Dance Workshop by Namstrops

The dance-unit Namstrops founded in 2006 has been active at home and abroad. The members of Namstrops come from the athlete background, having teacher license for elementary school, junior-high school and high school in Japan.

They are exploring the boundary between SPORT, ART and EDUCATION, and produce various works with a combination of them. There is a unique dance program called "Creative Dance" which has been developed in school physical education in Japan. They are a leading organization in Creative Dance, moreover, have named it as Contemporary Artistic Physical Education under the context of Diversity of Contemporary Dance. They attempt to display a concept of Physical education in art spaces, in other words, to introduce their thought of developing body.

They have performed by invitation abroad in the following countries: South Korea, China, the UK, Estonia and Romania including Sibiu International Theatre Festival 2014.
They were selected the finalists in the YOKOHAMA DANCE COLLECTION EX in 2008, 2011 and 2012.
Besides, they run a non-profit organization, MIYAZAKI C-DANCE CENTER in collaboration with University of Miyazaki, and supervised by Professor Romiko Takahashi.

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