EVENTS

AWT BAR PERFORMANCE: MARIKO KAKIZAKI AND LIEL FIBAK

DANCE FOR ICHIO MATSUZAWA’S SPACE

The AWT Bar is a multisensory art space that brings together different sectors of Tokyo’s cultural scene. Held three times a day at the AWT Bar on November 8 and 9, this performance event is a collaboration between two internationally accomplished dancers, Mariko Kakizaki and Liel Fibak, and the sound artist Koshiro Hino, known for his work on the solo project YPY and as the leader of the rhythm ensemble goat. The dancers will develop improvisational movements in response to architect Ichio Matsuzawa’s design for the bar, which is conceived as a constantly transforming environment, as well as Hino’s soundscape and the environmental conditions in that moment.

About Mariko Kakizaki
Mariko Kakizaki is a dancer, choreographer, and former rhythmic gymnast. She has danced and led workshops extensively around the world. She was a member of Batsheva Dance Company in Tel Aviv from 2012 to 2014 and a member of L-E-V (now known as S-E-D / Sharon Eyal Dance) from 2015 to 2021. After returning to Japan in 2021 she founded the workshop community Gamama and opened the culture center beq in Kumamoto. She has also choreographed works for international companies including the Korea National Contemporary Dance Company and Modus Operandi Vancouver. She was a recipient of the Japan Dance Forum Award in 2020 and 2021.

About Liel Fibak
Liel Fibak is a dance artist based between Amsterdam and Tokyo. After studying at Tama Art University in Tokyo and the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, she went on to perform with international dance companies including Vertigo Dance Company, Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company, and SHIFFT. She has also collaborated with renowned choreographers including Roy Assaf, Rachel Erdos, Inbal Pinto, and Kota Yamazaki. In recent years she has produced works with Yasutake Shimaji for Dance Base Yokohama (DaBY) and Un Yamada for the Kanagawa Arts Theatre (KAAT), Yokohama. She is currently working with Mariko Kakizaki on a new project for DaBY.

About Koshiro Hino
Koshiro Hino is a musician and composer based in Osaka. His projects include the rhythm ensemble goat; the bonanzas, which revisits similar material through a noise/hardcore aesthetic; and the electronic music solo project YPY. His compositions include the immersive audiovisual performance Geist (2018–); Interdiffusion: A Tribute to Yoshi Wada (2021–), done in collaboration with the sound artist FUJI|||||||||||TA; and the rhythm ensemble piece Chronograffiti (2025).

HOURS
Saturday, November 8: (1) 2pm–; (2) 4pm–; (3) 6pm–
Sunday, November 9: (1) 2pm–; (2) 4pm–; (3) 6pm–


LOCATION
AWT Bar
emergence aoyama complex
5-4-30 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku

ADMISSION
Free (limited capacity)