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Rin Ishihara, was born in 1971, and raised in Kagoshima Prefecture, the south east island of Japan. She attended the Kuwasawa Design Laboratory in Tokyo.
\nWhile in school, she began acting under the direction of Shigeko Ichikawa who trained Shima Iwashita, a leading actress in Japanese films since the 1960s. Ishihara also attended NHK Acting School, held by Japan’s public broadcasting company, where she was taught by directors such as Yukio Fukamachi.
\nIn 1994, Ishihara started to farther explore the field of physical expression and dance under Min Tanaka, dancer, when she debut as Ophelia in \u201cHamlet \u2013The Pale Cast of Thought,\u201d a music image drama produced by NHK. In the program he played King Hamlet, the gohst, and also choreographed the program.
\n She soon moved to Yamanashi Prefecture, where Tanaka and his colleagues extend the search for a body for origin of dance. Their daily training is mainly farming using as less machinary as possible, and the performance activity is numerous throughout Japan and abroad. Their works are not limited to dance, but widely expand to operas, movies and collaborations with traditional performing arts, and the venues also vary from theatrical settings, open-air garden spaces to sites with contemporary art pieces.
\n As she joined their farming and performance activities, their search for the origin of dance soon became her own, and it gradually grew to be yearning for indefinable dance, beyond the boundaries of genres like classical, contemporary, post modern, or avant-guard.
\nAfter she performed a major role in Tokason Dance Troup, held and directed by Tanaka and actively toured nationally and internationally from February 2002 to January 2006, she started a seriese of her solo dance in collaboration with improvisation musician Keiji Haino from August 2006 to November 2008.
\n Rin’s solo dance works have continued till now, as a collaborative experiment with her teacher\/mentor Tanaka’s choreography.<\/p>\n
Major Works
\n1996 \u201cOne Thousand Years of Pleasure\u201c (short stories by Kenji Nakagami)
\nAdapted and directed by Min Tanaka, Performed by Hideo Kanze \uff08Noh actor\uff09
\nin Artcamp Hakushu 96, at Koma Shrine, Yamanashi Japan.<\/p>\n
1998-99 \u201cGrimm Grimm\u201d I, re-staged, and \u201cGrimm Grimm\u201d II,
\nwith Czech dancers and actors, at Archa Czech National Theater, Prague Czech Republic<\/p>\n
1998 \u201cGrimm Grimm\u201d II Japan version, in Artcamp Hakushu 98
\n1998 \u201cGrimm Grimm\u201d II Japan version, with Czech dancers, Music by Iva Bittova,
\nat Kameari Lilio Hall, Tokyo Japan<\/p>\n
1999 \u201cRomance–Love in Fluxus\u201d
\n15th Anniversary of Ren-ai Buto-ha (Love-Dance School) Foundation
\nChoreographed and directed by Min Tanaka
\nInternational co-production with dancers and musicians (Frank London, Mola Sila, et al.) from 6 countries
\nat Setagaya Public Theatre, Tokyo Japan<\/p>\n
Jan 2000 Tokason Dance Troupe Inaugural Performance
\nMin Tanaka organized and formed the dance troupe as well as an agricultural co-op Tokason.
\nSince then, Ishihara plays major role in both Tokason’s farming and dance activity.<\/p>\n
Feb 2000 Tokason Dance Troupe \u201cDespair of Wind\u201d at plan-B, Tokyo Japan
\nMar 2000 Tokason Dance Troupe \u201cAttending to the Mock Exhibition -From Goya’s Etchings\u201d
\nat Tokyo Tiara Koutou, Tokyo Japan
\nMar 2000 Tokason Dance Troupe \u201cKidnapping\u201d at plan-B, Tokyo Japan
\nMar 2000 Tokason Dance Troupe \u201cSeries Goya [Goya’s Forest]\u201d
\nat the open-air stage, Fuji-yoshida Nano-rium, Yamanashi Japan
\nApr 2000 Tokason Dance Troupe \u201cSeries Goya [Goya of Rice Terraces]\u201d
\nat Shikishima-Cho Rice Teraces Stage, Yamanashi Japan
\nMay 2000 Tokason Dance Troupe \u201cUnrelated\u201d at plan-B, Tokyo Japan
\nJune 2000 Tokason Dance Troupe \u201cMachiai\u201d at plan-B, Tokyo Japan<\/p>\n
Jul to Aug 2000 Tokason Dance Troupe \u201cSeries Goya\u201d tour in USA and Europe
\nPS1 Contemporary Art Museum in NY USA,
\nGent Contemporary Art Museum and Open-air Theater Festival in Belgium,
\nJardin Exhibition at Villa Medici in Rome Italy, and Theatre Garan, Santiago de Compostela in Spain<\/p>\n
Sept 2000 Tokason Dance Troupe \u201cSeries Goya\u201d at Garden space in Miyagi Museum of Art, Miyagi Japan
\nNov 2000 Tokason Dance Troupe \u201cReturning to the Bone\u201d at plan-B, Tokyo Japan
\nDec 2000 Tokason Dance Troupe \u201cStanding on the Bone\u201d at plan-B, Tokyo Japan
\nDec 2000 Tokason Solo Work Series #1 \u201cColor of Winter\u201d
\nSolo dance by Shiho Ishihara at plan-B, Tokyo Japan
\nJan 2001 Opera \u201cVenus and Adonis\u201d
\nChoreographed and directed by Min Tanaka, conducted by Jun Maerkl, NHK Philharmonic,
\nat NHK Hall, Tokyo Japan
\nJan 2001 Tokason Dance Troupe \u201cSeries Goya [Measurement of Smile]\u201d at plan-B, Tokyo Japan
\nMar 2001 Tokason Dance Troupe \u201cSeries Goya [Measurement of Smile]\u201d at Forest Stage, Yamanashi Japan
\nApr 2001 Tokason Dance Troupe \u201cSeries Goya [Revised Version Measurement of Smile]\u201d at plan-B, Tokyo Japan
\nMay 2001 Tokason Solo Work Series #2 \u201cColor of Spring\u201d
\nSolo dance by Shiho Ishihara at plan-B, Tokyo Japan
\nJuly 2001 Tokason Solo Work Series #3 \u201cColor of Summer\u201d
\nSolo dance by Shiho Ishihara at plan-B, Tokyo Japan
\nAug 2001 Tokason Dance Troupe \u201cSeries Goya [Forest of Smile]s\u201d at Forest Stage, Yamanashi Japan
\nSept 2001 Tokason Dance Troupe \u201cSeries Goya [Capricious Goya]\u201d
\nat the open-air stage, Fuji-yoshida Nano-rium, Yamanashi Japan
\nSept 2001 Tokason Solo Work Series #4 \u201cColor of Autumn\u201d
\nSolo dance by Shiho Ishihara at plan-B, Tokyo Japan
\nSept 2001 Tokason Dance Troupe \u201cSeries Goya [Capricious Goya]\u201d at Rakudo-sha, Shizuoka Japan
\nSept 2001 Tokason Dance Troupe Performance in Miyagi Japan
\nNov-Dec 2001 Tokason Dance Troupe USA tour \u201cGuest from the Dark\u201d
\nat Anna Halprin\u2019s Tamalpa Institute, LA, PS122, NY and in San Francisco
\nDec 2001 Tokason Solo Work Series #5\u201cColor of Winter\u201d
\nSolo dance by Shiho Ishihara at plan-B, Tokyo Japan
\nDec 2001 Tokason Dance Troupe \u201cRevised Version [Kidnapper]\u201d at plan-B, Tokyo Japan
\nMar 2000 Tokason Dance Troupe \u201cSeries Goya [Guest from the Dark]\u201d at plan-B, Tokyo Japan
\nMar 2002 Shiho Ishihara Solo Dance \u201cResearch; Shadow Burning\u201d at plan-B, Tokyo Japan
\nAug 2002 Tokason Dance Troupe
\n\u201cSeries Goya Final Piece [To Be Liberated from Freedom\u2500On This Culpable Constitution]\u201d
\nat Forest Stage Yamanashi, Japan
\nSep 2002 Tokason Dance Troupe \u201cSeries Goya [Culpable People]\u201d
\nat the open-air stage, Fuji-yoshida Nano-rium, Yamanashi Japan
\nSep 2002 Tokason Dance Troupe \u201cGuest from the Dark-from Goya’s Los Caprichos\u201d
\nat Rakudo-sha, Shizuoka Japan
\nSep 2002 Tokason Dance Troupe
\n\u201cSeries Goya Final Performance [To Be Liberated from Freedom\u2500On This Culpable Constitution]\u201d
\nat Japan Foundation Forum, Tokyo Japan
\nSept 2002 Tokason Dance Troupe \u201cStooping to\u201d in Michinoku Art Festival 2002,
\nat Noboru Takayana’s Art work \u201cArt Testimony-Matasaburo the Wind Imp \u201d
\n in Michonoku Mori no Kohan Park, Miyagi Japan
\nNov 2003 John Cage \u201cFour Walls\u201d
\nAki Takahashi (p), Masumi Yoshikawa (v),
\nDirected and performed by Min Tanaka, with Yasunari Tamai and Shiho Ishihara
\nat Asahi Hamarikyu Hall, Tokyo Japan
\nMar 2003 Shiho Ishihara Solo Dance \u201cResearch-Shadow Burning\u201d at plan-B, Tokyo Japan
\nAug 2003 Tokason Dance Troupe \u201cWhere from; from the Family?\u201din Dance Hakushu 2003,
\nat Water Stage, Yamanashi Japan
\nSept 2003 Tokason Dance Troupe \u201cWhere from; from the Family?\u201d
\nat the open-air stage, Fuji-yoshida Nano-rium, Yamanashi Japan
\nSept 2003 Tokason Dance Troupe \u201cWhere from; from the Family?\u201d at Rakudo-sha, Shizuoka Japan
\nSept 2003 Tokason Dance Troupe \u201cAir in the Forest\u201d
\nat Garden Space in Tsubouchi Memoriam Theater Museum Waseda University, Tokyo Japan
\nSept 2003 Tokason Dance Troupe \u201cWhere from; from the Family?\u201d in Michinoku Art Festival 2003
\nat Noboru Takayana’s Art work \u201cArt Testimony-Matasaburo the Wind Imp \u201d
\nin Michonoku Mori no Kohan Park, Miyagi Japan
\nDec 2003 Tokaso Dance Troupe \u201cKidnapping\u201d artwork advised by Noriyuki Haraguchi,
\nat New National Theater, Tokyo Japan
\nJuly 2004 Stravinsky\u201cStory of a Soldier\u201d Conducted by Yoshio Mamiya,
\nDirected by Min Tanaka, Ishihara appeared as Princess,
\nat AOI Music Hall in Shizuoka, Japan
\nAug 2004 Tokason Dance Troupe \u201cWhere from; from the Family?\u201d at Mie Prefecture Arts Centre, Mie Japan
\nAug 2004 Tokason Dance Troupe \u201cKiddnapping\u201d in Dance Hakushu 2004, at Forest Stage, Yamanashi Japan
\nSept 2004 Tokason Dance Troupe International Dance Co-Production
\n\u201cSeries ‘In Search of Subtle Presence’ Work I [Smiles in the Forest]\u201d
\nDirected by Min Tanaka, at Inokashira Park, Tokyo Japan
\nSept 2004 Tokason Dance Troupe \u201cKidnapping\u201d at Rakudo-sha, Shizuoka Japan
\nSept 2004 Tokason Dance Troupe \u201cKidnapping\u201d at the open-air stage, Fuji-yoshida Nano-rium, Yamanashi Japan
\nFeb 2005 Tokaosn Dance Troupe \u201cWhere from; from the Family?\u201d artwork adviced by Noriyuki Haraguchi,
\nat New National Theatre, Tokyo Japan
\nApr 2005 Special TV Program for Music and Traditional Performing Arts
\nby NHK (Japan’s Public Broadcasting Company)
\nStravinsky \u201cStory of a Soldier\u201d choreographed, directed, and danced in by Min Tanaka,
\nwith conductor Jun Maerkl, dance also by Yasunari Tamai and Shiho Ishihara, Script translation by Kuniichi Uno
\nAug 2005 Shiho Ishihara Solo Dance in Dance Hakushu 2005, at the open-air stage, Yamanashi Japan
\nAug 2005 Tokason Dance Troupe \u201cGravity and Gaiety\u201d Premier HakushuVersion
\nin Dance Hakushu 2005, Yamanashi Japan
\nSept 2005 Min Tanaka + Tokason Dance Troupe \u201cSix Scenes Dance in the Forest -Solo Dance by Six People\u201d
\nat the open-air stage, Fuji-yoshida Nano-rium, Yamanashi Japan
\nSept 2005 Tokason Dance Troupe International Dance Co-Production
\n\u201cSeries ‘In Search of Subtle Presence’ Work II [Forest Story’]\u201d
\nchoreographed and directed by Min Tanaka, at Inokashira Park, Tokyo Japan
\nJan 2006 Tokason Dance Troupe\u201cGravity and Gaiety\u201d choreographed and directed by Min Tanaka
\nat New National Theatre, Tokyo Japan
\n(Tokason Dance Troupe has suspended its activities in major theatres.)<\/p>\n
Aug 2006 Shiho Ishihara Solo Dance \u201cStranger on August 15,\u201d
\nMusic by Keiji Haino in Dance Hakushu 2006 Yamanashi Japan
\nSept 2006 Tokason Dance Troupe International Dance Co-Production
\n\u201cSeries ‘ In Search of Subtle Presence’ Work III [ Rite of Forest] \u201c
\nchoreographed and directed by Min Tanaka,at Inokashira Park, Tokyo Japan
\nNov 2006 Shiho Ishihara Solo series \u201cThe Showa Era–What’s the Weight of Its Body? \u201c
\nDirected and choreographed by Min Tanaka, Music by Keiji Haino, at plan B, Tokyo Japan
\nJan 2007 Shiho Ishihara Solo series \u201cThe Showa Era–What’s the Weight of Its Body? \u201c
\nDirected and choreographed by Min Tanaka, Music by Keiji Haino, at plan B, Tokyo Japan
\nMar 2007 Shiho Ishihara Solo series \u201cThe Showa Era–What’s the Weight of Its Body? \u201c
\nDirected and choreographed by Min Tanaka, Music by Keiji Haino, at plan B, Tokyo Japan
\nMay 2007 Shiho Ishihara Solo series \u201cThe Showa Era–What’s the Weight of Its Body? \u201c
\nDirected and choreographed by Min Tanaka, Music by Keiji Haino, at plan B, Tokyo Japan
\nAug 2007 Shiho Ishihara Solo series \u201cThe Showa Era–What’s the Weight of Its Body? \u201c
\nDirected and choreographed by Min Tanaka, Music by Keiji Haino, at plan B, Tokyo Japan
\nSept 2007 Shiho Ishihara Solo series \u201cThe Showa Era–What’s the Weight of Its Body? \u201c
\nDirected and choreographed by Min Tanaka, Music by Keiji Haino, at plan B, Tokyo Japan
\nNov 2007 Shiho Ishihara Solo series \u201cThe Showa Era–What’s the Weight of Its Body? \u201c
\nDirected and choreographed by Min Tanaka, Music by Keiji Haino, at plan B, Tokyo Japan
\nAug 2008 Shiho Ishihara Solo Dance \u201cStranger on August 15,\u201d
\nDirected and choreographed by Min Tanaka in Dance Hakushu 2008
\nYamanashi Japan.
\nafter the performnce program [Talk\/discussion] with :Kuniichi Uno and Taturou Ishii\u201d
\nFeb 2009 Shiho Ishihara Solo Dance, Choreographed and directed by Min Tanaka
\n\u201cDance Milieux 1 [non-continuity]\u201d
\nSound by Shiro Murakami, Light by Ami Tanaka, and Set by Ran, at plan-B, Tokyo Japan
\nApr 2009 Shiho Ishihara Solo Dance, Choreographed and directed by Min Tanaka
\n\u201cDance Milieux 2 [non-continuity]\u201d
\nSound by Shiro Murakami, Light by Ami Tanaka, and Set by Ran, at plan-B, Tokyo Japan
\nJul 2009 Shiho Ishihara Solo Dance, Choreographed and directed by Min Tanaka
\n\u201cDance Milieux 3 [non-continuity]\u201d
\nSound by Shiro Murakami, Light by Ami Tanaka, and Set by Ran, at plan-B, Tokyo Japan
\nAug 2009 Shiho Ishihara Solo Dance, Choreographed and directed by Min Tanaka
\n\u201cStranger on August 15,\u201d in Dance Hakushu 2009 – Fire Session in 4 Sessions,
\nat Kidnapping House in Yamanashi Japan\u3000Music by Chikuzan Takahashi the 2nd
\nOct 2009 Shiho Ishihara Solo Dance, Choreographed and directed by Min Tanaka
\n\u201cDance Milieux 4 [non-continuity]\u201d
\nSound by Shiro Murakami, Light by Ami Tanaka, and Set by Ran, at plan-B, Tokyo Japan
\nOct 2009 \u201cWater Performance\u201d in Dance Hakushu 2009 \u2013 Water Session in 4 Sessions
\nChoreographed and directed by Min Tanaka,
\nPerformed by Ana Leonor (dancer\/Portugal), Masumi Yoshikawa (Soprano Singer)
\nand\u3000Shiho Ishihara, Set by Team Fire at Chestnut grove Yamanashi, Japan
\nNov 2009 Shiho Ishihara Dance Performance Collaboration with Jimmy Robert for his contemporary art \u201cRepeat\u201d Produce by CCA Kitakyushu
\nDec 2009 Shiho Ishihara Solo Dance, Choreographed and directed by Min Tanaka
\n\u201cDance Milieux 5 [non-continuity]\u201d
\nSound by Shiro Murakami, Light by Ami Tanaka, and Set by Ran, at plan-B, Tokyo Japan
\nMar 2010 Shiho Ishihara Solo Dance, Choreographed and directed by Min Tanaka
\n\u201cDance Milieux 6 [non-continuity]\u201d
\nSound by Shiro Murakami, Light by Ami Tanaka, and Set by Ran, at plan-B, Tokyo Japan
\nJun 2010 Shiho Ishihara Solo Dance, Choreographed and directed by Min Tanaka
\n\u201cDance Milieux 7 [non-continuity]\u201d
\nSound by Shiro Murakami, Light by Ami Tanaka, and Set by Ran, at plan-B, Tokyo Japan
\nAug 2010 Shiho Ishihara Solo Dance, Choreographed and directed by Min Tanaka
\n\u201cDance Milieux 8 [non-continuity]\u201d
\nSound by Shiro Murakami, Light by Ami Tanaka, and Set by Ran, at plan-B, Tokyo Japan
\nSep 2010 Shiho Ishihara Solo Dance, Choreographed and directed by Min Tanaka
\n\u201cThe Showa Era–What’s the Weight of Its Body? \u201c
\nSound by Harunori Tatuno, Light by Ami Tanaka,
\nand Set by Ran, at Sakura-Za, Yamanashi Japan
\nNov 2010 Shiho Ishihara Solo Dance, Choreographed and directed by Min Tanaka
\n\u201cDance Milieux 9 [non-continuity]\u201d
\nSound by Shiro Murakami, Light by Ami Tanaka, and Set by Ran, at plan-B, Tokyo Japan
\nJan 2011 Shiho Ishihara Solo Dance, Choreographed and directed by Min Tanaka
\n\u201cDance Milieux 10 [non-continuity]\u201d
\nSound by Shiro Murakami, Light by Ami Tanaka, and Set by Ran, at plan-B, Tokyo Japan
\nMar 2011 Shiho Ishihara Solo Dance, Choreographed and directed by Min Tanaka
\n\u201cDance Milieux 11 [non-continuity]\u201d
\nSound by Shiro Murakami, Light by Ami Tanaka, and Set by Ran, at plan-B, Tokyo Japan
\n7 2011 Shiho Ishihara Solo Dance, Choreographed and directed by Min Tanaka
\n\u201cDance Milieux 12 [non-continuity]\u201d
\nSound by Shiro Murakami, Light by Ami Tanaka, and Set by Ran, at plan-B, Tokyo Japan
\n11 2011 Shiho Ishihara Solo Dance, Choreographed and directed by Min Tanaka
\n\u201cDance Milieux 13 [non-continuity]\u201d
\nSound by Min Tanaka, Light by Ami Tanaka, and Set by Ran, at plan-B, Tokyo Japan
\n7 2012 Shiho Ishihara Solo Dance, Choreographed and directed by Min Tanaka
\n\u201cDance Milieux 14 [non-continuity]\u201d
\nLight by Ami Tanaka, Sound and Set by Min Tanaka, at plan-B, Tokyo Japan
\n11 2012 Shiho Ishihara Solo Dance, Choreographed and directed by Min Tanaka
\n\u201cDance Milieux 15 [non-continuity]\u201d
\nLight by Ami Tanaka, Sound and Set by Min Tanaka, at plan-B, Tokyo Japan
\n\u2605This performance becomes the changing of a name announcement performance of Shiho Ishihara.<\/p>\n