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PREVIOUS WORKS

Selected | Since 2019

Quarterlife: CREST 

2026 | Performance - 60 minutes

Rød sal at Nordisk Teaterlaboratorium
Holstebro | Denmark

Through movement, sound, and visual elements, the performance explores self-acceptance and the redefinition of identity during a period of transition in early adulthood.

Organized by
mellem to

Co-produced with
Nordisk Teaterlaboratorium

Supported by
Den Jyske Kunstfond
Dansk Artist Forbund
Koda Kultur

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Quarterlife: DAWN

2025 | Performance - 75 minutes

WAKABACHO WHARF
Yokohama | Japan

The first work in the Quarterlife series. Inspired by the Quarterlife Crisis (QLC), the performance explores inner conflict, uncertainty, and the shifting relationship between self-awareness and identity through movement, sound, and spatial composition.

Organized by
KruK

YPAM Fringe 2025

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​©︎Arakimiyu 

An Introspection of Indignation
(内生の内観)

2024 | Performative Installation - 120 minutes

BankART Station
Yokohama | Japan

An intermedia work inspired by artistic research on indignation and emotional perception. Through performance, installation, soundscape, and collaborative research, the work explores the ambiguity of emotion and invites audiences to reflect on their own inner landscapes.
 

YPAM Fringe 2024

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Peal kiri peal

2024 | Performative Installation - 240 minutes

Koidu Seltsimaja
Viljandi | Estonia

A performative installation inspired by semiotics and deconstruction. Through video, sound, bodies, and material objects, the work questions conventional perceptions and explores the multiplicity of meaning, interpretation, and presence.

Collaboration with Shion Yokoo

European Capital of Culture
Tartu 2024 Main Programme

Supported by
Tartu 2024
EU-Japan Fest

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​©︎Kärt Petser 

Empörungselegie

2024 | Performance - 70 minutes

Teater Momentum
Odense | Denmark

A collaborative performance examining indignation as a plural and relational experience. Through the coexistence of different artistic languages, the work explores how individuals assert their own perceptions while negotiating the presence of others within a shared space.

Organized by
mellem to

Supported by
Odense Kulturpulje
Odense Musik pulje
EU-Japan Fest Japan Committee

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Connotation

2025 | Installation - 9 minutes

AQspace Omotesando
Tokyo | Japan

An installation examining how emotions are perceived through cultural and social frameworks. Using interviews, CRT televisions, and manipulated video imagery, the work explores the multiplicity of anger and the instability of interpretation.

Organized by
qutori Inc.

Presented as part of
ЯeSpiration

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(un)gehört

2023 | Performance - 45 minutes

Kauno menininkų namai
Kaunas | Lithuania

A performance exploring the many facets of anger and the ways emotions are experienced, embodied, and expressed. Combining dance, theater, and soundscape, the work examines how personal emotions shape our relationships with ourselves and society.

Choreography
Keisuke Sugawara

Performance
Nagao Akemi / Soomin Chae / Sebastian Rein

Music
Tatsumi Ryusui

Lighting Design
Nicolás San Martin

Supported by
Japonistė, MB
EU-Japan Fest Japan Committee

Other performance
17-18.06.2023 Acker Stadt Palast (Berlin, Germany)

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空谷の跫音
(KUKOKU NO KYOUON)

2021 | Performance - 80 minutes

Session House
Tokyo | Japan

A performance exploring the relationship between individual existence and human connection during a period of social distance and uncertainty. Developed through international collaboration, the work reflects on self-perception, coexistence, and the shifting boundaries between self and others.

Choreography
Keisuke Sugawara

Peformance
Ryota Tsuchiya / Mizuki Taka / Keisuke Sugawara

Music
MAKOTO SAKAMOTO

Co-produced with
Tremble Theater

Supported by

EU-Japan Fest Japan Committee
"ART for the future!" by Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan

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​©︎横田敦史 

アンカー 1

en mand, der sidder navnløs,

en kvinde med en lanterne

2019 | Performance - 45 minutes

Teater Momentum
Odense | Denmark

A performance exploring the relationship between self and others through a landscape of silence, darkness, and shifting choices. Two bodies share a fragmented narrative, influencing one another through conscious and subconscious actions while navigating between uncertainty and possibility.

Organized by
mellem to

Performance
Christina Dyekjær / Keisuke Sugawara

Other Performances

15.08.2019
Teater Momentum
Odense, Denmark

21.09.2019
Theaterhaus Berlin Mitte (Berlin, Germany)

15.12.2019
6th Erbil International Theater Festival (Erbil, Iraq)

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​©︎Kei Tanaka  

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