- Airi Suzuki Projects
Airi Suzuki began dancing at the age of 15. After graduating from California State University, she studied ballet and modern dance at the Limón Institute and Peridance in New York.
From 2009 to 2013, she worked as a dancer with Association Sam-Hester, a company based in Paris and Geneva, performing at festivals around the world. In 2012, she began her career as a choreographer. Since then, she has created and presented works while participating in residencies and festivals internationally.
In 2021, she relocated her base from Tokyo to Fukuoka. In 2023, she founded the international dance festival Fukuoka Dance Exchange, where she currently serves as Director.
Fringe Selection
“With My Dad’s Wonderfully Useless Ideas”
Airi Suzuki Projects / Airi Suzuki
Area
Toyooka
Date and Time
9/25(Fri) 19:30
9/26(Sat) 13:00
9/27(Sun) 13:00
Performance Duration
55 minutes
Performance Language
Japanese
Subtitles: English (partial)
Subtitles: English (partial)
Admission Fee
Reservation Required, Donations Welcome
“With My Dad’s Wonderfully Useless Ideas” is a solo dance work by choreographer and dancer Airi Suzuki, created through the traces left by her father, Takashi Suzuki, who passed away when she was ten years old: his voice, home videos, notes, idea books, photographs, and unfinished ideas.
At the center of this work is the theme of “the revival of the father’s presence.” For Suzuki, her father had existed for more than thirty years as an absence. However, through the process of touching the archives he left behind, listening to memories shared by her mother and her father’s friends, and allowing his words and ideas to pass through her body, her father gradually changes from someone confined to the past into a presence that lives again within her present self.
On stage, Suzuki performs alone. Yet the space is never truly empty. Her father’s voice, images, notes, and objects appear like invisible partners. Her body responds to them, plays with them, hesitates before them, and attempts an impossible dialogue with her father across time.
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Performers
- Airi Suzuki
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Staff
- Samuel Kan, Eli Brown
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Contact Us
- airisuzukidance@gmail.com
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Credits
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Organized by General Incorporation
Association UTMOST
- Airi Suzuki Projects
Airi Suzuki began dancing at the age of 15. After graduating from California State University, she studied ballet and modern dance at the Limón Institute and Peridance in New York.
From 2009 to 2013, she worked as a dancer with Association Sam-Hester, a company based in Paris and Geneva, performing at festivals around the world. In 2012, she began her career as a choreographer. Since then, she has created and presented works while participating in residencies and festivals internationally.
In 2021, she relocated her base from Tokyo to Fukuoka. In 2023, she founded the international dance festival Fukuoka Dance Exchange, where she currently serves as Director.
- Airi Suzuki Projects
Airi Suzuki began dancing at the age of 15. After graduating from California State University, she studied ballet and modern dance at the Limón Institute and Peridance in New York.
From 2009 to 2013, she worked as a dancer with Association Sam-Hester, a company based in Paris and Geneva, performing at festivals around the world. In 2012, she began her career as a choreographer. Since then, she has created and presented works while participating in residencies and festivals internationally.
In 2021, she relocated her base from Tokyo to Fukuoka. In 2023, she founded the international dance festival Fukuoka Dance Exchange, where she currently serves as Director.
- Airi Suzuki Projects
Airi Suzuki began dancing at the age of 15. After graduating from California State University, she studied ballet and modern dance at the Limón Institute and Peridance in New York.
From 2009 to 2013, she worked as a dancer with Association Sam-Hester, a company based in Paris and Geneva, performing at festivals around the world. In 2012, she began her career as a choreographer. Since then, she has created and presented works while participating in residencies and festivals internationally.
In 2021, she relocated her base from Tokyo to Fukuoka. In 2023, she founded the international dance festival Fukuoka Dance Exchange, where she currently serves as Director.
- Airi Suzuki Projects
Airi Suzuki began dancing at the age of 15. After graduating from California State University, she studied ballet and modern dance at the Limón Institute and Peridance in New York.
From 2009 to 2013, she worked as a dancer with Association Sam-Hester, a company based in Paris and Geneva, performing at festivals around the world. In 2012, she began her career as a choreographer. Since then, she has created and presented works while participating in residencies and festivals internationally.
In 2021, she relocated her base from Tokyo to Fukuoka. In 2023, she founded the international dance festival Fukuoka Dance Exchange, where she currently serves as Director.
