Butoh AGAXART Emiko Agatsuma

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■ About AGAXART
Agaxart is the production team that produces innovative Butoh experiences and performances. AGAXART's mission is to explore the interaction among body, mind and soul, that is important to accept ourselves and respect others. We deliver the diversity of the physical expression that is connected to our unconsciousness.

■ About Emiko Agatsuma
Emiko Agatsuma is an award-winning professional Butoh dancer, choreographer and representative of AGAXART in Japan. 
我妻惠美子為屢獲殊榮的專業舞踏舞者、編舞家。
2015年獲得第46屆日本舞蹈評論家協會獎新人獎。2018年起受邀到台北曉劇場擔任舞踏指導。2020年獲選為台北藝術村駐村藝術家，並於寶藏巖國際藝術村演出《未來之寺》。2020年成為獨立舞者暨編舞家並成立AGAXART，擔任藝術總監。
2021年我妻以AGAXART與曉劇場啟動日臺共同製作計畫《日日是好日》，企圖在當今分裂的社會中，探索新的舞台表現形式與可能性。

■ What is Butoh?
Butoh was born in Japan in the 1960s. As the reaction against the imported modern dance, Butoh dancers focused on their body and mind based on Japanese rural culture. This attitude established a unique body philosophy and Butoh keeps attracting artists all over the world.