S20

Biography

Hiroaki Umeda was born in 1977 and currently lives and works in Tokyo.

He studied photography at the Nihon University in Japan and decided to start dancing at the age of 20. In 2000 Hiroaki Umeda founded his own company, S20, and started making his own pieces. One of his represented piece “while going to a condition” was presented at the Rencontres Chorégraphiques Internationales (France) and was hailed as “a visual and sensorial experience… The discovery of a young artist, both original and promising”.

Following that “Finore” (2003) was presented at FIND Festival (Canada),and “Duo” at Panorama dance festival (Brazil). After a residency at the Chaufferie (Philippe Decouflé’s rehearsal space), Hiroaki Umeda performed “Accumulated Layout” in 2007 at the Théâtre National de Chaillot, Paris. Those pieces have been presented at important festivals all over the world, such as Kunsten festival des arts (Belgium), at The Barbican Centre as part of London International Mime Festival (UK), Romeuropa festival (Rome) and Festival d’Automne (France), among others.

Since his first group piece project with Finnish dancers in 2008, he has started choreographing for other dancers, which will be his future ten-year project. Also he has started working on installations, sound and video pieces as an extension of his solo projects. Hiroaki Umeda is a pluridisciplinary artist : choreographer, dancer, sound, image and lighting designer. His work is both minimal and radical, subtle and violent, and is created to be “experienced”. He is now recognized more as a visual artist rather than a choreographer, a mover rather than a dancer.

Contact S20 / Hiroaki Umeda email: contact(at)hiroakiumeda.com website: http://hiroakiumeda.com tel: +81(0) 50 5534 7346

History Choreography 3. isolation 2012 Tanzhaus, Düsseldorf, Germany Tanzquartier, Vienna, Austria 2011 Tanz im August, Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin, Germany 2. repulsion 2011 Festival EXIT, MAC, Créteil, France Tanzquartier, Vienna, Austria Julidans, Amsterdam, Holland anz im August, Berlin, Hebbel am Ufer, Germany Noorderzon festival, Groningen,The Netherlands Théâtre du Beauvaisis, Beauvais, France Le Prisme, Élancourt, France 2010 Théâtre Jean Vilar, Suresnes, France Maison de la Musique, Nanterre, France PACT Zollverein, Essen, Germany Theatre National de Bretagne, Rennes, France Theatre Pole Sud, Strasbourg, France 1. centrifugal 2010 Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris, Paris, France 2009 Full Moon Dance Festival, Pyhäjärvi, Finland Red Brick Warehouse, Yokohama, Japan

Solo Holistic Strata 2011 YCAM, Yamaguchi, Japan Festival EXIT, MAC, Créteil, France Festival VIA, Maubeuge, France Art Rock, Saint-Brieuc, France Julidans, Amsterdam, Holland Noorderzon festival, Groningen, The Netherlands Todaysart Festival, Den Haag, The Netherlands Todaysart Festival, Brussels, Belgium Festival de Danse de Cannes, Cannes, France Centre des Arts, Enghien, France Haptic 2011 De Warande, Turnhout, Belgique Cultuurcentrum, Hasselt, Belgique Dublin Dance Festival, Dublin, Ireland Toneelschuur, Haarlem, The Netherlands Théâtre du Beauvaisis, Beauvais, France Le Prisme, Élancourt, France Centre des Arts, Enghien, France 2010 The Tramway, Glasgow, UK ESAM, Caen, France Theatre de Bourg-en-Bresse, Bourg-en-Bresse, France Aichi Triennale, Aichi, Japan Pecs International Dance Festival, Pecs, Hungry Alhondlga Bilbao Cultural Centre Venue, Bilbao, Spain Melbourne International Arts Festival, Melbourne, Australia Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris, Paris, France Theatre Pole Sud, Strasbourg, France Maison de la Musique, Nanterre, France Theatre National de Bretagne, Rennes, France 2009 Charleroi Danse, Brussels, Belgium Verkadefabriek, Den Bosch, The Netherlands La Bâtie, Festival de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland Théatre de Nimes, Nimes, France Red Brick Warehouse, Yokohama, Japan Spring Dance, Utrecht, Holland Spoleto Festival, Spoleta, USA 2008 Festival d’Automne, MAC, Créteil, France Adapting for Distortion 2011 De Warande, Turnhout, Belgique Cultuurcentrum, Hasselt, Belgique Dublin Dance Festival, Dublin, Ireland Toneelschuur, Haarlem, The Netherlands Scopitone, Nantes, France Kulturzentrum Tempel, Karlsruhe, Germany 2010 Club Transmediale, Berlin, Germany The Tramway, Glasgow, UK Theatre d’Arras, Arras, France Theatre de l’Archipel, Perpignan, France ESAM, Caen, France Theatre de Bourg-en-Bresse, Bourg-en-Bresse, France Aichi Triennale, Aichi, Japan DANS PLATFORM İSTANBUL, Istanbul, Turkey Alhondlga Bilbao Cultural Centre Venue, Bilbao, Spain Melbourne International Arts Festival, Melbourne, Australia Maison de la Musique, Nanterre, France Theatre National de Bretagne, Rennes, France 2009 Charleroi Danse, Brussels, Belgium Todays’ Art Festival, Den Haag, The Netherlands La Bâtie, Festival de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland Théâtre des Salins, Martigues, France Théatre de Nimes, Nimes, France Spring Dance, Utrecht, The Netherlands Japan Society NY, New York, USA Festival Chiassodanza, Chiasso, Switzerland 2008 Festival Roma Europa, Rome, Italy Festival d’Automne, MAC, Créteil, France Accumulated Layout 2011 YCAM, Yamaguchi, Japan L’Avant-Scène, Cognac, France Scopitone, Nantes, France 2010 Theatre d’Arras, Arras, France Theatre de l’Archipel, Perpignan, France Salle Georges Brassens, Boulogne, Boulogne sur Mer, France PACT Zollverein, Essen, Germany 2009 National Chiang Kai-Shek Cultural Center, R.O.C., Taipei, Taiwan Tanzquartier, Vienna, Austria Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia HPAC Theater Hall, Hyogo, Japan Théâtre des Salins, Martigues, France The Dance Centre, Vancouver, Canada Festival Antipodes, Morlaix, France Cultuurcentrum Brugge, Brugge, Belgium Théâtre A Châtillon, Chatillon, France Biennale Val de Marne, Villejuif, France Hippodrome Scène nationale, Douai, France Japan Society NY, New York, USA Toneelschuur Haarlem, Haarlem, The Netherlands De Warande, Turnhout, Belgium Theater aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht, The Netherlands Schouwburg, Arnhem, The Netherlands Parktheater, Eindhoven, The Netherlands Melkweg Theater, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Cultuurcentrum, Hasselt, The Netherlands Goudse Schouwburg, GoudaThe Netherlands De Tamboer, Hoogeveen, The Netherlands Stadsschouwburg, Groningen, The Netherlands Kortrijkse Schouwburg, Kortrijk, The Netherlands Rotterdamse Schouwburg, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2008 Le Fanal, Scène Nationale, Saint-Nazaire, France New National Theater, Tokyo, Japan La Bâtie, Festival de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland Tanz im August, Berlin, Germany Full Moon Dance Festival, Pyhäjärvi, Finland Festival Julidans, Amsterdam, Nederlands Grec Festival, Barcelona, Spain Dance Week Festival, Zagreb, Croatia ArtRock Festival, St.Brieuc, France Festival Bo:m., Art Theater, Seoul, Korea 2008 New Territories, Glasgow, UK La Ferme du Buisson, (Hors Saison, Arcadi), France 2007 Teatro Palladium, Romaeuropa Festival, Rome, Italy MeetingPoints5, HAU ZWEI, Berlin, Germany Theatre de Nimes, Nimes, France MeetingPoints5, Ness El fen – Hall, Tunis, Tunisia MeetingPoints5, Al Madina Theatre, Beirut, Lebanon MeetingPoints5, Rawabet Theatre, Cairo, Egypt Centre des Arts, Enghien, France Actoral.6, Marseille, France Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, USA Festival Esterni, Terni, Italy Maison de la danse, Lyon, France Kunsten FESTIVAL des Arts, Brussels, Belgium Théâtre national de Chaillot, Paris, France NoorderZon ’07, Groningen, Holland MLADI LEVI 2007, Ljubljana, Slovenia while going to a condition 2011 Tanzquartier, Vienna, Austria 2010 The Blue Coat, Liverpool, UK Maison de la Musique, Nanterre, France 2009 Festival Les Derniers Hommes, Dijon, France National Chiang Kai-Shek Cultural Center, R.O.C., Taipei, Taiwan Verkadefabriek, Den Bosch, The Netherlands Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia HPAC Theater Hall, Hyogo, Japan garajistanbul, Istanbul, Turkey Tanzhaus, Dusseldorf, Germany The Dance Centre, Vancouver, Canada Antipodes 2009, Morlaix, France Cultuurcentrum Brugge, Brugge, Belgium Théâtre A Châtillon, Chatillon, France Ten Days on the Island, Hobart, Australia Biennale Val de Marne, Villejuif, France Spoleto Festival, Spoleta, USA Festival Chiassodanza, Chiasso, Swiss Toneelschuur Haarlem, Haarlem, The Netherlands De Warande, Turnhout, Belgium Theater aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht, The Netherlands Schouwburg, Arnhem, The Netherlands Parktheater, Eindhoven, The Netherlands Melkweg Theater, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Cultuurcentrum, Hasselt, The Netherlands Goudse Schouwburg, Gouda, The Netherlands De Tamboer, Hoogeveen, The Netherlands Stadsschouwburg, Groningen, The Netherlands Kortrijkse Schouwburg, Kortrijk, The Netherlands Rotterdamse Schouwburg, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2008 Festival Roma Europa, Rome, Italy “Croisement” at Espace Michel Simon, Noisy-le-grand, France Théâtre Louis Aragon, Tremblay, France CAMERA JAPAN, Rotterdam, Nederlands La Bâtie, Festival de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland Festival Julidans, Amsterdam, Nederlands Grec Festival, Barcelona, Spain Festival Bo:m., Art Theater, Seoul, Korea Plaza Futura, Eindhoven, The Netherlands London Mime Festival, Barbican Center, London, UK New Territories 2008, Glasow, UK La ferme du buisson (Hors Saison, Arcadi), France Dance Week Festival, Zagreb, Croatia 2007 Arcachon Expansion, Arcachon, France Le Carré des Jalles, St. Medard, France MeetingPoints5, HAU ZWEI, Berlin, Germany El Mediator, Perpignan, France Theatre de Nimes, Nimes, France MeetingPoints5, Ness El fen – Hall, Tunis, Tunisia MeetingPoints5, Al Madina Theatre, Beirut, Lebanon MeetingPoints5, Rawabet Theatre, Cairo, Egypt CULTURGEST, Lisboa, Portugal Bilbao – Festival B.A.D., in La FuNdiciÓn, Bilbao, Spain Museo ARTIUM, Vitoria, Spain Festival de Otoño, Madrid, Spain Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, USA Festival Esterni, Terni, Italy TorinoDanza, Torino, Italy Maison de la danse, Lyon, France Kunsten Festival des Arts, Brussels, Belgium VideoDance 2007, Athens, Greece Théâtre national de Chaillot, Paris, France IDN, Barcelona, Spain VIA Festival 2007, Maubeuge, France Sziget Festival 2007, Budapest, Hungary MLADI LEVI 2007, Ljubljana, Slovenia 2006 Moving in November, Helsinki, Finland MES DE DANZA, Seville, Spain CADIZ EN DANZA, Cadiz, Spain Art Rock festival, Saint-Brieuc, France En Pé de Pedra, Santiago de Compostela, Spain Printemps de la danse, Angouleme, France La Chaufferie, Saint-Denis, France 2005 Biennale nationale de danse du Val-de-Marne, Paris, France Contemporanea festival, Prato, Italy Dance Theater Workshop, NY, US 2004 ILE DANSE FESTIVAL, Corsica, France Teatro Arsenale, uovo, Milan, Italy Les Plateaux de la Biennale, Paris, France Les Floraisons du Botanique, Brussels, Belgium FIVU 04, Montevideo, Uruguay Surdepierto, Buenos Aires, Argentine Danzalborde Dance Festival, Valparaiso, Chile Panorama Dance Festival, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil SESC Pompeia, Sao Paulo, Brasil 2003 Aka Renga Sohko, Yokohama Dance Collection, Yokohama, Japan Agora de la danse, Nouvelle dance festival, Montreal, Canada dietheater, Wien, Austria 4 + 4 days in motion, Prague, Czech 2002 Landmark Hall, Yokohama Dance Collection, Yokohama, Japan MC93, Rencontres Chorégraphiques Internationals, Paris, France Monty Theater, Junge Hunde festival, Antwerp, Belgium Le lie unique, Oriental extreme, Nantes, France Duo 2010 Pecs International Dance Festival, Pecs, Hungry The Blue Coat, Liverpool, UK 2009 Festival Les Derniers Hommes, Dijon, France garajistanbul, Istanbul, Turkey Ten Days on the Island, Hobart, Australia 2008 Festival Scopitone, Nantes, France CAMERA JAPAN, Rotterdam, Nederlands Tanz im August, Berlin, Germany Full Moon Dance Festival, Pyhäjärvi, Finland Les Spectacles Vivants – Centre Pompidou, Paris, France Plaza Futura, Eindhoven, The Netherlands London International Mime Festival, Barbican Center, London, UK 2007 Maison de la culture du Japon, Paris, France Le Carré des Jalles, St. Medard, France El Mediator, Perpignan, France Bilbao – Festival B.A.D., in La FuNdiciÓn, Bilbao, Spain Museo ARTIUM, Vitoria, Spain Festival de Otoño, Madrid, Spain Actoral.6, Marseille, France CONTEMPORANEA 07, Prato, Italy VIA Festival 2007, Maubeuge, France NoorderZon ’07, Groningen, Holland 2006 La Chaufferie, Saint-Denis, France Kichijoji Theater, Tokyo, Japan 2004 Panorama dance festival, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil SESC Pompeia, Sao Paulo, Brazil Finore 2008 VIA Festival 2008, Maubeuge, France 2007 CULTURGEST, Lisboa, Portugal 2005 Biennale nationale de danse du Val-de-Marne, Paris, France Les Plateaux de la Biennale, Paris, France 2004 Les Floraisons du Botanique, Brussels, Belgium 2003 Agora de la danse, Nouvelle dance festival, Montreal, Canada Other 2012 Dance and audio workshop, Joint Adventures Munich, Germany 2011 Videodance workshop, Atelier de Paris-Carolyn Carlson, Paris, France 2010 workshop, Spring dance festival, Utrecht, Holland Performance in the installation by Hiroshi Naito at MOMAT, Tokyo, Japan 2009 Atelier de Paris-Carolyn Carlson, Paris, France Installations, Tanzquartier, Vienna, Austria 2008 Choreography for Finnish dancers at Zodiak, Helsinki, Finland Site-Specific Performance, Festival Mellemrum, Copenhagen, Denmark Outside Performance, Interplay08, Torino, Italy 2007 Collaboration with Kinkaleri, Tokyo, Japan 2006 Choreography for “The Paper Nautilus”, the project of Theatre Cryptic 2005 Performance in “FUNKA”, which was organized by “BANETO”, Tokyo, Japan 2004 Peformance with Singo2, DJ A-1 and Hiraku Suzuki in Tokyo Style in Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden Performance in Takehito Koganezawa’s exhibition, with Robert Lippok(TO ROCOCO ROT) and Jun Shibata Performance in live of Tetsuo Furudate and KASPER T.TOEPLITZ Performance with SUGI(percussion) 2002 Collaborating with Toshimaru Nakamura Austria-Japan Project, Aka Renga Sohko, Yokohama, Japan

Installation split flow installation 2012 Gallery Azamino, Kanagawa, Japan 2011 Glow, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven Holistic Strata installation 2011 Festival EXIT, MAC, Créteil, France Gare de Lille, Lille, France Espace Sculfort, Maubeuge, France Haptic installation 2011 Festival EXIT, MAC, Créteil, France Gare de Lille, Lille, France Espace Sculfort, Maubeuge, France Scopitone, Nantes, France 2010 Aichi Triennale, Aichi, Japan