Rei Watanabe
dancer
Born in Gumma, Japan, April 20th 1971.
Rei begin her collaboration with 420people at the beginning of 2008, when dancing in the choreography Neen-Ya at the Archa Theater In Prague. The new duet - On an Even Keel, which Václav Kuneš had created for her and him self in the early spring, was performed at the Korzo Theatre in Den Haag /production - Here We Live and Now/. The full version of this duet will be premiered in December at the Archa Theatre in Prague, Czech Republic.
She has study a classical ballet and contemporary dance in Japan with Harumi Ishii and Reiko Yamamoto, in who’s company she has gained her first professional experience later on.
In 1993 she has moved to Europe where she remained until present times. She has been working with some of the best contemporary companies during the last 15 years;
the Nederlands Dans Theater 1&2 under the direction of J. Kylian, Lyon Opera Ballet, the Gothenburg Ballet and the Cullberg Ballet in Sweden. This experiences allowed her to
create, work with and perform pieces by today’s most regarded choreographers - J. Kylian, O. Naharin, W. Forsythe, M. Ek, H. van Manen, J. Inger, J. Godani, P. Lightfoot, to name a few. She has performed all over the world, in theaters such as The Bolshoi,
Opera de Paris, Sadler’s Wells and has been invited to numerous gala performances worldwide.
For her performance as the lead character in M. Muller’s Romeo and Juliet, Sweden 2001, she has received an Award for outstanding performance.
In 2006 Rei became a freelance dancer and teacher. Since then she has performed in the CaDance Festival in Den Haag as well as the Holland Dance Festival.
She appeared as a guest with the Noism company (director Jo Kanamori) from Japan on their first tour to the America’s. As a teacher she is mainly active in Japan, focusing on coaching young talented dancers.
She has collaborated with Japanese designer Yoshiki Ishinuma in Tokyo in September 2006.
Rei begin her collaboration with 420people at the beginning of 2008, when dancing in the choreography Neen-Ya at the Archa Theater In Prague. The new duet - On an Even Keel, which Václav Kuneš had created for her and him self in the early spring, was performed at the Korzo Theatre in Den Haag /production - Here We Live and Now/. The full version of this duet will be premiered in December at the Archa Theatre in Prague, Czech Republic.
She has study a classical ballet and contemporary dance in Japan with Harumi Ishii and Reiko Yamamoto, in who’s company she has gained her first professional experience later on.
In 1993 she has moved to Europe where she remained until present times. She has been working with some of the best contemporary companies during the last 15 years;
the Nederlands Dans Theater 1&2 under the direction of J. Kylian, Lyon Opera Ballet, the Gothenburg Ballet and the Cullberg Ballet in Sweden. This experiences allowed her to
create, work with and perform pieces by today’s most regarded choreographers - J. Kylian, O. Naharin, W. Forsythe, M. Ek, H. van Manen, J. Inger, J. Godani, P. Lightfoot, to name a few. She has performed all over the world, in theaters such as The Bolshoi,
Opera de Paris, Sadler’s Wells and has been invited to numerous gala performances worldwide.
For her performance as the lead character in M. Muller’s Romeo and Juliet, Sweden 2001, she has received an Award for outstanding performance.
In 2006 Rei became a freelance dancer and teacher. Since then she has performed in the CaDance Festival in Den Haag as well as the Holland Dance Festival.
She appeared as a guest with the Noism company (director Jo Kanamori) from Japan on their first tour to the America’s. As a teacher she is mainly active in Japan, focusing on coaching young talented dancers.
She has collaborated with Japanese designer Yoshiki Ishinuma in Tokyo in September 2006.