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Ken Dance Company presents "Invisible"
Artistic Director Kenji Yamaguchi, Producing Director Takeshi "Hama" Hamagaki.
Kenji was born in Japan and received his initial training in Tokyo at the Studio Ichibangai, The Performing Dance Center and the Japan Broadway Dance Center. He danced professionally throughout Asia for several years while additionally becoming proficient in gymnastics. Kenji earned his B.F.A. from California Institute of The Arts. He has performed locally in Dance Kaleidoscope, Jazz Dance LA, Dance Spectrum and Praxis Projects. He placed first at the Japan National Jazz Society Competition as well as first and second place at the Palm Desert Dance Under the Stars Competition. As a dancer in Kin Dance Company at the Linhart Theatre in New York City, the dance legend, Gus Solomons, Jr., described him as "a slight dancer with huge flexibility, who's every move looked studied for perfection of line." Lewis Segal refers to his choreography as "earthy and danced brilliantly." He was recently awarded Pas De Deux at the Ninth Annual Dance Under The Stars Choreography Festival in Palm Desert, California.
Kenji started his own company, Ken Dance Company (KDC) in 2005. KDC's first show and performance, "Spirited Astray," premiered at the El Portal Theatre in the NoHo Arts District in April 2007. He later adapted and restaged this performance for three dancers to tour to New York City at the Theatre For The New City, the Atelier Fontaine in Tokyo, Japan and the Secret Rose Theatre in the NoHo Arts District in Los Angeles in 2008 and 2009. Kenji choreographed and presented another show in 2011, "3.5 Dimension World," which debuted at Kitazawa Town Hall in Japan. For this production, he auditioned and cast local dancers from all the prefectures in Japan.
Kenji currently teaches ballet, jazz and modern dance at USC's Kaufman School of Dance, Hama Dance Center and Millennium Dance Complex.
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LocationGlendale Community College Theater
1500 Verdugo Rd
Glendale, CA 91208
United States
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| Minimum Age: 10 |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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