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中川 郁英 / Ikue NAKAGAWA

Born in Japan. I studied at Osaka University of Arts. I continued my training

at the Centre de Développement Chorégraphique Toulouse/Midi-Pyrénées.

As a dancer, I worked with choreographers Frank Micheletti (Koko Doko,

Mondes Monde, Coupures, Archipelago, Tiger Tiger Burning Bright) and

Eun Yong Lee and, as an actress, with theater director Pascal Rambert (To

Lose, Toute la vie, Avant que tu reviens, Libido Sciendi). I also work in

collaboration with Jean-Frédéric Chevalier, Lorenzo De Angelis, Brune

Campos.

At the same time, I have always had a certain practice of drawing. In 2018 I

began personal work. I created NAKAMI in 2021. TAMANEGI 2022, KUROKO

2025.

Each of my projects has its origins in my work with drawing. I use drawing as a way

of looking at myself and talking to myself on a daily basis. I draw what I feel in daily

life as a mother, wife, woman and individual. Since NAKAMI, drawing has been my

preferred medium of expression for accessing her inner worlds and initiating

creation: at once a medium for creation, a script, a score or a portfolio, it helps me to

cut through the layers of the mille-feuilles of which I composed, and to free myself

from the limits of the represented or danced body. Each series of drawings I

produces then gives rise to a set design that I creates to introduce the body and

create a piece.

Since 2024 I have been supported by Grand Studio.

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