EXPERIENCE
PERFORMANCE
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- 2019.11.20
- Performed at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Symposium.
- 2019.09.20
- The opening ceremony of “Rugby World Cup 2019 JAPAN” in which We appeared was broadcast in 200 countries!
- 2019.10.26
- We, ORIENTARHYTHM performed at luxurious fashion show of Junko Koshino who world famous fashion designer.
- 2019.08.16
- Performed in Phuket
- 2019.08.16
- Performed in Phuket
TV・RADIO
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- 2019.09.20
- The opening ceremony of “Rugby World Cup 2019 JAPAN” in which We appeared was broadcast in 200 countries!
- 2019.09.22
- An interview article about the opening ceremony performance of the Rugby World Cup 2019 Japan was published in the Newspaper.
- 2018.12.12
- We got an interviewed about our performance show “Shu Ha Ri” on TV program of Tatarstan Republic.
- 2018.11.06
- Aappeared on news program “Здравствуйте” in Republic of Tatarstan.
LECTURE
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- 2019.12.15
- ORIENTARHYTHM did a lecture at Public art school in Athens “Artistic School of Gerakas”, about “What is real Japanese cool?”.
- 2019.12.15
- Katsumi did a Career Education Class in high school.
- 2019.08.12
- We lectured at the new project “CO+Lab” at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Tokyo.
- 2018.12.09
- MAMI taught dance classes at Shizuoka prefecture KAWANE elementary school.
PRESS NEWS PAPER
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- 2019.09.22
- An interview article about the opening ceremony performance of the Rugby World Cup 2019 Japan was published in the Mainichi Shinbun Newspaper.
- 2019.09.18
- ORIENTARHYTHM, our net TV program “EDGE OF JAPAN” was published in a monthly magazine “Hiden”.
- 2019.02.25
- Interview posted on the concept book of The University of Tokyo.
- 2018.08.23
- Katsumi Sakakura’s interview article is published in the magazine “FLYING POSTMAN PRESS”
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.”
