Aoi Nakamura

Artistic Director & Choreographer

Short Bio

Aoi Nakamura received her education at Leipzig Opera ballet school and graduated from the State Ballet School Berlin, in 2006. Since 2011 she has worked with the Jasmin Vardimon Company (2012-present), Punchdrunk (2014), Angie Hiesel Production (2011,13) and Neon Dance (2013-present). Her choreography Ototoxic (2008) was awarded first prize at the international choreography competition at Aarhause in 2010 and performed in Germany and Japan. She has choreographed several theatre productions at State Theatre of Wiesbaden in Germany (2010-11), Dance4’s CAT in Nottingham (2013), and an evening celebrating 150 years of friendship between Germany and Japan in Hesses, Germany (2011).

Aoi Nakamura is Artistic Director of AΦE, an Ashford-based dance company founded in 2013 by Aoi Nakamura and Esteban Fourmi with the vision to incorporate technology into the theatre experience and bring audiences closer to the art of dance.  

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Projects

FEDORA

Digital Prize 2020
Nominee

€ 165

REBOOT

United Kingdom
Sadler's Wells Theatre

Collaborating Artists

Esteban Lecoq

Artistic Director & Choreographer

France

Chen-Wei Lee

Chen-Wei Lee

Dancer

Taiwan

Paul Verschure

Paul Verschure (SPECS Lab, Eodyne)

Lead AI Developer

Spain

Mariana Ibañez

Mariana Ibañez

Set Designer

Argentina

Simon Kim

Simon Kim

Set Designer

United States

Jacques Davidts

Jacques Davidts

Scriptwriter

France

Jason Williams

Jason Williams

Live Artist

United Kingdom

Lalla Morte

Lalla Morte

Live Circus Artist

France

Lara Jensen

Costume Designer

United Kingdom

Manuel Poletti

Manuel Poletti

Spatial Sound Designer

France

Meng-Ke Wu

Meng-Ke Wu

Dancer

Taiwan

Nathan Jardin

Nathan Jardin

Dancer

Belgium

Niels PRAYER

Niels Prayer

Motion Designer

France

Tomislav English

Tomislav English

Dancer

United Kingdom

bewegende Architekturmanufaktur

Christoph Müller (BAM)

Set Designer

Ballu

Ballu by Dr. Dennis Hong

Performer

Paul Vickers

Paul Vickers

Dancer

Ling tan

Ling Tang

Wearable Designer

renaud-rohlinger

Renaud Rohlinger

3D Web Designer

Tara Jade Samaya

Tara Jade Samaya

Dancer

Bear Winter Perreau

Bear Winter Perreau

Real Time Artist

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