later in Bordeaux. In Europe she became well-known after she performed solo ''Utt''.

Choreographies (selection)

*1975: Mesu Kasan (re-performed in 2005) *1980: ''Zarathoustra'' - at Sogetsu Hall in Tokyo *1981: ''Utt'' - at Sogetsu Hall in Tokyo *1993: ''Aï-Amour'' - at Danse Hus in

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, Sweden *1996: ''Waiting'' after a text by

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- at Théâtre national de la danse et de l'image *1999: ''Haru no saïten - Un sacre du printemps'' - at Théâtre de la Bastille in Paris *2002: ''Togue'' - at Vieille Charité, Marseille *2005: ''Zarathoustra-Variations'' - at Centre culturel des Carmes, Langon *2008: ''Uchuu Cabaret - ''création Les Hivernales - CDC d'Avignon *2010: ''Chez Ikkyû'' - création Le Cuvier - CDC d'Aquitaine *2011: ''Medea'' - at Théâtre Paris-Villette *2012: ''Un coup de don'' - at Festival Automne en Normandie

References

Bibliography

''Carlotta Ikeda: Danse Butô et au-delà'' pby Laurencine Lot, Jean-Marc Adolphe, éditions Favre Sa, 2005, .

External links

Compagnie Ariadone
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ikeda, Carlotta Japanese female dancers Japanese women choreographers Japanese choreographers Butoh 1941 births 2014 deaths Deaths from cancer in France