WORKS
BIOGRAPHY
Abarukas
Abarukas is formed by Yoshito Sakuraba in '09. Abarukas generates an image with choreography that does not often exist yet conveys a visual representation of story, which may be interrupted or even completed with one’s feeling of awe. Abarukas does not involve with the world, but outside the world. So the dance concludes as dance. Movement is by far the most fundamental value to its art in Abarukas’ dance. It’s important to understand dancers’ unparalleled individualities and unequaled sets of ability. For that, we quest to the bodily ‘unattainable’ territory, where one is awakening the intuitive senses through his body in extreme motion as upgrading his mind. Abarukas appreciates something that is immediate, something between numbers and words, colors and codes, time and place.
Yoshito Sakuraba (Artistic Director)
Departed from Japan, at 19, he moved to San Francisco and then to New York in '00. He received B.A.in Dance as a scholarship student from Manhattanville College in '05 while he danced for Phil Soltanoff, John-Mario Sevilla (Pilobolus), and Caros Orta (the Limon Company). Later he graduated from Martha Graham Contemporary School of Dance, then he formed his own dance company Abarukas. He has been choreographing and showing his works at various venues in New York City such as DNA, Greenspace, Marymount Manhattan College, Ontological Theater, Here Arts Center, and Triskelion Arts.
DANCER
Jennifer Chapko
She grew up in Italy, where she received a wide ranging training in modern, ballet, jazz and contemporary dance. She performed for Labart Dance Theater in Naples, Italy. She then ventured to NYC and attended the Martha Graham School. She later joined Graham II, performing its major soloist roles. She has worked with dance companies such as Roschman Dance and Opus Dance Theater, performing throughout the Metropolitan area.
Fanny Gombert
She started dancing in the south of France when she was a 6 year-old. At 18, she moved to Paris and studied at Rick Odums Institute. She received a State Certificate in Ballet and is an experienced ballet teacher. She also maintains techniques of Jazz and African besides ballet. She has worked for Amalgama Dance Company from 2000 to 2005. After she settled in New York, she has performed with Graham II and other major dance companies, performing locally and nationally throughout the U.S.
Pauline Sylviane Legras
Born in Paris, she began her training in France and then went to the Geneva Dance Center in Switzerland while she received a scholarship from Princess Caroline de Monaco and Jean-Christophe Maillot at the Monaco Dance Forum. Later, she studied at the Colegio Nacional de Danza Contemporanea in Mexico. She performed with Graham II, the Grand Theatre of Limoges, QuoVadis Show in France, EpiCentro in Mexico, Nu Dance Theater and Edgar Cortes Dance Company.
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