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"Yokko strikes that near-perfect balance between the popular and the niche. It’s a revelatory performance in an astonishing piece of physical theatre." (-A Differing View, Edinburgh, UK)
"Yokko strikes that near-perfect balance between the popular and the niche. It’s a revelatory performance in an astonishing piece of physical theatre." (-A Differing View, Edinburgh, UK)
"Yokko's performance is hauntingly striking. It deserves to be experienced." (-Fest, Edinburgh, UK)
"Yokko strikes that near-perfect balance between the popular and the niche. It’s a revelatory performance in an astonishing piece of physical theatre." (-A Differing View, Edinburgh, UK)
"Yokko's performance is hauntingly striking. It deserves to be experienced." (-Fest, Edinburgh, UK)
Yokko is an Actor, Butoh & Theatre Artist, Movement Coach from Nagoya, Japan. She has acted in, devised and choreographed a variety of local and international shows, having won several awards, including “Best One-Woman Show”, "Best Choreography" “Best Physical Theatre” and "Best Actress" for Butoh Medea (United Solo NYC 2014 & 2015 at Theatre Row, TVolution 2018 Hollywood Fringe Awards). Butoh Medea was selected to perform in Warsaw, Poland. (United Solo Europe 2015, Teatre Syrena), toured Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015, nominated The Asian Arts Award. It has been touring Europe and Universities in the USA since 2016. Other Theatre credits include: Lone Wolf Tribe's Body Concert (Labapalooza! 2018 at St. Ann's Warehouse), Hide Your Fires: Butoh Lady Macbeth (Pan Asian Rep's NU Works, United Solo 2017: Theatre Row), BALDY (CRS NYC, United Solo 2013, Hollywood Fringe 2013, Fringe NYC 2012), Butoh Dance Credits Include: Shira Hime Ryu (NY Butoh Institute Festival 2018 at Theatre For The New City), Hijikata Tatsumi’s Last Words (Dance Medium, Noguchi Room, Hijikata Archive, Keio University, 2018), ManJuShaGe:A flower on the earth, A flower in the Sky (Dance Medium, Noguchi Room, Hijikata Archive, Keio University, 2017), FACET (Irondale Center, White Wave, Hollywood Fringe 2013).
Her choreographed work, SHINKA has been developed and received several awards such as Outstanding Production, Outstanding Choreography, and Outstanding Ensemble (Planet Connections 2018), and also received Outstanding Premier production of a play and Outstanding Choreography & Movement for the season 2018-2019 at The New York Innovative Theatre Awards. Yokko also acted in several local and international films, one of which is the Student Academy Winner film, Cloud-Kumo (2016). Recently, she has been appearing several music videos as a Butoh dancer including Cage The Elephant (Grammy Winner - Best Rock Album 2017)- Ready To Let Go (2019), NOIA- AUSENCIAS (2019) directed by Amy Gardner, POW! - Dream Decay (2019), and HOKO-I Don't Know Where We Went Wrong (2020)
She has been regularly offering classes, workshops (Butoh & Movement, Butoh & Physical Theatre, Transformation), and training programs in several places include NYC, LA, and Europe. She has been teaching at Atelier Teatro Fisico Performing Arts University in Turin (Italy), Edinburgh (UK), Warsaw (Poland), Izmir (Turkey), St. Lawrence University (NY), SUNY New Paltz (NY), Amherst College (MA), Actors Studio Dram School MFA, Stella Adler Academy of Acting (LA), The Actors Studio(NYC), and at some events such as UNFIX NYC and Ecstatic Dance. She currently serves as an adjunct faculty at The New Group BFA Acting Studio Program at Long Island University Brooklyn (LIU Brooklyn), MFA Acting Program at CUNY Brooklyn College. She is the artistic director of a NYC based Butoh Theatre group RenGyoSoh.
Her choreographed work, SHINKA has been developed and received several awards such as Outstanding Production, Outstanding Choreography, and Outstanding Ensemble (Planet Connections 2018), and also received Outstanding Premier production of a play and Outstanding Choreography & Movement for the season 2018-2019 at The New York Innovative Theatre Awards. Yokko also acted in several local and international films, one of which is the Student Academy Winner film, Cloud-Kumo (2016). Recently, she has been appearing several music videos as a Butoh dancer including Cage The Elephant (Grammy Winner - Best Rock Album 2017)- Ready To Let Go (2019), NOIA- AUSENCIAS (2019) directed by Amy Gardner, POW! - Dream Decay (2019), and HOKO-I Don't Know Where We Went Wrong (2020)
She has been regularly offering classes, workshops (Butoh & Movement, Butoh & Physical Theatre, Transformation), and training programs in several places include NYC, LA, and Europe. She has been teaching at Atelier Teatro Fisico Performing Arts University in Turin (Italy), Edinburgh (UK), Warsaw (Poland), Izmir (Turkey), St. Lawrence University (NY), SUNY New Paltz (NY), Amherst College (MA), Actors Studio Dram School MFA, Stella Adler Academy of Acting (LA), The Actors Studio(NYC), and at some events such as UNFIX NYC and Ecstatic Dance. She currently serves as an adjunct faculty at The New Group BFA Acting Studio Program at Long Island University Brooklyn (LIU Brooklyn), MFA Acting Program at CUNY Brooklyn College. She is the artistic director of a NYC based Butoh Theatre group RenGyoSoh.
