KYOKO TAKENAKA (竹中響子)

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Kyoko Takenaka is a director, filmmaker, butoh dancer, actor, musician, performance artist, and teacher based between Turtle Island and Japan. Centering their work in the in-between, they create work around diasporic longing as it relates to cycles found in nature, Japanese mythology, and the ethereal realm.

 

Their name means “vibrations of sound child” in Japanese.

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Their work has been featured on Apple TV+, Hulu, Nowness, HBO, the LA Times, BOMB Magazine, and Far-Near; performed at Lincoln Center and venues around the world. Their self-directed short film, HOME, reached viral acclaim in 2021. They've released two collaborative albums, Planet Q, and Wastewomxn, centering themes of queer liberation and afro-asia unity with artists of the African and Asian diaspora.