MEDIATHEK

Since 1983 Makoto Matsushima (Tokyo) is the core member of internationally acclaimed Japanese dance theatre company PAPPA TARAHUMARA. Alongside touring with the company regularly worldwide, he started making his own choreographies and is recently working intensively in Hong-Kong and Berlin for new solo pieces and collaborations. Characteristic of Makoto Matsushima's works is his unbounded approach. He channels playfully between visual art, object design, dance, music, voice art and theatre. He has developed a very original movement/voice art strongly influenced by Aikido, Iai, Kendo, Tai-chi and other Asian martial and chanting arts. His works are named 'a spatial poem' or 'a humoristic lyrical critique' that introduces new encounters and rediscoveries for the conflicting changing environment of urban Asia.