中村明日香/ASUKA NAKAMURA

玉川大学文学部芸術学科卒業。
音楽一家に育つ。
持ち前の音感の良さを生かし、芝居や歌などの「声」と、洋舞から日舞、フラメンコ、即興、コンテンポラリー、能など、様々な「舞」のテイストを織り混ぜた独自の表現で空間を紡ぎ生み出す唯一無二の〈多面体表現者〉。
自ら演じる表現活動に加え、様々な媒体の振付や演出も手がける。異ジャンルが混在する作品作りを得意とする。
2016年7月より「人と人、土地と土地を笑顔で繋げるOKAMEプロジェクト」を始動。
合唱の振付・演出にも尽力。
文化庁芸術による子ども育成総合事業派遣芸術家。

「万人のための芸術」をモットーに活動している。

【OKAMEについて】

福をもたらし別名お多福ともよばれるおかめ。
その先祖は天の岩戸神話のアメノウズメとも言われています。
アメノウズメは踊りと笑いでこの世を闇黒から救い出しました。
OKAMEプロジェクトのOKAMEは人の笑顔が大好き。
神出鬼没のおかめは日常空間を非日常空間に転じさせ、そのfunny faceは人々に笑顔と福をもたらします。

 

ASUKA NAKAMURA

Graduated from Tamagawa University, College of Humanities, the Department of Arts.
Growing up in a music family.
My highly musical family raised me in an environment where music of all types formed a constant backdrop during my childhood.
Taking advantage of good sense of pitch, I, the one and only “ polyhedral expresser “
create a space with a unique expression that interweaves voices of plays and songs and various “dance” tastes such as Ballet , Nihon-buyo(Japanese traditional dance), Flamenco,contemporary dance, improvisation and Noh.
In addition to my own expressive activities, I also choreographs and direc various media.
I’m good at creating works in which different genres are mixed.
From in July 2016, I started the “OKAME project that connects people, place and place with a smile”.
I also contributes to choreography and direction.
I act as a dispatch Artist for Agency for Cultural Affairs for Children’s Development Comprehensive Project.
I am working with the motto “To touch all humankind “ through eclectic music,dance and movement.

 

【What is OKAME ?】

Bringing good fortune “Okame”, also known as “Otafuku”,  and it is said that its ancestor is “Ame-no-Uzume “ in the “Amano Iwato “ myth .
Ame-no-Uzume rescued the world from the darkness with dance and laughter
Okame of “the OKAME project ” loves people’s smiles
The elusive OKAME turns everyday world into extraordinary world, and its funny face brings smiles and good fortune to people.