ARTISTS
Ayaka Ono Akira Nakazawa Spacenotblank
photo by Dan Bellman
Ayaka Ono Akira Nakazawa Spacenotblank
Japan／Theatre-maker, Choreographer
Founded by Ayaka Ono & Akira Nakazawa in 2012 as a performing arts collective, Ayaka Ono Akira Nakazawa Spacenotblank creates dance, theatre, and new mechanisms of performing arts. By integrating the established concepts of the performing arts with new mechanisms of their own research and development, they explore the state of the performing arts in the contemporary world and continue to experiment with creating diverse values. With communication arising from the unique environment and relationships at the root of their creation, they are actively engaged in both continuous collaboration with production members and occasional collaboration with different artists. Dance Base Yokohama: Resident Artist (2023 - 2024).
2025 project
Dance Piece No. 3
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photo by Dan Bellman
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Dance Piece No. 1: Claude Debussy “Études” (2025, Dance Base Yokohama) ©︎ Dance Base Yokohama / photo by Yuka Kamimura
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As a supplementary prize for the KIAC Award received at Yokohama Dance Collection 2022’s Competition I, Ayaka Ono Akira Nakazawa Spacenotblank, who have been researching and developing a mechanism for creating unique movements, “Physical Catharsis”, will hold a residency. They will create Dance Piece No. 3 as part of the “Wings”: International Dance Project by Dance Base Yokohama for Emerging Creators.
2023 project
New Creation “Words and Shakespeare's Birds”
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©︎Ayaka Ono Akira Nakazawa Spacenotblank
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”Words are not enough in Theatre”（2019, Kitazawa Town Hall）photo by Arata Mino
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“We will start creation at KIAC a year from now.”
Having spent one year since the notice of this appointment, the team members will nally encounter each other in Kinosaki, with their words, bodies and time.
Ayaka Ono Akira Nakazawa Spacenotblank, who continues to explore the new forms of performing arts, will start its creation on the subject of a group of people and words, and the relationships with each other.
Having spent one year since the notice of this appointment, the team members will nally encounter each other in Kinosaki, with their words, bodies and time.
Ayaka Ono Akira Nakazawa Spacenotblank, who continues to explore the new forms of performing arts, will start its creation on the subject of a group of people and words, and the relationships with each other.
