Kunji Ikeda
Ikeda creates using serious play; investigating the rigour of enjoyment, and the enjoyment of rigour. Based in Calgary Alberta, Ikeda has been labelled an artistic chameleon whose artistic inquiries have spanned multiple disciplines including spoken word, playwrighting, clown, and contact improvisation. Dance Theatre has become Ikeda's central study both in performance and in sharing physical and emotional wellbeing through movement workshops. After extensive training with Denise Clarke of One Yellow Rabbit and Gerry Trentham of lbs/sq, Ikeda has developed a unique methodology combining story, imagination, and choreography. As the Artistic Director of Cloudsway Dance Theatre, Ikeda's fearless political works have examined toxic masculinity, artistic political manipulation, and the Japanese Internment of WWII.
Kunji Ikeda’s creative practice is centered around original performances through storytelling and movement. He has developed a unique methodology combining narrative, imagination, and choreography that has led to being named the 2015 Emerging Artist by Calgary Arts Development Authority.
