enra
Content in this article is translated from the existing Japanese Wikipedia article at jp:enra
Enra is a Japanese performing arts company that fuses video art with live performance. Established March 1, 2012, enra is composed of video artist Nobuyuki Hanabusa with six performers: Tsuyoshi Kaseda, Maki Yokoyama, Saya Watatani, Tachun, Yusaku Mochizuki, and Kazunori Ishide.[1]
The name enra is commonly stylized in all lowercase Roman letters.[2]
Concept
Enra's concept is to synchronize images on screen with dance, and other forms of live expression. Made up of six individual performers with extensive experience in various styles, enra combines martial arts (especially wushu), rhythmic gymnastics, ballet, animation dance, juggling (especially with the diabolo), and club dance styles in their performances.[3]
Consisting of video and live performance without words, enra has received high praise both in Japan and abroad, including Europe and North America, East and Southeast Asia, and the Middle East, and performs regularly all over the world.
In Japan, enra notably performed as guests of the Prime Minister of Japan for the official dinner welcoming the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for evaluating the 2020 Tokyo Olympics plan and commemorating the 50-year anniversary of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Overseas, enra performed “FILMS,” an homage to movies, to open the award ceremony at the 68th Festival de Cannes.[4]
In March 2016, enra kicked off their 2016 Japan Tour with public performances at Kitazawa Town Hall in Shimokitazawa, Tokyo.
Group name
According to the Mainichi Shimbun, "The group name is derived from smoke-like shapeshifting Japanese yōkai spirit enenra."【グループ名は、煙のようにさまざまな形に姿を変える日本の妖怪「煙々羅」にちなんだ。】[5]
Performance history
2012
- Japan: Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2012 Award Ceremony
- Japan: Kiryu Short Film Festival 2012 Opening Act
- Japan: Momoiro Clover Z X’mas Eve Live
- Japan: Information & Media 10th Anniversary, Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts
- Japan: IOC Evaluation Commission Visit - Prime Minister’s Tokyo 2020 Dinner
2013
- Hong Kong: Citibank ULTIMA Card Presentation
- Indonesia: NET. Mediatama Indonesia Launch Event
- Romania: Summer Well Music Festival 2013, Bucharest
- Japan: Honda Fit & Fit Hybrid Unveiling
- Japan: Mori Art Museum 10th Anniversary Gala Dinner
- Japan: Sharp “AQUOS XL10” Web Commercial
- China: “primitive” Guest Performance at Hermès Forum
2014
- Japan: Patek Philippe 175th Anniversary Event
- Japan: Bioderma Japan Anniversary Party
- Qatar: “Japanese Projection” Show in Doha
- France: CB 30th Anniversary - Extreme Event at Le Petit Palais, Paris
- France: Performance at Opéra Comique, Paris
- Germany: Zeiss AG "ZEISS Forum”
- Spain: TV “El Hormiguero”
- Singapore: Samarpana 2014: The Asian Festival of Classical Dance
- Japan: “→PJ←WONDERLAND~” with →Pia-no-jaC← at Zepp Tokyo
- Czech Republic: Volkswagen Passat 8 Event
- Japan: “primitive” Show in Tokyo
- China: “primitive” Show in Hong Kong
- Singapore: Morgan Stanley Gala Dinner
- SK-II Web Commercial
2015
- USA: 16th Contemporary Dance Showcase: Japan + East Asia
- USA: 31st Space Symposium
- China: Hewlett-Packard Event
- Turkey: Gala Modern at the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art
- Switzerland: IWC Gala Dinner
- Costa Rica: TEDxPuraVida
- Bahrain: Corporate Event
- USA: TV “America’s Got Talent”
- France: 68th Festival de Cannes - Award Ceremony
- Singapore: "primitive" Show at Esplanade Presents "Flipside 2015"
- Switzerland: Red Cross Ball – Gala Dinner, Geneva
- Taiwan: Performances at Taiwan National Theater
- Romania: Orange 4U Performance
- Japan: Lexus 10th Anniversary Event
- USA Tour 2015
- Birmingham, Alabama
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Durango, Colorado
- Detroit, Michigan
- Knoxville, Tennessee
- Portugal: Residency at Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon
2016
- India: Corporate Event
- Japan: Google Brandcast Tokyo
- Italy: Corporate Event at Pala Alpitour
- UAE: YPO EDGE Conference Opening
- Australia: Corporate Event
- Kuwait: Porsche 911 Launch Event
- Japan: PROXIMA Tour 2016[6]
- Tokyo
- Toyama
- Sendai
- Sapporo
- Okayama
- Hyogo
References
- ↑ "MEMBER". enra.jp. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ↑ "Empire Entertainment: enra". www.empireartists.jp. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ↑ "about". enra.jp. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ↑ "enra". enra.jp. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ↑ "ｅｎｒａ：国内初ツアー 言葉や文化の壁超えるストーリー - 毎日新聞". 毎日新聞 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ↑ "エンラ -enra- - enra " PROXIMA " JAPAN tour 2016 スケジュール... | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- Nikkei Business Online (September 9, 2014) "東京五輪招致を決定づけたパフォーマーたち IOC評価委員会を熱狂させた最後の晩餐" http://business.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/topics/20130908/253131/ (Japanese)
- artsBHAM (October 19, 2015) "Dance Review - enra" http://www.artsbham.com/dance-review-enra/
- The Detroit News (October 21, 2015) "Japanese troupe, Enra, ties choreography to animation" http://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/2015/10/21/japanese-troupe-enra-ties-choreography-animation/74321692/
- Mainichi Shimbun Digital (April 11, 2016) "国内初ツアー 言葉や文化の壁超えるストーリー" http://mainichi.jp/articles/20160411/mog/00m/040/012000c (Japanese)
External links
Category:Performance art
Category:Japanese artists