Kazco Takemoto from Dance Venus Tokyo-Japan

Kazco Takemoto is a lecture from the deartment of dance, physical education, Japanese Women University in Tokyo. She graduated from the same department and in 1986 she got the scholarship from the School of Martha Graham New York for one year. When returning to Japan, she staged for many famous Japanese choreographers, and began to work as choreographer and the dancer. She presented her work at Ballet Aoyama Festival in 1994 and 1998. In 1991, Takemoto build her own dance company, Dance Venus.

Many stage and festival around the world that Takemoto present her performance, World Dance in National Theater Melbourne Australia (1996), Julidan Festival Amsterdam-Holland (1998 and 2000), Danspace New York (1998), Japan America Theater LA-USA and many more.

In 2003, i meet her in Jogja Art Festival at Jogjakarta-Indonesia and i work as stage manager for that festival. Second time i work with her is at Asia Tri Jogja 2007, as stage manager. This year i get great opportunity to work with Takemoto again. She become guest choreographer on Elles School of Ballet Surabaya-Indonesia, and for 2 weeks she have class with Elles Ballet. For this work, Takemoto give Elles Ballet students a last number of her dance work. The Hasu or Lotus is number what Takemoto workshop for Elles Ballet. That number will be present on August in Surabaya and on October in Asia Tri Jogja. I join for this dance work as stage manager.