Michael
Cohen (Kantanka)
Michael Cohen is currently co-Artistic Director with Theatre
Kantanka, Sydney. While living in Japan in the early 1990s,
Michael trained with the Suzuki Company of Toga and numerous
butoh companies (Dairakudakan, Hakutoboh, Dance Butter Tokio).
Since that time, Michael has worked extensively with his solo
show Emu Performance in festivals and events in Japan and has
been a multi-award winner at the Shizuoka International Festival.
During this time Michael met and worked with a number of artists
including Yumi Umiumare and Shigeyuki Ueno who have since worked
collaborated on projects with Theatre Kantanka.
Kantanka is a company that produces theatre productions for
sites not traditionally used for theatre. The company works
with artists from diverse backgrounds and produces highly visual
and physical theatre based in classic texts. In 1996, Kantanka
produced "AveAves" (with music by Satsuki Odamura);
in 1998, "Waters of Brightness" was performed at the
Chinese Garden; in 2000, "The Eye" toured to the Telstra
Adelaide Festival and in 2002, "Inanna's Descent"
was performed at the Masonic Centre, Sydney.
www.kantanka.com.au
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