Yumino Seki
Yumino Seki is a UK based independent dance artist, Butoh practitioner, performer, teacher and qualified somatic movement educator. She was born in Japan and has trained in both classical and contemporary dance. Collaborating with artists from diverse disciplines has given a broad approach to her dance practice. She has been interested in authenticity of he temporal body from many years resulting in many pieces, which are site responsive and improvised in nature. Seki’s work crosses the boundaries of dance, performance art and installation. Seki’s work is influenced by Butoh. Sinc 1999 she has trained and worked in Butoh predominantly with Tadashi Endo (Mamu Dance Theatre), Yumiko Yoshioka (TEN PEN CHii) both in Germany and Carlotta Ikeda (Ariadone) in France. In 2007,her quest for sensory experience as an artistic expression took her forward to study VMI (Voice Movement Integration) Somatic Practice with Patricia Bardi in Amsterdam. Seki’s work is informed by the cultural depth and diversity of both the UK and Japan. Her development in her dance has been a gradual exploration of bothher collective and self-identity. http://yuminosekirecentworks.webs.com/home
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