EXPERIENCE
PERFORMANCE
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- 2018.11.06
- ORIENTARHYTHM performance “Shu Ha Ri (60 minutes Live performance show)” ended with great success under the auspieces of the Embassy of Japan in Russia.
- 2018.10.22
- “Let`s KAMPAI with Sake!”
- 2018.10.22
- “Let`s KAMPAI with Sake!”
- 2018.10.06
- Ceremony of DBS Bank “BEST BANK IN THE WORLD 2018”
- 2018.09.16
- ORIENTARHYTHM had performed in Hangzhou(China).
TV・RADIO
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- 2018.11.06
- Aappeared on news program “Здравствуйте” in Republic of Tatarstan.
- 2018.09.02
- We started the Net TV program “EDGE OF JAPAN”!
- 2018.06.22
- A history documentary program on which Katsumi Sakakura appeared was also broadcast on the History channel.
- 2018.05.24
- Sakakura Katsumi will appear in the historical documentary TV program “AIZU Awakening Righteous Mind”.
LECTURE
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- 2018.11.06
- Lecture in Kazan(Capital of the Republic of Tatarstan) “What is real Japanese Cool?”
- 2018.06.30
- Katsumi Sakakura appeared in a panel discussion at “WIT Japan & North Asia” the international conference of the online travel industry.
- 2018.06.23
- Katsumi Sakakura gave a lecture on “What is real Japanese cool?” at “ROCKET(Room of Children with Kokorozashi and Extraordinary Talents)”
- 2017.08.10
- “HOW training to get Samurai spirit”.
- 2017.08.10
- “HOW training to get Samurai spirit”.
PRESS NEWS PAPER
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- 2018.08.23
- Katsumi Sakakura’s interview article is published in the magazine “FLYING POSTMAN PRESS”
- 2018.05.31
- Eiko’s interview article was posted on the web site’TerraceMall Magazine’
- 2018.05.19
- Article was up on ‘Profoto’ was posted on the site.
- 2018.05.03
- An article on performance “Shu Ha Ri” was published in the Mainichi Shimbun(Newspaper) .
DESIGN
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- 2017.04.28
- “Yoroi” the armor of the samurai. Design: Katsumi Sakakura
- 2017.01.05
- MA-1 style long coat. Design : Katsumi Sakakura.
- 2017.01.04
- This costume is a work expressing the armor of the samurai.
- 2016.12.09
- MA-1 style long coat. Design : Katsumi Sakakura.
CONCEPT
“COOL JAPAN”
We combined feature movement and the rhythm of the traditional culture of Japan such as Karate with dance and created original performance style. Japan's traditional culture has ”Japanese Cool” crystallized in it. We first started to study about the uniqueness of Japan's traditional culture, and realized that KARATE stances and poses have distinct rhythm and movements. We extracted this rhythm and movement, and created a totally new type of dance style from them. This is the ”ORIENTARHYTHM” which was created in 1991. Especially, our style which uses Nunchaku (KARATE's self-defense tool) are dynamic and sharp movement!! Through our original dance style, we would like to introduce ”Japanese Cool” to everybody around the world. We also hope that our dance performances will become a catalyst to generate an interest in Japanese culture.”
Due mostly to streotyping in movies, Nunchaku are regarded as being used in Chinese Kung-fu, but they actually originate in Japan. ”Ryuku Kobujutsu”(Ancient Ryuku Martial Arts) was developed in Okinawa around the 12th century.
Nunchuck were included in ”Ryuku Kobujutsu”, and devised from a farming tool as a self- defense tool.”
