HOT CAT #41 + Kondo

Fumio Okura - violin 

Shiomi Kawaguchi - shamisen, shinobue, effects

Vincent Laju - shakuhachi, cello

Motoya Kondo - butoh-dance

Shuichi Chino - piano

“Hot Cat” is the Performance Series Project. Stressing experimentation and improvisation, it integrates music from different styles and artists from different backgrounds on the Earth into an organic whole. “Hot Cat” is an open structure which allows each artist to freely contribute his or her ideas to add to the unique texture of the Hot Cat performance."Hot Cat"also integrates music with any kinds of Creative Activities such as Film, Butoh-Dance, Performance, Live-Painting and lots of more.

::: Motoya Kondo (Butoh-Dance) 

Born in Nagoya Japan, dancer, movement director, and co-founder of Motimaru Dance Company. From 2005 he had been studying butoh with Yoshito Ohno, son of Kazuo Ohno and worked as his assistant. After 2010 he has started field work researches of local and traditional dances in Japan, India, Nepal, Spain, and Bali, studied Balinese dance with Agun Anom Putra, I Made Djimat, and Ida Bagus Oka Wirjana, in search of universal principle of movements and dance. Since 2008, he hasbeen immersed in the practice and study of Eastern contemplative traditions, particularly following the Tibetan traditions, and bridging between contemporary art practices and the age old wisdom. He has been performing and teaching in: Venezia Biennale 2010, 9th International Choreography Competition "No Ballet”, International Dance Festival Lucky Trimmer 2016, Hildesheim University, Leipzig University, Hasselt University, Academy of Media Arts Cologne, etc., Europe, Asia, Australia in over 50 cities.