Kaori Ito
{{short description|Japanese dancer and choreographer (born 1979)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Kaori Ito
| image = Religieuse à la fraise 29 juil 2014 Bercy Village Paris (cropped).jpg
| native_name = 伊藤郁女
| native_name_lang = ja
| nationality = Japanese
| education = State University of New York at Purchase and Rikkyo University
| occupation = Dancer and choreographer
}}
Kaori Ito (伊藤郁女)(born 1979) is a Japanese dancer and choreographer who is active in France. She founded the dance company Hime.
Early life and education
Ito was born in 1979 in Tokyo, Japan. She began studying dance at 5 years old, learning from Syuntoku Takagi (高木俊徳).{{Cite web|url=http://www.lesballetscdela.be/en/biographies/kaori-ito/biography/|title=Kaori Ito {{!}} {{!}}|website=www.lesballetscdela.be|language=en|access-date=2020-04-23}} She studied at Purchase College in the United States, and earned a degree in sociology and education from Rikkyo University in Tokyo. After graduation, Ito received a grant from the Japanese government to study in New York with the Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre.{{Cite news|url=https://group.bnpparibas/en/news/portrait-kaori-ito-inviting-intimacy-stage|title=Portrait of Kaori Ito: inviting intimacy on stage - BNP Paribas|work=BNP Paribas|access-date=2020-04-23|language=en-US}}
Career
Ito began her career by dancing works choreographed by Philippe Decouflé and Angelin Preljocaj.{{Cite web|url=https://pen-online.com/arts/kaori-ito-a-natural-born-dancer/|title=Kaori Ito, a Natural Born Dancer|website=Pen Magazine International|date=2 February 2019 |language=en|access-date=2020-04-23}} In 2008, she began to choreograph her own works, and created a dance company called Hime in 2014.{{Cite news|url=https://group.bnpparibas/en/news/portrait-kaori-ito-inviting-intimacy-stage|title=Portrait of Kaori Ito: inviting intimacy on stage - BNP Paribas|work=BNP Paribas|access-date=2020-04-23|language=en-US}} She was awarded the Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2015.
Some of Ito's best known works include "Plexus", a collaboration with Aurélien Bory in which Ito hung from strings at the Brooklyn Academy of Music;{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/dancer-defies-gravity-plexus-bam/|title=Dancer Defies Gravity Amidst 5,700 Nylon Strings|last=Weisenstein|first=Kara|date=2016-11-11|website=Vice|language=en|access-date=2020-04-23}}{{Cite news|last=Howard|first=Jane|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/feb/23/plexus-review-body-morphs-with-sculpture-in-astonishing-stage-illusions|title=Plexus review – body morphs with sculpture in astonishing stage illusions|date=2016-02-23|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-04-23|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}} and "I dance because I do not trust words", a duet piece with her father, sculptor Hiroshi Ito.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinra.net/interview/201806-itokaori|title=伊藤郁女が父を想う。言葉がなくても見つめるだけで距離は縮まる|website=CINRA.NET|language=ja|access-date=2020-04-23}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.kaoriito.com/ Official website]
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Category:Contemporary dance choreographers
Category:Entertainers from Tokyo
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Category:State University of New York at Purchase alumni